# Employer firm births in Virginia

Employer firm births in Virginia was 11,835 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-state-51`
- Unit: count
- Definition: New employer firms: firms of age zero in March of the year, meaning that every establishment of the firm had its first employees during the previous twelve months. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics, which calls these firms startups.
- Note: A firm counts only when it has employees, so a business without staff is not a birth, and a new branch, merger or change of ownership of an existing firm is not a birth either. Not the same as business_applications (requests for an employer number) or enterprise_births (European business demography). The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_fa.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-22
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_fa.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/virginia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-state-51

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11,835 |
| 2022 | 12,241 |
| 2021 | 11,422 |
| 2020 | 10,553 |
| 2019 | 10,647 |
| 2018 | 10,375 |
| 2017 | 10,503 |
| 2016 | 10,388 |
| 2015 | 10,095 |
| 2014 | 9,780 |
| 2013 | 9,708 |
| 2012 | 9,790 |
| 2011 | 9,651 |
| 2010 | 9,120 |
| 2009 | 9,820 |
| 2008 | 11,949 |
| 2007 | 13,006 |
| 2006 | 14,002 |
| 2005 | 13,325 |
| 2004 | 13,046 |
| 2003 | 11,325 |
| 2002 | 11,137 |
| 2001 | 10,640 |
| 2000 | 10,834 |
| 1999 | 10,734 |
| 1998 | 11,596 |
| 1997 | 12,027 |
| 1996 | 11,601 |
| 1995 | 12,091 |
| 1994 | 11,273 |
| 1993 | 11,008 |
| 1992 | 10,420 |
| 1991 | 10,452 |
| 1990 | 12,266 |
| 1989 | 12,621 |
| 1988 | 12,762 |
| 1987 | 12,299 |
| 1986 | 12,206 |
| 1985 | 12,805 |
| 1984 | 12,342 |
| 1983 | 9,348 |
| 1982 | 8,404 |
| 1981 | 8,754 |
| 1980 | 8,992 |
| 1979 | 9,746 |
| 1978 | 10,065 |