# Employer firm births in Wake County

Employer firm births in Wake County was 2,389 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Place id: `us-county-37183`
- 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_cty_fac.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_cty_fac.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firm-births/wake-county-north-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firm_births&place=us-county-37183

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 2,389 |
| 2022 | 2,352 |
| 2021 | 2,289 |
| 2020 | 1,990 |
| 2019 | 2,014 |
| 2018 | 1,949 |
| 2017 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 1,899 |
| 2015 | 1,752 |
| 2014 | 1,682 |
| 2013 | 1,609 |
| 2012 | 1,636 |
| 2011 | 1,610 |
| 2010 | 1,589 |
| 2009 | 1,472 |
| 2008 | 1,880 |
| 2007 | 1,950 |
| 2006 | 2,049 |
| 2005 | 1,790 |
| 2004 | 1,712 |
| 2003 | 1,540 |
| 2002 | 1,573 |
| 2001 | 1,583 |
| 2000 | 1,484 |
| 1999 | 1,636 |
| 1998 | 1,534 |
| 1997 | 1,706 |
| 1996 | 1,556 |
| 1995 | 1,457 |
| 1994 | 1,460 |
| 1993 | 1,227 |
| 1992 | 1,143 |
| 1991 | 1,099 |
| 1990 | 1,270 |
| 1989 | 1,194 |
| 1988 | 1,229 |
| 1987 | 1,178 |
| 1986 | 1,326 |
| 1985 | 1,125 |
| 1984 | 1,224 |
| 1983 | 864 |
| 1982 | 716 |
| 1981 | 769 |
| 1980 | 726 |
| 1979 | 786 |
| 1978 | 858 |