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Establishment entry rate in Pennsylvania

Establishment entry rate in Pennsylvania was 8.262% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 1.65 pts from 2022. That is the 51st highest of 51 states in 2023.

20238.262%
Change on 2022-1.65 pts
Rank51st of 51US states ranked
Series high12.6691987
Series low7.7212010

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Establishment entry rate in Pennsylvania, 1978 to 2023

7891011121319781985199219992006201320231978: 11.873 %1979: 11.125 %1980: 9.76 %1981: 9.532 %1982: 9.725 %1983: 11.003 %1984: 11.592 %1985: 11.648 %1986: 12.49 %1987: 12.669 %1988: 12.362 %1989: 11.618 %1990: 10.827 %1991: 10.147 %1992: 9.29 %1993: 8.949 %1994: 9.145 %1995: 9.87 %1996: 9.453 %1997: 10.182 %1998: 9.263 %1999: 8.952 %2000: 8.872 %2001: 9.174 %2002: 9.834 %2003: 9.329 %2004: 9.315 %2005: 9.579 %2006: 10.025 %2007: 9.429 %2008: 8.622 %2009: 7.804 %2010: 7.721 %2011: 8.133 %2012: 8.124 %2013: 8.143 %2014: 8.013 %2015: 8.184 %2016: 8.488 %2017: 7.848 %2018: 7.857 %2019: 7.826 %2020: 7.722 %2021: 8.78 %2022: 9.911 %2023: 8.262 %
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Period%
20238.262
20229.911
20218.78
20207.722
20197.826
20187.857
20177.848
20168.488
20158.184
20148.013
20138.143
20128.124
20118.133
20107.721
20097.804
20088.622
20079.429
200610.025
20059.579
20049.315
20039.329
20029.834
20019.174
20008.872
19998.952
19989.263
199710.182
19969.453
19959.87
19949.145
19938.949
19929.29
199110.147
199010.827
198911.618
198812.362
198712.669
198612.49
198511.648
198411.592
198311.003
19829.725
19819.532
19809.76
197911.125
197811.873

Compared with United States

Place2023
Pennsylvania8.262
United States10.608

Rankings

Definition

Establishments that opened during the year (employees in March of the year and none a year earlier), as a percentage of the average number of establishments in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.

An establishment is a single physical location, so a new branch of an existing firm counts as an entry: this is not the rate of new firms. Not comparable with enterprise_birth_rate, which counts new enterprises in Europe. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Establishment entry rate, Pennsylvania, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Establishment entry rate, Pennsylvania, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/establishment-entry-rate/pennsylvania. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Establishment entry rate, Pennsylvania, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/establishment-entry-rate/pennsylvania.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Establishment entry rate, Pennsylvania, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/establishment-entry-rate/pennsylvania (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the establishment entry rate in Pennsylvania?

Establishment entry rate in Pennsylvania was 8.262% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 1.65 pts from 2022. That is the 51st highest of 51 states in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest establishment entry rate in Pennsylvania?

12.669% in 1987, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Establishment entry rate elsewhere in United States

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