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Establishment entry rate in Rhode Island

Establishment entry rate in Rhode Island was 9.283% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.29 pts from 2022. That is the 35th highest of 51 states in 2023.

20239.283%
Change on 2022-2.29 pts
Rank35th of 51US states ranked
Series high14.5711987
Series low7.8192009

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Establishment entry rate in Rhode Island, 1978 to 2023

681012141619781985199219992006201320231978: 12.334 %1979: 11.548 %1980: 10.2 %1981: 10.357 %1982: 9.797 %1983: 10.762 %1984: 12.169 %1985: 12.369 %1986: 13.426 %1987: 14.571 %1988: 13.93 %1989: 13.141 %1990: 10.994 %1991: 10.017 %1992: 10.165 %1993: 11.08 %1994: 11.204 %1995: 10.646 %1996: 10.65 %1997: 10.692 %1998: 9.853 %1999: 9.383 %2000: 9.628 %2001: 9.372 %2002: 10.441 %2003: 10.543 %2004: 11.195 %2005: 10.364 %2006: 11.445 %2007: 10.125 %2008: 9.027 %2009: 7.819 %2010: 8.952 %2011: 9.054 %2012: 9.28 %2013: 8.646 %2014: 8.81 %2015: 9.172 %2016: 10.014 %2017: 8.067 %2018: 8.308 %2019: 8.826 %2020: 8.398 %2021: 9.215 %2022: 11.574 %2023: 9.283 %
%. 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%
20239.283
202211.574
20219.215
20208.398
20198.826
20188.308
20178.067
201610.014
20159.172
20148.81
20138.646
20129.28
20119.054
20108.952
20097.819
20089.027
200710.125
200611.445
200510.364
200411.195
200310.543
200210.441
20019.372
20009.628
19999.383
19989.853
199710.692
199610.65
199510.646
199411.204
199311.08
199210.165
199110.017
199010.994
198913.141
198813.93
198714.571
198613.426
198512.369
198412.169
198310.762
19829.797
198110.357
198010.2
197911.548
197812.334

Compared with United States

Place2023
Rhode Island9.283
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, Rhode Island, 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, Rhode Island, 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/rhode-island. 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, Rhode Island, 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/rhode-island.

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, Rhode Island, 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/rhode-island (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the establishment entry rate in Rhode Island?

Establishment entry rate in Rhode Island was 9.283% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 2.29 pts from 2022. That is the 35th 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 Rhode Island?

14.571% in 1987, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Establishment entry rate elsewhere in United States

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