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Establishment entry rate in Tennessee

Establishment entry rate in Tennessee was 10.614% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.01 pts from 2022. That is the 17th highest of 51 states in 2023.

202310.614%
Change on 2022-0.01 pts
Rank17th of 51US states ranked
Series high16.2321984
Series low8.3942018

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Establishment entry rate in Tennessee, 1978 to 2023

8101214161819781985199219992006201320231978: 15.16 %1979: 14.252 %1980: 12.632 %1981: 12.262 %1982: 12.695 %1983: 13.436 %1984: 16.232 %1985: 13.767 %1986: 14.109 %1987: 14.804 %1988: 14.457 %1989: 13.8 %1990: 12.378 %1991: 12.23 %1992: 11.645 %1993: 11.708 %1994: 11.763 %1995: 12.094 %1996: 12.004 %1997: 12.157 %1998: 11.437 %1999: 10.984 %2000: 10.338 %2001: 10.415 %2002: 11.152 %2003: 10.739 %2004: 10.723 %2005: 10.754 %2006: 11.685 %2007: 11.113 %2008: 10.164 %2009: 8.543 %2010: 8.438 %2011: 8.675 %2012: 8.729 %2013: 8.93 %2014: 8.931 %2015: 9.187 %2016: 9.131 %2017: 8.842 %2018: 8.394 %2019: 9 %2020: 8.822 %2021: 10.473 %2022: 10.62 %2023: 10.614 %
%. 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%
202310.614
202210.62
202110.473
20208.822
20199
20188.394
20178.842
20169.131
20159.187
20148.931
20138.93
20128.729
20118.675
20108.438
20098.543
200810.164
200711.113
200611.685
200510.754
200410.723
200310.739
200211.152
200110.415
200010.338
199910.984
199811.437
199712.157
199612.004
199512.094
199411.763
199311.708
199211.645
199112.23
199012.378
198913.8
198814.457
198714.804
198614.109
198513.767
198416.232
198313.436
198212.695
198112.262
198012.632
197914.252
197815.16

Compared with United States

Place2023
Tennessee10.614
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, Tennessee, 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, Tennessee, 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/tennessee. 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, Tennessee, 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/tennessee.

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, Tennessee, 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/tennessee (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the establishment entry rate in Tennessee?

Establishment entry rate in Tennessee was 10.614% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.01 pts from 2022. That is the 17th 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 Tennessee?

16.232% in 1984, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Establishment entry rate elsewhere in United States

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