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Establishment entry rate in United States

Establishment entry rate in the United States was 10.608% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 1.04 pts from 2022.

202310.608%
Change on 2022-1.04 pts
Series high15.1461978
Series low9.2812009

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Establishment entry rate in United States, 1978 to 2023

81012141619781985199219992006201320231978: 15.146 %1979: 13.97 %1980: 12.806 %1981: 12.797 %1982: 12.464 %1983: 13.389 %1984: 14.534 %1985: 13.81 %1986: 14.095 %1987: 14.325 %1988: 13.959 %1989: 13.368 %1990: 12.683 %1991: 12.358 %1992: 11.577 %1993: 11.509 %1994: 11.885 %1995: 12.058 %1996: 11.795 %1997: 12.2 %1998: 11.438 %1999: 11.115 %2000: 10.848 %2001: 10.99 %2002: 11.911 %2003: 11.425 %2004: 11.511 %2005: 11.615 %2006: 12.495 %2007: 11.761 %2008: 10.307 %2009: 9.281 %2010: 9.495 %2011: 9.886 %2012: 10.018 %2013: 9.807 %2014: 9.906 %2015: 10.025 %2016: 10.194 %2017: 9.675 %2018: 9.414 %2019: 9.613 %2020: 9.637 %2021: 10.845 %2022: 11.651 %2023: 10.608 %
%. 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%
202310.608
202211.651
202110.845
20209.637
20199.613
20189.414
20179.675
201610.194
201510.025
20149.906
20139.807
201210.018
20119.886
20109.495
20099.281
200810.307
200711.761
200612.495
200511.615
200411.511
200311.425
200211.911
200110.99
200010.848
199911.115
199811.438
199712.2
199611.795
199512.058
199411.885
199311.509
199211.577
199112.358
199012.683
198913.368
198813.959
198714.325
198614.095
198513.81
198414.534
198313.389
198212.464
198112.797
198012.806
197913.97
197815.146

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.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, United States, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Establishment entry rate, United States, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/establishment-entry-rate/united-states. 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, United States, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/establishment-entry-rate/united-states.

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, United States, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/establishment-entry-rate/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Establishment entry rate in the United States was 10.608% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 1.04 pts from 2022.

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 United States?

15.146% in 1978, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

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