# Establishment entry rate in West Virginia

Establishment entry rate in West Virginia was 9.167% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `establishment_entry_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-54`
- Unit: %
- 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/establishment-entry-rate/west-virginia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=establishment_entry_rate&place=us-state-54

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 9.167 |
| 2022 | 9.191 |
| 2021 | 7.932 |
| 2020 | 6.814 |
| 2019 | 7.434 |
| 2018 | 6.796 |
| 2017 | 7.28 |
| 2016 | 7.145 |
| 2015 | 7.562 |
| 2014 | 6.959 |
| 2013 | 7.122 |
| 2012 | 7.401 |
| 2011 | 7.623 |
| 2010 | 6.857 |
| 2009 | 7.519 |
| 2008 | 8.003 |
| 2007 | 9.314 |
| 2006 | 10.102 |
| 2005 | 9.602 |
| 2004 | 9.534 |
| 2003 | 9.431 |
| 2002 | 9.774 |
| 2001 | 8.619 |
| 2000 | 9.126 |
| 1999 | 9.436 |
| 1998 | 9.789 |
| 1997 | 10.942 |
| 1996 | 10.392 |
| 1995 | 10.954 |
| 1994 | 10.501 |
| 1993 | 10.576 |
| 1992 | 10.52 |
| 1991 | 11.26 |
| 1990 | 11.544 |
| 1989 | 11.712 |
| 1988 | 12.73 |
| 1987 | 13.033 |
| 1986 | 12.321 |
| 1985 | 12.968 |
| 1984 | 14.551 |
| 1983 | 11.567 |
| 1982 | 11.159 |
| 1981 | 11.81 |
| 1980 | 11.584 |
| 1979 | 14.156 |
| 1978 | 13.325 |