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Establishment exit rate in Alabama

Establishment exit rate in Alabama was 8.232% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.27 pts from 2022. That is the 43rd highest of 51 states in 2023.

20238.232%
Change on 2022-0.27 pts
Rank43rd of 51US states ranked
Series high13.7351982
Series low6.9842016

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Establishment exit rate in Alabama, 1978 to 2023

6810121419781985199219992006201320231978: 11.687 %1979: 11.539 %1980: 12.955 %1981: 12.636 %1982: 13.735 %1983: 13.274 %1984: 9.837 %1985: 12.243 %1986: 11.832 %1987: 12.127 %1988: 11.488 %1989: 11.293 %1990: 10.908 %1991: 11.461 %1992: 10.667 %1993: 9.692 %1994: 9.819 %1995: 9.414 %1996: 9.804 %1997: 10.897 %1998: 10.322 %1999: 10.171 %2000: 10.474 %2001: 10.931 %2002: 10.794 %2003: 9.797 %2004: 9.227 %2005: 9.131 %2006: 9.221 %2007: 9.345 %2008: 9.955 %2009: 10.633 %2010: 9.779 %2011: 9.403 %2012: 8.604 %2013: 8.518 %2014: 7.695 %2015: 7.83 %2016: 6.984 %2017: 7.929 %2018: 7.706 %2019: 7.178 %2020: 7.818 %2021: 8.018 %2022: 8.505 %2023: 8.232 %
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Period%
20238.232
20228.505
20218.018
20207.818
20197.178
20187.706
20177.929
20166.984
20157.83
20147.695
20138.518
20128.604
20119.403
20109.779
200910.633
20089.955
20079.345
20069.221
20059.131
20049.227
20039.797
200210.794
200110.931
200010.474
199910.171
199810.322
199710.897
19969.804
19959.414
19949.819
19939.692
199210.667
199111.461
199010.908
198911.293
198811.488
198712.127
198611.832
198512.243
19849.837
198313.274
198213.735
198112.636
198012.955
197911.539
197811.687

Compared with United States

Place2023
Alabama8.232
United States9.396

Rankings

Definition

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

Counts closed locations, including branches of firms that keep operating elsewhere, so it is not a firm failure rate. Not comparable with enterprise_death_rate, which counts enterprise deaths 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 exit 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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Establishment exit rate, Alabama, 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 exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Establishment exit rate, Alabama, 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-exit-rate/alabama. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Establishment exit rate, Alabama, 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-exit-rate/alabama.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Establishment exit rate, Alabama, 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-exit-rate/alabama (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Establishment exit rate in Alabama was 8.232% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.27 pts from 2022. That is the 43rd highest of 51 states in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

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

What was the highest establishment exit rate in Alabama?

13.735% in 1982, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Establishment exit rate elsewhere in United States

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