# Establishment exit rate in California

Establishment exit rate in California was 10.256% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-06`
- Unit: %
- 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: 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)
- 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 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/establishment-exit-rate/california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=establishment_exit_rate&place=us-state-06

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 10.256 |
| 2022 | 9.839 |
| 2021 | 12.182 |
| 2020 | 9.865 |
| 2019 | 9.442 |
| 2018 | 9.651 |
| 2017 | 9.776 |
| 2016 | 9.328 |
| 2015 | 9.477 |
| 2014 | 9.48 |
| 2013 | 10.083 |
| 2012 | 10.056 |
| 2011 | 10.586 |
| 2010 | 11.757 |
| 2009 | 12.71 |
| 2008 | 11.81 |
| 2007 | 11.401 |
| 2006 | 10.487 |
| 2005 | 10.822 |
| 2004 | 11.03 |
| 2003 | 11.272 |
| 2002 | 12.064 |
| 2001 | 11.03 |
| 2000 | 10.505 |
| 1999 | 10.906 |
| 1998 | 10.782 |
| 1997 | 12.384 |
| 1996 | 11.231 |
| 1995 | 11.584 |
| 1994 | 12.505 |
| 1993 | 13.068 |
| 1992 | 13.401 |
| 1991 | 12.865 |
| 1990 | 11.799 |
| 1989 | 12.304 |
| 1988 | 12.46 |
| 1987 | 12.874 |
| 1986 | 12.365 |
| 1985 | 12.968 |
| 1984 | 11.25 |
| 1983 | 12.852 |
| 1982 | 14.029 |
| 1981 | 12.767 |
| 1980 | 12.457 |
| 1979 | 11.599 |
| 1978 | 12.001 |