# Establishment exit rate in Colorado

Establishment exit rate in Colorado was 11.172% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-08`
- 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/colorado
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=establishment_exit_rate&place=us-state-08

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11.172 |
| 2022 | 11.156 |
| 2021 | 10.571 |
| 2020 | 10.726 |
| 2019 | 9.969 |
| 2018 | 9.873 |
| 2017 | 9.895 |
| 2016 | 9.489 |
| 2015 | 9.954 |
| 2014 | 9.7 |
| 2013 | 10.234 |
| 2012 | 10.677 |
| 2011 | 11.499 |
| 2010 | 12.692 |
| 2009 | 13.438 |
| 2008 | 12.086 |
| 2007 | 11.745 |
| 2006 | 11.286 |
| 2005 | 11.153 |
| 2004 | 11.441 |
| 2003 | 11.998 |
| 2002 | 12.842 |
| 2001 | 11.589 |
| 2000 | 10.977 |
| 1999 | 11.109 |
| 1998 | 10.949 |
| 1997 | 11.788 |
| 1996 | 11.095 |
| 1995 | 10.166 |
| 1994 | 10.068 |
| 1993 | 10.275 |
| 1992 | 11.683 |
| 1991 | 11.692 |
| 1990 | 11.916 |
| 1989 | 13.673 |
| 1988 | 14.548 |
| 1987 | 15.304 |
| 1986 | 14.57 |
| 1985 | 14.689 |
| 1984 | 12.247 |
| 1983 | 13.506 |
| 1982 | 13.969 |
| 1981 | 13.491 |
| 1980 | 13.381 |
| 1979 | 13.238 |
| 1978 | 12.78 |