# Establishment exit rate in Delaware

Establishment exit rate in Delaware was 9.949% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-10`
- 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/delaware
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=establishment_exit_rate&place=us-state-10

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 9.949 |
| 2022 | 10.297 |
| 2021 | 9.665 |
| 2020 | 8.753 |
| 2019 | 8.163 |
| 2018 | 8.775 |
| 2017 | 9.591 |
| 2016 | 7.862 |
| 2015 | 9.035 |
| 2014 | 9.063 |
| 2013 | 9.119 |
| 2012 | 9.833 |
| 2011 | 9.906 |
| 2010 | 10.608 |
| 2009 | 11.489 |
| 2008 | 11.185 |
| 2007 | 11.341 |
| 2006 | 10.986 |
| 2005 | 10.342 |
| 2004 | 9.256 |
| 2003 | 9.682 |
| 2002 | 11.414 |
| 2001 | 10.171 |
| 2000 | 10.147 |
| 1999 | 10.318 |
| 1998 | 10.252 |
| 1997 | 10.782 |
| 1996 | 9.928 |
| 1995 | 9.828 |
| 1994 | 10.307 |
| 1993 | 10.066 |
| 1992 | 12.148 |
| 1991 | 10.996 |
| 1990 | 10.169 |
| 1989 | 10.081 |
| 1988 | 10.74 |
| 1987 | 11.197 |
| 1986 | 9.914 |
| 1985 | 10.913 |
| 1984 | 10.289 |
| 1983 | 9.831 |
| 1982 | 11.285 |
| 1981 | 10.552 |
| 1980 | 10.79 |
| 1979 | 9.51 |
| 1978 | 10.445 |