# Establishment exit rate in District of Columbia

Establishment exit rate in District of Columbia was 8.862% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-11`
- 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/district-of-columbia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=establishment_exit_rate&place=us-state-11

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 8.862 |
| 2022 | 10.126 |
| 2021 | 11.57 |
| 2020 | 9.045 |
| 2019 | 8.173 |
| 2018 | 8.783 |
| 2017 | 8.481 |
| 2016 | 7.754 |
| 2015 | 9.546 |
| 2014 | 8.459 |
| 2013 | 8.768 |
| 2012 | 9.284 |
| 2011 | 8.843 |
| 2010 | 9.237 |
| 2009 | 9.917 |
| 2008 | 10.006 |
| 2007 | 9.689 |
| 2006 | 8.923 |
| 2005 | 9.109 |
| 2004 | 9.245 |
| 2003 | 10.045 |
| 2002 | 11.049 |
| 2001 | 9.731 |
| 2000 | 9.041 |
| 1999 | 10.296 |
| 1998 | 10.009 |
| 1997 | 11.724 |
| 1996 | 9.942 |
| 1995 | 9.642 |
| 1994 | 9.619 |
| 1993 | 10.906 |
| 1992 | 11.158 |
| 1991 | 12.454 |
| 1990 | 12.384 |
| 1989 | 11.255 |
| 1988 | 11.352 |
| 1987 | 11.934 |
| 1986 | 10.828 |
| 1985 | 13.725 |
| 1984 | 12.806 |
| 1983 | 11.166 |
| 1982 | 13.234 |
| 1981 | 12.18 |
| 1980 | 11.5 |
| 1979 | 10.715 |
| 1978 | 11.782 |