# Establishment exit rate in Illinois

Establishment exit rate in Illinois was 9.135% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-17`
- 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/illinois
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=establishment_exit_rate&place=us-state-17

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 9.135 |
| 2022 | 9.471 |
| 2021 | 10.075 |
| 2020 | 9.404 |
| 2019 | 8.52 |
| 2018 | 8.774 |
| 2017 | 9.051 |
| 2016 | 8.488 |
| 2015 | 8.802 |
| 2014 | 9.027 |
| 2013 | 9.367 |
| 2012 | 9.451 |
| 2011 | 9.704 |
| 2010 | 10.245 |
| 2009 | 11.197 |
| 2008 | 10.37 |
| 2007 | 10.17 |
| 2006 | 9.684 |
| 2005 | 9.736 |
| 2004 | 9.421 |
| 2003 | 9.781 |
| 2002 | 11.075 |
| 2001 | 9.862 |
| 2000 | 9.388 |
| 1999 | 9.305 |
| 1998 | 9.067 |
| 1997 | 10.312 |
| 1996 | 9.426 |
| 1995 | 8.984 |
| 1994 | 9.11 |
| 1993 | 9.17 |
| 1992 | 10.176 |
| 1991 | 10.311 |
| 1990 | 9.482 |
| 1989 | 10.165 |
| 1988 | 10.144 |
| 1987 | 11.125 |
| 1986 | 10.288 |
| 1985 | 11.341 |
| 1984 | 10.676 |
| 1983 | 10.423 |
| 1982 | 11.566 |
| 1981 | 10.779 |
| 1980 | 10.858 |
| 1979 | 10.215 |
| 1978 | 10.528 |