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Establishment exit rate in Iowa

Establishment exit rate in Iowa was 8.413% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.12 pts from 2022. That is the 39th highest of 51 states in 2023.

20238.413%
Change on 2022-0.12 pts
Rank39th of 51US states ranked
Series high12.1831985
Series low6.7232016

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Establishment exit rate in Iowa, 1978 to 2023

6810121419781985199219992006201320231978: 10.165 %1979: 10.19 %1980: 10.503 %1981: 10.276 %1982: 11.911 %1983: 10.21 %1984: 9.87 %1985: 12.183 %1986: 11.218 %1987: 11.018 %1988: 9.369 %1989: 9.015 %1990: 8.36 %1991: 8.499 %1992: 8.717 %1993: 8.126 %1994: 8.16 %1995: 8.199 %1996: 8.289 %1997: 9.228 %1998: 8.27 %1999: 8.384 %2000: 8.26 %2001: 9.182 %2002: 9.633 %2003: 8.941 %2004: 8.312 %2005: 8.209 %2006: 9.033 %2007: 8.64 %2008: 8.859 %2009: 8.516 %2010: 7.721 %2011: 7.853 %2012: 7.399 %2013: 7.641 %2014: 7.122 %2015: 7.034 %2016: 6.723 %2017: 7.636 %2018: 7.007 %2019: 7.188 %2020: 7.635 %2021: 8.195 %2022: 8.534 %2023: 8.413 %
%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Period%
20238.413
20228.534
20218.195
20207.635
20197.188
20187.007
20177.636
20166.723
20157.034
20147.122
20137.641
20127.399
20117.853
20107.721
20098.516
20088.859
20078.64
20069.033
20058.209
20048.312
20038.941
20029.633
20019.182
20008.26
19998.384
19988.27
19979.228
19968.289
19958.199
19948.16
19938.126
19928.717
19918.499
19908.36
19899.015
19889.369
198711.018
198611.218
198512.183
19849.87
198310.21
198211.911
198110.276
198010.503
197910.19
197810.165

Compared with United States

Place2023
Iowa8.413
United States9.396

Rankings

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.

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.

How to cite

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.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Establishment exit rate, Iowa, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Establishment exit rate, Iowa, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/establishment-exit-rate/iowa. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Establishment exit rate, Iowa, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/establishment-exit-rate/iowa.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Establishment exit rate, Iowa, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/establishment-exit-rate/iowa (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010: Establishment exit rate, Iowa, 1978 to 2023}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the establishment exit rate in Iowa?

Establishment exit rate in Iowa was 8.413% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.12 pts from 2022. That is the 39th highest of 51 states in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest establishment exit rate in Iowa?

12.183% in 1985, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Establishment exit rate elsewhere in United States

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