# Establishment exit rate in Kentucky

Establishment exit rate in Kentucky was 8.203% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-21`
- 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/kentucky
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=establishment_exit_rate&place=us-state-21

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 8.203 |
| 2022 | 8.378 |
| 2021 | 8.713 |
| 2020 | 8.061 |
| 2019 | 7.355 |
| 2018 | 8.029 |
| 2017 | 8.603 |
| 2016 | 7.657 |
| 2015 | 7.842 |
| 2014 | 8.06 |
| 2013 | 8.334 |
| 2012 | 8.307 |
| 2011 | 8.77 |
| 2010 | 8.946 |
| 2009 | 9.874 |
| 2008 | 9.66 |
| 2007 | 9.462 |
| 2006 | 9.027 |
| 2005 | 8.993 |
| 2004 | 8.858 |
| 2003 | 9.319 |
| 2002 | 10.109 |
| 2001 | 9.934 |
| 2000 | 9.61 |
| 1999 | 9.626 |
| 1998 | 9.124 |
| 1997 | 10.052 |
| 1996 | 9.41 |
| 1995 | 8.952 |
| 1994 | 9.158 |
| 1993 | 9.509 |
| 1992 | 10.423 |
| 1991 | 10.74 |
| 1990 | 10.353 |
| 1989 | 10.557 |
| 1988 | 10.951 |
| 1987 | 11.494 |
| 1986 | 11.237 |
| 1985 | 12.016 |
| 1984 | 9.762 |
| 1983 | 12.456 |
| 1982 | 12.389 |
| 1981 | 11.513 |
| 1980 | 11.51 |
| 1979 | 10.45 |
| 1978 | 11.464 |