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Establishment exit rate in Massachusetts

Establishment exit rate in Massachusetts was 8.442% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.06 pts from 2022. That is the 36th highest of 51 states in 2023.

20238.442%
Change on 2022-0.06 pts
Rank36th of 51US states ranked
Series high13.0941991
Series low7.3532016

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Establishment exit rate in Massachusetts, 1978 to 2023

6810121419781985199219992006201320231978: 9.584 %1979: 9.038 %1980: 9.334 %1981: 9.152 %1982: 9.994 %1983: 9.37 %1984: 8.147 %1985: 9.778 %1986: 9.834 %1987: 10.629 %1988: 10.404 %1989: 10.665 %1990: 12.011 %1991: 13.094 %1992: 11.386 %1993: 9.675 %1994: 9.103 %1995: 9.007 %1996: 9.211 %1997: 9.398 %1998: 8.745 %1999: 8.962 %2000: 8.787 %2001: 9.423 %2002: 10.558 %2003: 9.592 %2004: 10.593 %2005: 9.982 %2006: 9.056 %2007: 9.831 %2008: 9.75 %2009: 10.278 %2010: 9.464 %2011: 8.617 %2012: 8.359 %2013: 8.36 %2014: 7.949 %2015: 8.163 %2016: 7.353 %2017: 8.203 %2018: 8.238 %2019: 7.668 %2020: 8.574 %2021: 10.808 %2022: 8.501 %2023: 8.442 %
%. 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%
20238.442
20228.501
202110.808
20208.574
20197.668
20188.238
20178.203
20167.353
20158.163
20147.949
20138.36
20128.359
20118.617
20109.464
200910.278
20089.75
20079.831
20069.056
20059.982
200410.593
20039.592
200210.558
20019.423
20008.787
19998.962
19988.745
19979.398
19969.211
19959.007
19949.103
19939.675
199211.386
199113.094
199012.011
198910.665
198810.404
198710.629
19869.834
19859.778
19848.147
19839.37
19829.994
19819.152
19809.334
19799.038
19789.584

Compared with United States

Place2023
Massachusetts8.442
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, Massachusetts, 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, Massachusetts, 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/massachusetts. 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, Massachusetts, 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/massachusetts.

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, Massachusetts, 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/massachusetts (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the establishment exit rate in Massachusetts?

Establishment exit rate in Massachusetts was 8.442% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 0.06 pts from 2022. That is the 36th 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 Massachusetts?

13.094% in 1991, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Establishment exit rate elsewhere in United States

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