# Establishment exit rate in Montana

Establishment exit rate in Montana was 9.705% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-30`
- 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/montana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=establishment_exit_rate&place=us-state-30

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 9.705 |
| 2022 | 9.504 |
| 2021 | 8.71 |
| 2020 | 9.095 |
| 2019 | 8.517 |
| 2018 | 8.674 |
| 2017 | 8.762 |
| 2016 | 8.434 |
| 2015 | 8.533 |
| 2014 | 8.988 |
| 2013 | 9.341 |
| 2012 | 9.294 |
| 2011 | 10.547 |
| 2010 | 10.415 |
| 2009 | 12.35 |
| 2008 | 10.598 |
| 2007 | 9.624 |
| 2006 | 9.713 |
| 2005 | 9.273 |
| 2004 | 9.571 |
| 2003 | 9.523 |
| 2002 | 10.982 |
| 2001 | 9.819 |
| 2000 | 9.87 |
| 1999 | 10.064 |
| 1998 | 10.259 |
| 1997 | 10.332 |
| 1996 | 10.134 |
| 1995 | 9.323 |
| 1994 | 9.22 |
| 1993 | 9.689 |
| 1992 | 10.019 |
| 1991 | 10.048 |
| 1990 | 9.801 |
| 1989 | 11.689 |
| 1988 | 12.292 |
| 1987 | 13.622 |
| 1986 | 13.525 |
| 1985 | 13.602 |
| 1984 | 10.91 |
| 1983 | 11.735 |
| 1982 | 13.796 |
| 1981 | 12.53 |
| 1980 | 13.142 |
| 1979 | 12.727 |
| 1978 | 11.923 |