# Establishment exit rate in Pennsylvania

Establishment exit rate in Pennsylvania was 8.159% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-42`
- 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/pennsylvania
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=establishment_exit_rate&place=us-state-42

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 8.159 |
| 2022 | 8.052 |
| 2021 | 9.709 |
| 2020 | 7.811 |
| 2019 | 7.522 |
| 2018 | 7.611 |
| 2017 | 8.135 |
| 2016 | 7.305 |
| 2015 | 7.875 |
| 2014 | 7.89 |
| 2013 | 7.917 |
| 2012 | 7.927 |
| 2011 | 8.009 |
| 2010 | 8.693 |
| 2009 | 9.151 |
| 2008 | 8.91 |
| 2007 | 9.399 |
| 2006 | 8.859 |
| 2005 | 8.762 |
| 2004 | 8.365 |
| 2003 | 8.865 |
| 2002 | 9.705 |
| 2001 | 8.899 |
| 2000 | 8.424 |
| 1999 | 8.768 |
| 1998 | 8.346 |
| 1997 | 9.344 |
| 1996 | 8.658 |
| 1995 | 8.26 |
| 1994 | 8.933 |
| 1993 | 8.927 |
| 1992 | 9.865 |
| 1991 | 9.838 |
| 1990 | 8.989 |
| 1989 | 9.321 |
| 1988 | 9.534 |
| 1987 | 9.921 |
| 1986 | 9.44 |
| 1985 | 10.868 |
| 1984 | 9.448 |
| 1983 | 9.504 |
| 1982 | 10.472 |
| 1981 | 10.059 |
| 1980 | 9.857 |
| 1979 | 8.673 |
| 1978 | 9.804 |