# Establishment exit rate in Rhode Island

Establishment exit rate in Rhode Island was 8.774% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-44`
- 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/rhode-island
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=establishment_exit_rate&place=us-state-44

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 8.774 |
| 2022 | 8.357 |
| 2021 | 10.408 |
| 2020 | 8.386 |
| 2019 | 8.01 |
| 2018 | 8.71 |
| 2017 | 8.117 |
| 2016 | 7.798 |
| 2015 | 8.274 |
| 2014 | 8.659 |
| 2013 | 8.916 |
| 2012 | 9.185 |
| 2011 | 9.664 |
| 2010 | 10.189 |
| 2009 | 12.11 |
| 2008 | 10.942 |
| 2007 | 10.33 |
| 2006 | 9.52 |
| 2005 | 9.508 |
| 2004 | 8.411 |
| 2003 | 9.483 |
| 2002 | 10.198 |
| 2001 | 9.226 |
| 2000 | 8.896 |
| 1999 | 9.331 |
| 1998 | 8.791 |
| 1997 | 9.887 |
| 1996 | 9.695 |
| 1995 | 9.499 |
| 1994 | 9.81 |
| 1993 | 9.545 |
| 1992 | 12.206 |
| 1991 | 13.364 |
| 1990 | 11.681 |
| 1989 | 11.026 |
| 1988 | 10.833 |
| 1987 | 10.44 |
| 1986 | 9.642 |
| 1985 | 10.386 |
| 1984 | 8.924 |
| 1983 | 10.025 |
| 1982 | 11.068 |
| 1981 | 9.954 |
| 1980 | 9.969 |
| 1979 | 8.605 |
| 1978 | 9.699 |