# Establishment exit rate in Tennessee

Establishment exit rate in Tennessee was 8.722% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-47`
- 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/tennessee
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=establishment_exit_rate&place=us-state-47

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 8.722 |
| 2022 | 9.05 |
| 2021 | 8.609 |
| 2020 | 8.284 |
| 2019 | 7.608 |
| 2018 | 7.893 |
| 2017 | 8.012 |
| 2016 | 7.293 |
| 2015 | 8.001 |
| 2014 | 8.27 |
| 2013 | 8.601 |
| 2012 | 8.844 |
| 2011 | 9.551 |
| 2010 | 9.856 |
| 2009 | 10.875 |
| 2008 | 9.819 |
| 2007 | 9.742 |
| 2006 | 9.565 |
| 2005 | 9.558 |
| 2004 | 9.132 |
| 2003 | 10.326 |
| 2002 | 11.352 |
| 2001 | 11.058 |
| 2000 | 10.346 |
| 1999 | 10.478 |
| 1998 | 10.238 |
| 1997 | 10.742 |
| 1996 | 9.68 |
| 1995 | 9.271 |
| 1994 | 9.411 |
| 1993 | 9.523 |
| 1992 | 10.892 |
| 1991 | 11.365 |
| 1990 | 10.83 |
| 1989 | 11.003 |
| 1988 | 11.42 |
| 1987 | 11.587 |
| 1986 | 11.485 |
| 1985 | 12.228 |
| 1984 | 10.009 |
| 1983 | 13.085 |
| 1982 | 13.246 |
| 1981 | 12.063 |
| 1980 | 11.954 |
| 1979 | 11.225 |
| 1978 | 11.699 |