# Establishment exit rate in United States

Establishment exit rate in United States was 9.396% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Place id: `us`
- 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.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.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/establishment-exit-rate/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=establishment_exit_rate&place=us

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 9.396 |
| 2022 | 9.512 |
| 2021 | 10.11 |
| 2020 | 9.29 |
| 2019 | 8.537 |
| 2018 | 8.902 |
| 2017 | 9.078 |
| 2016 | 8.393 |
| 2015 | 8.811 |
| 2014 | 8.853 |
| 2013 | 9.205 |
| 2012 | 9.332 |
| 2011 | 9.938 |
| 2010 | 10.542 |
| 2009 | 11.622 |
| 2008 | 10.895 |
| 2007 | 10.584 |
| 2006 | 10.073 |
| 2005 | 9.98 |
| 2004 | 9.872 |
| 2003 | 10.356 |
| 2002 | 11.251 |
| 2001 | 10.472 |
| 2000 | 10.022 |
| 1999 | 10.191 |
| 1998 | 9.967 |
| 1997 | 10.968 |
| 1996 | 10.075 |
| 1995 | 9.815 |
| 1994 | 10.116 |
| 1993 | 10.318 |
| 1992 | 11.305 |
| 1991 | 11.62 |
| 1990 | 10.918 |
| 1989 | 11.313 |
| 1988 | 11.553 |
| 1987 | 12.16 |
| 1986 | 11.563 |
| 1985 | 12.152 |
| 1984 | 10.591 |
| 1983 | 11.344 |
| 1982 | 12.38 |
| 1981 | 11.421 |
| 1980 | 11.386 |
| 1979 | 10.604 |
| 1978 | 11.137 |