# Establishment exit rate in Vermont

Establishment exit rate in Vermont was 8.57% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-50`
- 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/vermont
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=establishment_exit_rate&place=us-state-50

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 8.57 |
| 2022 | 8.668 |
| 2021 | 9.945 |
| 2020 | 8.498 |
| 2019 | 7.872 |
| 2018 | 7.732 |
| 2017 | 8.067 |
| 2016 | 7.41 |
| 2015 | 7.231 |
| 2014 | 8.016 |
| 2013 | 8.132 |
| 2012 | 8.515 |
| 2011 | 9.262 |
| 2010 | 8.74 |
| 2009 | 10.41 |
| 2008 | 9.815 |
| 2007 | 9.515 |
| 2006 | 8.999 |
| 2005 | 8.588 |
| 2004 | 8.154 |
| 2003 | 8.673 |
| 2002 | 10.265 |
| 2001 | 8.69 |
| 2000 | 8.824 |
| 1999 | 8.263 |
| 1998 | 9.597 |
| 1997 | 9.738 |
| 1996 | 9.247 |
| 1995 | 8.583 |
| 1994 | 8.864 |
| 1993 | 9.235 |
| 1992 | 10.848 |
| 1991 | 11.815 |
| 1990 | 11.322 |
| 1989 | 10.566 |
| 1988 | 10.555 |
| 1987 | 10.314 |
| 1986 | 11.542 |
| 1985 | 11.24 |
| 1984 | 8.797 |
| 1983 | 11.237 |
| 1982 | 11.427 |
| 1981 | 10.991 |
| 1980 | 10.73 |
| 1979 | 9.899 |
| 1978 | 9.686 |
