# Establishment exit rate in West Virginia

Establishment exit rate in West Virginia was 8.312% in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-54`
- 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/west-virginia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=establishment_exit_rate&place=us-state-54

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 8.312 |
| 2022 | 8.624 |
| 2021 | 8.788 |
| 2020 | 8.371 |
| 2019 | 7.286 |
| 2018 | 8.109 |
| 2017 | 8.547 |
| 2016 | 7.685 |
| 2015 | 7.907 |
| 2014 | 8.083 |
| 2013 | 8.374 |
| 2012 | 8.007 |
| 2011 | 8.36 |
| 2010 | 8.359 |
| 2009 | 8.909 |
| 2008 | 9.348 |
| 2007 | 9.5 |
| 2006 | 9.555 |
| 2005 | 9.255 |
| 2004 | 8.416 |
| 2003 | 9.52 |
| 2002 | 10.318 |
| 2001 | 10.236 |
| 2000 | 9.372 |
| 1999 | 9.478 |
| 1998 | 9.034 |
| 1997 | 9.975 |
| 1996 | 9.519 |
| 1995 | 8.638 |
| 1994 | 8.797 |
| 1993 | 8.949 |
| 1992 | 10.045 |
| 1991 | 10.353 |
| 1990 | 10.246 |
| 1989 | 10.211 |
| 1988 | 10.454 |
| 1987 | 11.799 |
| 1986 | 11.725 |
| 1985 | 14.202 |
| 1984 | 10.977 |
| 1983 | 12.098 |
| 1982 | 12.918 |
| 1981 | 12.019 |
| 1980 | 11.746 |
| 1979 | 10.676 |
| 1978 | 11.456 |