US states by establishment entry rate, 2023

Florida had the highest establishment entry rate of 51 states in 2023, at 13.105%. Pennsylvania had the lowest, at 8.262%. The median was 9.756% and the figure for the United States was 10.608%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest13.105Florida

Lowest8.262Pennsylvania

Median9.75651 states

United States10.608History

All states, 2023

%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Florida	13.105	-0.82 pts
2	Delaware	12.811	0 pts
3	Utah	12.766	-1.03 pts
4	Wyoming	12.737	+0.1 pts
5	Nevada	12.537	-1.84 pts
6	Arizona	12.409	-0.4 pts
7	Idaho	12.055	-1.49 pts
8	Texas	11.85	-0.63 pts
9	Georgia	11.793	-0.79 pts
10	Colorado	11.787	-0.83 pts
11	Montana	11.41	-0.41 pts
12	California	11.401	-2.33 pts
13	Washington	10.852	-1.22 pts
14	North Carolina	10.711	-0.9 pts
15	South Carolina	10.692	-0.57 pts
16	Alaska	10.681	-0.29 pts
17	Tennessee	10.614	-0.01 pts
18	New York	10.53	-1.87 pts
19	New Jersey	10.507	-1.56 pts
20	New Mexico	10.272	-0.69 pts
21	Oregon	10.255	-1.25 pts
22	Indiana	10.123	+0.41 pts
23	Oklahoma	10.049	+0.02 pts
24	Missouri	10.032	-0.33 pts
25	Virginia	10.019	-0.74 pts
26	Maryland	9.756	-1.09 pts
27	Michigan	9.751	-0.82 pts
28	Arkansas	9.621	-0.17 pts
29	Massachusetts	9.603	-1.36 pts
30	South Dakota	9.533	-0.4 pts
31	Illinois	9.526	-1.14 pts
32	Maine	9.416	-1.24 pts
33	Kentucky	9.375	-0.34 pts
34	Alabama	9.306	-0.6 pts
35	Rhode Island	9.283	-2.29 pts
36	North Dakota	9.251	+0.12 pts
37	Hawaii	9.199	-2.15 pts
38	Kansas	9.177	-0.03 pts
39	West Virginia	9.167	-0.02 pts
40	District of Columbia	9.125	-2.02 pts
41	Mississippi	9.077	-0.42 pts
42	Nebraska	8.953	-0.06 pts
43	Vermont	8.944	-1.75 pts
44	Louisiana	8.934	-0.7 pts
45	Minnesota	8.887	-0.91 pts
46	Wisconsin	8.843	-0.19 pts
47	New Hampshire	8.792	-1.31 pts
48	Connecticut	8.782	-1.19 pts
49	Ohio	8.707	-0.64 pts
50	Iowa	8.572	-0.02 pts
51	Pennsylvania	8.262	-1.65 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Establishments that opened during the year (employees in March of the year and none a year earlier), as a percentage of the average number of establishments in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.

An establishment is a single physical location, so a new branch of an existing firm counts as an entry: this is not the rate of new firms. Not comparable with enterprise_birth_rate, which counts new enterprises in Europe. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry 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.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (US states by establishment entry rate, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, US states by establishment entry rate, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. US states by establishment entry rate, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/us-states.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, US states by establishment entry rate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which state has the highest establishment entry rate?

Florida, with 13.105% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Pennsylvania, with 8.262% in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.