# US states by establishment entry rate, 2023

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `establishment_entry_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-entry-rate/us-states

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Florida | 13.105 |
| 2 | Delaware | 12.811 |
| 3 | Utah | 12.766 |
| 4 | Wyoming | 12.737 |
| 5 | Nevada | 12.537 |
| 6 | Arizona | 12.409 |
| 7 | Idaho | 12.055 |
| 8 | Texas | 11.85 |
| 9 | Georgia | 11.793 |
| 10 | Colorado | 11.787 |
| 11 | Montana | 11.41 |
| 12 | California | 11.401 |
| 13 | Washington | 10.852 |
| 14 | North Carolina | 10.711 |
| 15 | South Carolina | 10.692 |
| 16 | Alaska | 10.681 |
| 17 | Tennessee | 10.614 |
| 18 | New York | 10.53 |
| 19 | New Jersey | 10.507 |
| 20 | New Mexico | 10.272 |
| 21 | Oregon | 10.255 |
| 22 | Indiana | 10.123 |
| 23 | Oklahoma | 10.049 |
| 24 | Missouri | 10.032 |
| 25 | Virginia | 10.019 |
| 26 | Maryland | 9.756 |
| 27 | Michigan | 9.751 |
| 28 | Arkansas | 9.621 |
| 29 | Massachusetts | 9.603 |
| 30 | South Dakota | 9.533 |
| 31 | Illinois | 9.526 |
| 32 | Maine | 9.416 |
| 33 | Kentucky | 9.375 |
| 34 | Alabama | 9.306 |
| 35 | Rhode Island | 9.283 |
| 36 | North Dakota | 9.251 |
| 37 | Hawaii | 9.199 |
| 38 | Kansas | 9.177 |
| 39 | West Virginia | 9.167 |
| 40 | District of Columbia | 9.125 |
| 41 | Mississippi | 9.077 |
| 42 | Nebraska | 8.953 |
| 43 | Vermont | 8.944 |
| 44 | Louisiana | 8.934 |
| 45 | Minnesota | 8.887 |
| 46 | Wisconsin | 8.843 |
| 47 | New Hampshire | 8.792 |
| 48 | Connecticut | 8.782 |
| 49 | Ohio | 8.707 |
| 50 | Iowa | 8.572 |
| 51 | Pennsylvania | 8.262 |