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US states by establishment entry rate

Florida had the highest establishment entry rate of 51 states in 2019, at 12.102%. Iowa had the lowest, at 7.301%. The median was 8.768% and the figure for the United States was 9.613%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest12.102Florida
Lowest7.301Iowa
Median8.76851 states
United States9.613History

Map of states, 2019

Alabama: 8.178 %Alaska: 9.133 %Arizona: 10.638 %Arkansas: 8.765 %California: 10.978 %Colorado: 11.496 %Connecticut: 8.209 %Delaware: 9.734 %District of Columbia: 9.159 %Florida: 12.102 %Georgia: 10.525 %Hawaii: 8.449 %Idaho: 11.764 %Illinois: 8.751 %Indiana: 7.869 %Iowa: 7.301 %Kansas: 7.935 %Kentucky: 8.121 %Louisiana: 8.304 %Maine: 8.647 %Maryland: 8.636 %Massachusetts: 8.715 %Michigan: 8.027 %Minnesota: 8.037 %Mississippi: 7.611 %Missouri: 9.64 %Montana: 9.695 %Nebraska: 7.764 %Nevada: 11.768 %New Hampshire: 8.251 %New Jersey: 9.734 %New Mexico: 8.768 %New York: 9.818 %North Carolina: 9.392 %North Dakota: 8.219 %Ohio: 7.535 %Oklahoma: 9.027 %Oregon: 9.587 %Pennsylvania: 7.826 %Rhode Island: 8.826 %South Carolina: 9.469 %South Dakota: 8.184 %Tennessee: 9 %Texas: 10.674 %Utah: 11.797 %Vermont: 7.453 %Virginia: 9.078 %Washington: 10.292 %West Virginia: 7.434 %Wisconsin: 7.624 %Wyoming: 10.088 %
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%, 2019. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2019

Florida: 12.102 %Florida12.102Utah: 11.797 %Utah11.797Nevada: 11.768 %Nevada11.768Idaho: 11.764 %Idaho11.764Colorado: 11.496 %Colorado11.496California: 10.978 %California10.978Texas: 10.674 %Texas10.674Arizona: 10.638 %Arizona10.638Georgia: 10.525 %Georgia10.525Washington: 10.292 %Washington10.292Wyoming: 10.088 %Wyoming10.088New York: 9.818 %New York9.818Delaware: 9.734 %Delaware9.734New Jersey: 9.734 %New Jersey9.734Montana: 9.695 %Montana9.695Missouri: 9.64 %Missouri9.64Oregon: 9.587 %Oregon9.587South Carolina: 9.469 %South Carolina9.469North Carolina: 9.392 %North Carolina9.392District of Columbia: 9.159 %District of Columbia9.159Alaska: 9.133 %Alaska9.133Virginia: 9.078 %Virginia9.078Oklahoma: 9.027 %Oklahoma9.027Tennessee: 9 %Tennessee9Rhode Island: 8.826 %Rhode Island8.826New Mexico: 8.768 %New Mexico8.768Arkansas: 8.765 %Arkansas8.765Illinois: 8.751 %Illinois8.751Massachusetts: 8.715 %Massachusetts8.715Maine: 8.647 %Maine8.647Maryland: 8.636 %Maryland8.636Hawaii: 8.449 %Hawaii8.449Louisiana: 8.304 %Louisiana8.304New Hampshire: 8.251 %New Hampshire8.251North Dakota: 8.219 %North Dakota8.219Connecticut: 8.209 %Connecticut8.209South Dakota: 8.184 %South Dakota8.184Alabama: 8.178 %Alabama8.178Kentucky: 8.121 %Kentucky8.121Minnesota: 8.037 %Minnesota8.037Michigan: 8.027 %Michigan8.027Kansas: 7.935 %Kansas7.935Indiana: 7.869 %Indiana7.869Pennsylvania: 7.826 %Pennsylvania7.826Nebraska: 7.764 %Nebraska7.764Wisconsin: 7.624 %Wisconsin7.624Mississippi: 7.611 %Mississippi7.611Ohio: 7.535 %Ohio7.535Vermont: 7.453 %Vermont7.453West Virginia: 7.434 %West Virginia7.434Iowa: 7.301 %Iowa7.301Florida: 12.102 %Florida12.102Utah: 11.797 %Utah11.797Nevada: 11.768 %Nevada11.768Idaho: 11.764 %Idaho11.764Colorado: 11.496 %Colorado11.496California: 10.978 %California10.978Texas: 10.674 %Texas10.674Arizona: 10.638 %Arizona10.638Georgia: 10.525 %Georgia10.525Washington: 10.292 %Washington10.292Wyoming: 10.088 %Wyoming10.088New York: 9.818 %New York9.818Delaware: 9.734 %Delaware9.734New Jersey: 9.734 %New Jersey9.734Montana: 9.695 %Montana9.695Missouri: 9.64 %Missouri9.64Oregon: 9.587 %Oregon9.587South Carolina: 9.469 %South Carolina9.469North Carolina: 9.392 %North Carolina9.392District of Columbia: 9.159 %District of Columbia9.159Alaska: 9.133 %Alaska9.133Virginia: 9.078 %Virginia9.078Oklahoma: 9.027 %Oklahoma9.027Tennessee: 9 %Tennessee9Rhode Island: 8.826 %Rhode Island8.826New Mexico: 8.768 %New Mexico8.768Arkansas: 8.765 %Arkansas8.765Illinois: 8.751 %Illinois8.751Massachusetts: 8.715 %Massachusetts8.715Maine: 8.647 %Maine8.647Maryland: 8.636 %Maryland8.636Hawaii: 8.449 %Hawaii8.449Louisiana: 8.304 %Louisiana8.304New Hampshire: 8.251 %New Hampshire8.251North Dakota: 8.219 %North Dakota8.219Connecticut: 8.209 %Connecticut8.209South Dakota: 8.184 %South Dakota8.184Alabama: 8.178 %Alabama8.178Kentucky: 8.121 %Kentucky8.121Minnesota: 8.037 %Minnesota8.037Michigan: 8.027 %Michigan8.027Kansas: 7.935 %Kansas7.935Indiana: 7.869 %Indiana7.869Pennsylvania: 7.826 %Pennsylvania7.826Nebraska: 7.764 %Nebraska7.764Wisconsin: 7.624 %Wisconsin7.624Mississippi: 7.611 %Mississippi7.611Ohio: 7.535 %Ohio7.535Vermont: 7.453 %Vermont7.453West Virginia: 7.434 %West Virginia7.434Iowa: 7.301 %Iowa7.301
%. 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

RankStates2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Florida12.102+0.42 pts
2Utah11.797-0.03 pts
3Nevada11.768-0.49 pts
4Idaho11.764+0.13 pts
5Colorado11.496+0.21 pts
6California10.978+0.36 pts
7Texas10.674+0.26 pts
8Arizona10.638+0.02 pts
9Georgia10.525+0.38 pts
10Washington10.292-0.24 pts
11Wyoming10.088-0.17 pts
12New York9.818+0.08 pts
13Delaware9.7340 pts
13New Jersey9.734+0.51 pts
15Montana9.6950 pts
16Missouri9.64-0.02 pts
17Oregon9.587-0.34 pts
18South Carolina9.469+0.12 pts
19North Carolina9.392-0.15 pts
20District of Columbia9.159-0.16 pts
21Alaska9.133-0.01 pts
22Virginia9.078+0.26 pts
23Oklahoma9.027+0.39 pts
24Tennessee9+0.61 pts
25Rhode Island8.826+0.52 pts
26New Mexico8.768+0.45 pts
27Arkansas8.765+0.5 pts
28Illinois8.751+0.26 pts
29Massachusetts8.715+0.33 pts
30Maine8.647+0.66 pts
31Maryland8.636-0.08 pts
32Hawaii8.449+0.1 pts
33Louisiana8.304+0.2 pts
34New Hampshire8.251+0.25 pts
35North Dakota8.219+0.34 pts
36Connecticut8.209+0.1 pts
37South Dakota8.184-0.1 pts
38Alabama8.178+0.69 pts
39Kentucky8.121+0.54 pts
40Minnesota8.037+0.11 pts
41Michigan8.027-0.13 pts
42Kansas7.935+0.25 pts
43Indiana7.869-0.05 pts
44Pennsylvania7.826-0.03 pts
45Nebraska7.764+0.07 pts
46Wisconsin7.624+0.2 pts
47Mississippi7.611-0.07 pts
48Ohio7.535+0.27 pts
49Vermont7.453+0.19 pts
50West Virginia7.434+0.64 pts
51Iowa7.301-0.43 pts

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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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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, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv

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Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment entry rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, US states by establishment entry rate, 2019. 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?period=2019. 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, 2019. 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?period=2019.

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, 2019 [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?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest establishment entry rate?

Florida, with 12.102% in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest establishment entry rate?

Iowa, with 7.301% in 2019.

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.

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