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Census BDS / 2023 release

Business Dynamism Observatory

Track establishment entry, exit, expansion, and contraction in annual Census Business Dynamics Statistics. Sector comparisons use the same published years and retain their denominators.

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Coverage
1978-2023
46 annual releases
Sector detail
19
two-digit NAICS sectors
Measures
6
5,520 indicator rows
Latest employment
137.5M
5,593,727 firms
Entry rate
10.608%
2023
Exit rate
9.396%
2023
Job creation
13.592%
2023
Job destruction
11.059%
2023
Net job creation
2.534%
2023
Excess reallocation
22.118%
2023

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Establishment entry rate55 Management of companies and enterprises compared with the United States

Long-run movement

Entry rate, 1978-2023

Entering establishments as a share of the Census BDS establishment denominator.
United StatesManagement of companies and enterprises
2023Management of companies and enterprises5.806%United States10.608%Gap -4.802 pp
1978: United States 15.146%; Management of companies and enterprises 11.006%1979: United States 13.970%; Management of companies and enterprises 11.649%1980: United States 12.806%; Management of companies and enterprises 10.361%1981: United States 12.797%; Management of companies and enterprises 12.263%1982: United States 12.464%; Management of companies and enterprises 11.062%1983: United States 13.389%; Management of companies and enterprises 9.834%1984: United States 14.534%; Management of companies and enterprises 10.131%1985: United States 13.810%; Management of companies and enterprises 9.434%1986: United States 14.095%; Management of companies and enterprises 11.355%1987: United States 14.325%; Management of companies and enterprises 11.971%1988: United States 13.959%; Management of companies and enterprises 17.798%1989: United States 13.368%; Management of companies and enterprises 13.960%1990: United States 12.683%; Management of companies and enterprises 13.367%1991: United States 12.358%; Management of companies and enterprises 12.832%1992: United States 11.577%; Management of companies and enterprises 9.024%1993: United States 11.509%; Management of companies and enterprises 8.544%1994: United States 11.885%; Management of companies and enterprises 9.316%1995: United States 12.058%; Management of companies and enterprises 9.521%1996: United States 11.795%; Management of companies and enterprises 9.296%1997: United States 12.200%; Management of companies and enterprises 9.872%1998: United States 11.438%; Management of companies and enterprises 10.657%1999: United States 11.115%; Management of companies and enterprises 12.913%2000: United States 10.848%; Management of companies and enterprises 12.311%2001: United States 10.990%; Management of companies and enterprises 10.663%2002: United States 11.911%; Management of companies and enterprises 11.245%2003: United States 11.425%; Management of companies and enterprises 10.244%2004: United States 11.511%; Management of companies and enterprises 8.924%2005: United States 11.615%; Management of companies and enterprises 9.874%2006: United States 12.495%; Management of companies and enterprises 11.247%2007: United States 11.761%; Management of companies and enterprises 11.780%2008: United States 10.307%; Management of companies and enterprises 8.934%2009: United States 9.281%; Management of companies and enterprises 8.578%2010: United States 9.495%; Management of companies and enterprises 8.175%2011: United States 9.886%; Management of companies and enterprises 8.523%2012: United States 10.018%; Management of companies and enterprises 9.293%2013: United States 9.807%; Management of companies and enterprises 7.744%2014: United States 9.906%; Management of companies and enterprises 8.141%2015: United States 10.025%; Management of companies and enterprises 8.566%2016: United States 10.194%; Management of companies and enterprises 9.485%2017: United States 9.675%; Management of companies and enterprises 10.071%2018: United States 9.414%; Management of companies and enterprises 4.522%2019: United States 9.613%; Management of companies and enterprises 3.986%2020: United States 9.637%; Management of companies and enterprises 5.427%2021: United States 10.845%; Management of companies and enterprises 7.540%2022: United States 11.651%; Management of companies and enterprises 6.730%2023: United States 10.608%; Management of companies and enterprises 5.806%
Entry minus exit-3.656 pp

In 2023, establishment entry was lower than exit for Management of companies and enterprises.

Creation minus destruction+3.110 pp

Gross job creation was higher than destruction, matching the published net rate within rounding.

Change since 1978-5.200 pp

Entry rate was 5.200 points lower in 2023 than at the start of the series.

Source custody and method

A flow system, not a concentration score.

Every rate remains attached to its BDS year, national or sector universe, Census denominator, and source release.

01 / Source

2023 Business Dynamics Statistics

U.S. Census Bureau / accessed 2026-07-19. The observatory pins the economy-wide and sector CSV files to verified SHA-256 hashes.

02 / Measurement

March-to-March establishment flows

Job-flow rates use the Census Davis-Haltiwanger-Schuh average-employment denominator. Entry and exit use longitudinally consistent establishment counts, and excess reallocation removes the absolute net job change from gross flows.

03 / Handoffs

5,520 reusable observations

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