Overview

Firm_dynamics

Firm_age

Firm_establishment_dynamics

Firm_establishment_age

Firm_establishment_birth

Firm_establishment_death

Sheet 1: Firm_dynamics

 

Private-Sector Firms from Business Dynamics, 1977 – 2009
	Net		Continuing	Firm	Total
	Change	New Firms	Firms *	deaths *	Firms
1977	–	563,325	–	–	3,437,057
1978	52,511	438,886	2,664,307	386,375	3,489,568
1979	114,664	496,400	2,726,096	381,736	3,604,232
1980	5,901	450,904	2,714,226	445,003	3,610,133
1981	7,029	463,931	2,696,329	456,902	3,617,162
1982	20,901	440,242	2,778,480	419,341	3,638,063
1983	59,989	410,162	2,937,717	350,173	3,698,052
1984	132,692	469,995	3,023,446	337,303	3,830,744
1985	146,803	499,377	3,125,596	352,574	3,977,547
1986	114,516	512,453	3,181,673	397,937	4,092,063
1987	126,036	544,079	3,255,977	418,043	4,218,099
1988	-2,129	487,092	3,239,657	489,221	4,215,970
1989	-1,534	467,261	3,278,380	468,795	4,214,436
1990	110,430	479,698	3,475,900	369,268	4,324,866
1991	55,680	465,790	3,504,646	410,110	4,380,546
1992	27,608	462,867	3,510,028	435,259	4,408,154
1993	52,939	473,945	3,566,142	421,006	4,461,093
1994	75,082	495,677	3,619,903	420,595	4,536,175
1995	89,583	511,542	3,692,257	421,959	4,625,758
1996	77,266	513,155	3,753,980	435,889	4,703,024
1997	69,579	517,946	3,806,290	448,367	4,772,603
1998	30,599	513,455	3,806,891	482,856	4,803,202
1999	28,430	495,105	3,869,852	466,675	4,831,632
2000	12,114	480,399	3,895,062	468,285	4,843,746
2001	83,384	469,042	4,072,430	385,658	4,927,130
2002	43,283	497,175	4,019,346	453,892	4,970,413
2003	40,589	498,793	4,054,005	458,204	5,011,002
2004	75,521	519,503	4,123,038	443,982	5,086,523
2005	101,374	543,613	4,202,045	442,239	5,187,897
2006	44,559	556,899	4,163,217	512,340	5,232,456
2007	67,572	524,446	4,318,708	456,874	5,300,028
2008	-51,837	488,264	4,219,826	540,101	5,248,191
2009	-160,071	403,765	4,120,519	563,836	5,088,120
* Calculated
Firms are an aggregation of establishments owned by a parent company and establishment activity is defined by the existence of March 12 employment
Establishments are business locations with payroll while firms are aggregations of establishments owned by a parent company.
Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, from data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics
(http://www.ces.census.gov/index.php/bds).

Sheet 2: Firm_age

 

Private-Sector Firms by Firm Age, 1977 – 2009
		Firm Age
Firm start year	Total	0	1	2	3	4	5	6 to 10	11 to 15	16 to 20	21 to 25	26+	Pre-1977
1977	3,421,839	563,325	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,858,514
1978	3,487,472	438,886	420,114	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,628,472
1979	3,602,686	496,400	392,470	355,341	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,358,475
1980	3,607,670	450,904	362,560	321,308	306,898	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,166,000
1981	3,615,858	463,931	337,998	309,858	273,413	264,294	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,966,364
1982	3,618,409	440,242	362,067	280,985	264,603	235,705	233,537	–	–	–	–	–	1,801,270
1983	3,695,354	410,162	336,805	308,742	248,145	238,202	215,969	216,829	–	–	–	–	1,720,500
1984	3,828,317	469,995	337,173	284,033	271,638	223,752	217,096	400,814	–	–	–	–	1,623,816
1985	3,975,323	499,377	408,239	284,175	248,710	243,736	203,226	567,850	–	–	–	–	1,520,010
1986	4,089,312	512,453	405,030	348,797	246,484	220,615	219,662	709,922	–	–	–	–	1,426,349
1987	4,195,887	544,079	405,876	342,394	306,314	217,761	197,195	853,848	–	–	–	–	1,328,420
1988	4,213,370	487,092	407,967	338,326	297,473	273,315	195,633	818,890	151,085	–	–	–	1,243,589
1989	4,209,669	467,261	378,083	339,554	292,395	262,754	245,509	791,748	273,778	–	–	–	1,158,587
1990	4,321,724	479,698	376,072	323,368	297,953	262,072	239,116	839,672	397,540	–	–	–	1,106,233
1991	4,367,128	465,790	385,673	322,150	281,634	262,724	234,049	868,761	500,233	–	–	–	1,046,114
1992	4,386,973	462,867	359,494	322,496	277,480	247,258	234,934	879,160	609,618	–	–	–	993,666
1993	4,458,220	473,945	356,115	307,365	284,085	248,834	224,418	914,411	590,265	114,162	–	–	944,620
1994	4,532,649	495,677	366,535	301,540	269,620	254,027	224,742	933,459	580,513	209,289	–	–	897,247
1995	4,622,291	511,542	382,419	311,175	264,850	241,888	229,945	913,854	611,890	300,302	–	–	854,426
1996	4,699,125	513,155	395,818	325,254	272,916	237,051	219,684	908,440	636,478	379,962	–	–	810,367
1997	4,756,960	517,946	393,878	333,447	283,169	242,189	212,926	891,135	643,531	466,436	–	–	772,303
1998	4,799,287	513,455	395,954	332,767	291,081	251,720	217,921	869,177	662,074	446,435	87,631	–	731,072
1999	4,827,653	495,105	399,383	334,748	290,123	258,965	226,602	860,703	671,603	437,189	159,107	–	694,125
2000	4,839,950	480,399	384,248	340,155	292,375	258,118	232,860	859,939	645,713	461,280	227,220	–	657,643
2001	4,923,515	469,042	373,913	326,732	298,206	259,875	231,893	862,682	635,582	477,536	287,193	–	700,861
2002	4,955,710	497,175	369,439	323,591	289,918	266,231	236,141	886,122	641,538	486,368	353,593	–	605,594
2003	5,008,768	498,793	376,936	319,364	286,511	261,210	242,224	905,808	629,230	502,175	341,654	66,341	578,522
2004	5,084,272	519,503	378,485	324,262	284,267	258,472	237,449	928,554	627,708	511,174	337,782	122,353	554,263
2005	5,185,455	543,613	396,379	325,917	288,509	257,956	236,485	941,229	633,488	490,321	363,821	176,397	531,340
2006	5,226,557	556,899	408,849	336,493	283,810	256,781	232,421	935,730	624,188	488,193	374,970	222,592	505,631
2007	5,285,987	524,446	419,954	353,726	299,396	257,823	234,059	936,602	631,641	483,054	381,270	277,013	487,003
2008	5,244,270	488,264	385,122	353,941	306,670	263,702	230,641	927,717	641,745	470,691	391,570	318,556	465,651
2009	5,085,682	403,765	353,636	320,327	302,839	266,476	231,766	899,462	646,836	463,243	393,349	357,261	446,722
*Firms are an aggregation of establishments owned by a parent company and establishment activity is defined by the existence of March 12 employment
Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, from data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics (http://www.ces.census.gov/index.php/bds).

Sheet 3: Firm_establishment_dynamics

 

Private-Sector Establishments from Business Dynamics, 1977 – 2009
							End Year
							Estab.
	Net	Estab. Births to	Estab. Births to	Continuing	Estab.	Total	Minus
	Change	New Firms	Continuing Firms	Estab. *	deaths	Estab.	Last year *
1977	183,910	612,932	93,698	–	522,720	4,157,978	–
1978	95,600	443,202	170,340	3,108,489	517,942	4,239,973	81,995
1979	135,974	501,881	135,177	3,242,723	501,084	4,380,865	140,892
1980	56,121	455,453	125,179	3,294,203	524,511	4,399,346	18,481
1981	37,043	466,905	139,445	3,221,896	569,307	4,397,553	-1,793
1982	136,018	453,232	186,464	3,342,398	503,678	4,485,772	88,219
1983	48,966	414,760	139,259	3,502,883	505,053	4,561,955	76,183
1984	137,695	474,110	169,162	3,565,093	505,577	4,713,942	151,987
1985	131,573	505,005	163,988	3,670,533	537,420	4,876,946	163,004
1986	139,791	517,727	176,831	3,763,783	554,767	5,013,108	136,162
1987	188,098	558,510	228,213	3,796,310	598,625	5,181,658	168,550
1988	103,502	494,450	202,866	3,955,720	593,814	5,246,850	65,192
1989	24,817	472,974	176,858	3,997,186	625,015	5,272,033	25,183
1990	175,961	484,395	226,359	4,178,162	534,793	5,423,709	151,676
1991	99,439	472,435	211,153	4,250,736	584,149	5,518,473	94,764
1992	86,377	472,421	222,498	4,279,605	608,542	5,583,066	64,593
1993	78,580	476,197	170,279	4,425,946	567,896	5,640,318	57,252
1994	117,066	500,035	184,381	4,483,300	567,350	5,735,066	94,748
1995	139,536	515,666	195,181	4,564,400	571,311	5,846,558	111,492
1996	115,083	517,476	194,559	4,633,631	596,952	5,942,618	96,060
1997	114,282	526,592	248,099	4,615,904	660,409	6,051,004	108,386
1998	86,449	519,143	210,065	4,745,117	642,759	6,117,084	66,080
1999	75,620	500,383	218,149	4,820,586	642,912	6,182,030	64,946
2000	47,359	485,800	223,889	4,854,592	662,330	6,226,611	44,581
2001	34,801	474,466	251,800	4,931,784	691,465	6,349,515	122,904
2002	60,297	505,073	313,124	4,823,877	757,900	6,399,974	50,459
2003	161,320	501,777	269,524	5,071,591	609,981	6,452,873	52,899
2004	134,399	521,229	240,355	5,134,340	627,185	6,523,109	70,236
2005	177,795	548,592	253,459	5,222,482	624,256	6,648,789	125,680
2006	152,839	568,126	269,438	5,263,407	684,725	6,785,696	136,907
2007	108,173	526,625	304,141	5,336,382	722,593	6,889,741	104,045
2008	-14,836	493,280	233,024	5,395,761	741,140	6,863,205	-26,536
2009	-130,646	407,490	256,648	5,235,219	794,784	6,694,141	-169,064
* Calculated
Establishment activity is defined by the existence of March 12 employment.
Establishments are business locations with payroll while firms are aggregations of establishments owned by a parent company.
Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, from data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics
(http://www.ces.census.gov/index.php/bds).

Sheet 4: Firm_establishment_age

 

Private-Sector Establishments by Firm Age, 1977 – 2009
		Firm Age
Firm start year	Total	0	1	2	3	4	5	6 to 10	11 to 15	16 to 20	21 to 25	26+	Pre-1977
1977	4,157,978	612,932	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,545,046
1978	4,239,973	443,202	471,996	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,324,775
1979	4,380,865	501,881	398,660	407,076	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,073,248
1980	4,399,346	455,453	369,791	328,396	357,505	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,888,201
1981	4,397,553	466,905	343,547	317,776	280,934	307,988	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,680,403
1982	4,485,772	453,232	375,601	291,046	277,699	250,001	284,939	–	–	–	–	–	2,553,254
1983	4,561,955	414,760	353,134	322,935	258,426	251,033	230,587	267,596	–	–	–	–	2,463,484
1984	4,713,942	474,110	343,208	301,406	285,939	233,952	229,739	466,719	–	–	–	–	2,378,869
1985	4,876,946	505,005	413,962	291,370	267,073	258,752	213,648	648,134	–	–	–	–	2,279,002
1986	5,013,108	517,727	412,543	355,854	254,701	239,104	235,294	803,631	–	–	–	–	2,194,254
1987	5,181,658	558,510	417,581	355,388	318,447	231,781	217,492	970,344	–	–	–	–	2,112,115
1988	5,246,850	494,450	423,012	351,175	311,663	286,883	210,929	901,423	210,575	–	–	–	2,056,740
1989	5,272,033	472,974	388,178	355,105	305,751	278,340	259,693	878,013	350,752	–	–	–	1,983,227
1990	5,423,709	484,395	384,250	334,971	314,539	276,187	255,543	927,952	493,503	–	–	–	1,952,369
1991	5,518,473	472,435	394,100	332,148	295,183	280,316	249,673	966,497	615,625	–	–	–	1,912,496
1992	5,583,066	472,421	369,850	333,403	289,779	262,413	253,670	976,550	755,432	–	–	–	1,869,548
1993	5,640,318	476,197	366,548	318,019	294,833	261,409	239,103	1,006,023	693,471	181,206	–	–	1,803,509
1994	5,735,066	500,035	370,564	312,549	280,426	265,180	238,016	1,023,454	681,806	295,789	–	–	1,767,247
1995	5,846,558	515,666	388,953	316,373	276,249	253,030	240,970	1,001,085	714,642	406,482	–	–	1,733,108
1996	5,942,618	517,476	402,919	332,920	279,283	248,864	231,570	988,896	744,944	504,098	–	–	1,691,648
1997	6,051,004	526,592	402,106	343,343	292,652	251,332	225,934	971,328	750,976	621,607	–	–	1,665,134
1998	6,117,084	519,143	412,514	341,510	300,891	261,068	227,607	938,671	766,598	556,240	165,060	–	1,627,782
1999	6,182,030	500,383	412,684	350,268	298,364	269,444	236,556	925,701	779,482	544,781	258,031	–	1,606,336
2000	6,226,611	485,800	394,501	358,695	307,213	266,380	243,465	919,488	749,640	568,592	348,632	–	1,584,205
2001	6,349,515	474,466	382,980	340,331	321,536	274,686	240,498	920,160	727,617	597,441	426,493	–	1,643,307
2002	6,399,974	505,073	376,992	334,085	304,989	293,091	250,237	937,461	727,444	600,674	516,318	–	1,553,610
2003	6,452,873	501,777	385,260	327,759	297,356	276,580	270,406	955,060	704,258	608,383	455,062	145,893	1,525,079
2004	6,523,109	521,229	381,780	332,430	293,009	268,756	252,219	995,528	692,520	617,952	451,120	223,423	1,493,143
2005	6,648,789	548,592	398,309	329,315	296,674	266,738	246,646	1,015,128	691,051	594,312	479,956	304,267	1,477,801
2006	6,785,696	568,126	417,084	341,475	290,651	268,207	243,812	1,022,916	685,415	589,105	506,075	372,340	1,480,490
2007	6,889,741	526,625	434,287	364,212	307,915	273,085	244,608	1,018,098	689,548	582,783	509,377	456,403	1,482,800
2008	6,863,205	493,280	387,832	368,981	317,553	272,904	247,022	1,003,310	697,489	557,152	513,664	530,920	1,473,098
2009	6,694,141	407,490	358,999	323,170	317,625	277,120	240,655	963,304	718,903	542,186	509,758	595,756	1,439,175
*Establishment activity is defined by the existence of March 12 employment
Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, from data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics (http://www.ces.census.gov/index.php/bds).

Sheet 5: Firm_establishment_birth

 

Private-Sector Establishment Births by Firm Age, 1977 – 2009
		Firm Age
Firm start year	Total	0	1	2	3	4	5	6 to 10	11 to 15	16 to 20	21 to 25	26+	Pre-1977
1977	695,453	601,755	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	93,698
1978	608,902	438,562	7,100	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	163,240
1979	632,565	497,388	2,385	19,807	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	112,985
1980	576,466	451,287	2,068	12,088	15,080	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	95,943
1981	593,669	454,224	2,436	12,357	10,584	13,409	–	–	–	–	–	–	100,659
1982	636,801	450,337	7,964	15,424	15,036	14,284	18,625	–	–	–	–	–	115,131
1983	545,860	406,601	1,986	10,260	8,016	7,625	7,028	9,584	–	–	–	–	94,760
1984	640,208	471,046	1,979	11,503	9,853	8,719	8,792	19,837	–	–	–	–	108,479
1985	665,708	501,720	2,014	12,023	11,320	9,750	8,181	27,403	–	–	–	–	93,297
1986	693,027	516,196	3,579	13,737	10,389	9,214	8,635	34,053	–	–	–	–	97,224
1987	783,039	554,826	7,429	19,627	15,751	12,721	10,263	49,136	–	–	–	–	113,286
1988	692,545	489,679	4,411	11,790	10,522	9,169	7,434	32,346	11,052	–	–	–	116,142
1989	646,596	469,738	3,312	12,315	10,197	9,195	7,774	30,474	13,961	–	–	–	89,630
1990	708,592	482,233	3,011	15,619	15,383	12,686	11,342	43,765	25,384	–	–	–	99,169
1991	679,723	468,570	4,498	11,245	10,950	10,457	9,016	36,936	27,216	–	–	–	100,835
1992	693,551	471,053	4,478	15,036	12,700	11,317	10,941	40,848	34,597	–	–	–	92,581
1993	642,641	472,362	1,798	10,803	10,627	8,951	8,123	32,091	21,463	6,510	–	–	69,913
1994	680,876	496,495	2,035	9,923	9,215	9,079	8,215	33,643	21,835	11,155	–	–	79,281
1995	707,184	512,003	2,268	10,395	9,713	8,806	8,587	34,748	24,236	14,405	–	–	82,023
1996	707,604	513,045	3,512	10,922	9,554	8,512	8,051	33,069	23,910	16,905	–	–	80,124
1997	770,625	522,526	4,384	12,569	10,593	9,397	8,099	38,349	30,088	29,927	–	–	104,693
1998	725,449	515,384	1,385	10,625	10,137	8,228	7,045	29,158	23,881	17,887	7,524	–	94,195
1999	714,715	496,566	7,122	10,391	9,323	9,134	7,957	28,127	26,480	16,549	10,366	–	92,700
2000	705,789	481,900	5,074	15,839	10,200	8,134	7,895	26,486	24,799	16,943	14,196	–	94,323
2001	722,208	470,408	4,140	13,451	15,507	8,861	7,479	27,804	22,202	21,926	17,040	–	113,390
2002	818,192	505,068	3,022	18,095	17,478	17,604	11,782	43,680	34,225	29,738	27,152	–	110,348
2003	771,301	501,777	933	17,520	15,630	13,966	13,325	41,849	28,430	22,047	15,696	7,391	92,737
2004	759,208	518,853	395	12,431	13,152	11,801	10,205	39,290	24,400	20,188	17,392	8,325	82,776
2005	798,505	545,046	376	12,668	11,144	11,716	10,310	40,542	25,921	20,741	15,665	12,996	91,380
2006	832,724	563,286	2,265	12,832	10,922	10,179	9,699	41,117	25,503	24,540	20,556	18,075	93,750
2007	817,086	512,945	3,583	14,961	12,228	11,506	9,400	42,931	26,604	25,245	24,003	24,640	109,040
2008	713,338	480,314	741	13,029	10,659	8,770	8,316	32,230	21,803	18,247	16,612	21,387	81,230
2009	664,138	407,490	570	20,050	17,034	13,154	10,225	37,773	26,443	20,032	16,327	22,890	72,150
*Establishment activity is defined by the existence of March 12 employment.
Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, from data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics (http://www.ces.census.gov/index.php/bds).

Sheet 6: Firm_establishment_death

 

Private-Sector Establishment Deaths by Firm Age, 1977 – 2009
		Firm Age
Firm start year	Total	0	1	2	3	4	5	6 to 10	11 to 15	16 to 20	21 to 25	26+	Pre-1977
1977	522,720	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	522,720
1978	517,942	–	141,786	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	376,156
1979	501,084	–	113,822	80,384	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	306,878
1980	524,511	–	114,279	74,358	62,425	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	273,449
1981	569,307	–	103,421	69,378	56,193	59,153	–	–	–	–	–	–	281,162
1982	503,678	–	92,714	61,134	49,909	40,749	38,410	–	–	–	–	–	220,762
1983	505,053	–	99,563	62,207	42,635	36,702	29,838	30,323	–	–	–	–	203,785
1984	505,577	–	91,192	61,667	46,952	34,350	30,942	53,626	–	–	–	–	186,848
1985	537,420	–	93,047	60,924	45,858	37,695	29,270	77,915	–	–	–	–	192,711
1986	554,767	–	103,448	67,689	45,047	36,300	31,763	92,970	–	–	–	–	177,550
1987	598,625	–	104,428	69,406	49,731	34,842	30,720	115,643	–	–	–	–	193,855
1988	593,814	–	127,537	73,799	52,573	39,575	27,551	98,028	18,674	–	–	–	156,077
1989	625,015	–	105,835	78,744	55,944	43,387	35,432	106,208	35,281	–	–	–	164,184
1990	534,793	–	85,422	62,428	52,385	39,804	32,462	89,987	39,743	–	–	–	132,562
1991	584,149	–	87,623	61,120	49,905	44,976	35,707	104,349	55,266	–	–	–	145,203
1992	608,542	–	97,722	67,358	49,699	40,122	35,107	104,710	66,557	–	–	–	147,267
1993	567,896	–	98,472	59,218	46,644	36,318	30,548	97,073	53,736	12,489	–	–	133,398
1994	567,350	–	98,373	60,644	44,776	37,549	30,824	102,052	54,507	21,304	–	–	117,321
1995	571,311	–	103,238	60,505	43,624	34,370	30,439	100,224	54,675	29,062	–	–	115,174
1996	596,952	–	107,136	63,914	45,228	35,172	29,126	102,783	58,903	36,646	–	–	118,044
1997	660,409	–	109,980	68,062	48,908	36,440	30,100	106,737	65,782	51,305	–	–	143,095
1998	642,759	–	115,801	68,397	50,487	38,608	30,391	101,161	63,418	42,270	12,036	–	120,190
1999	642,912	–	106,855	70,455	51,313	40,244	32,062	101,215	65,785	40,917	18,852	–	115,214
2000	662,330	–	106,160	67,804	52,328	40,332	34,109	104,220	66,923	43,357	25,390	–	121,707
2001	691,465	–	107,103	69,143	53,587	43,424	35,638	112,236	70,642	48,142	32,379	–	119,171
2002	757,900	–	111,879	69,494	52,430	42,983	37,245	117,699	74,773	57,826	48,239	–	145,332
2003	609,981	–	110,384	60,265	47,512	38,316	32,449	102,257	60,132	39,677	26,902	7,558	84,529
2004	627,185	–	110,469	62,019	45,701	37,917	32,295	104,293	59,720	41,443	27,841	11,226	94,261
2005	624,256	–	113,207	62,780	45,747	36,591	31,177	105,780	58,765	41,532	28,585	16,269	83,823
2006	684,725	–	124,698	69,344	50,743	39,821	33,572	116,307	65,676	47,060	33,554	23,585	80,365
2007	722,593	–	129,216	70,408	51,430	39,299	32,718	116,634	64,963	47,690	38,145	31,849	100,241
2008	741,140	–	139,257	83,582	61,195	47,268	36,945	121,382	69,190	47,044	33,715	31,165	70,397
2009	794,784	–	134,753	84,503	67,905	53,120	42,173	131,736	76,394	49,051	36,138	37,512	81,499
*Establishment activity is defined by the existence of March 12 employment.
Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, from data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics (http://www.ces.census.gov/index.php/bds).