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Highest business survival by state

Existing establishments remaining open, annual.

100 minus the Census BDS annual establishment exit rate: the share of establishments that did not close during the year. It is an economy-wide one-year measure, not a cohort survival rate and not limited to tiny firms.

  1. 1North Dakota92.1%
  2. 2Arkansas91.9%
  3. 3Louisiana91.9%
  4. 4Ohio91.9%
  5. 5Wisconsin91.9%
  6. 6Alabama91.8%
  7. 7Kentucky91.8%
  8. 8Pennsylvania91.8%
  9. 9Kansas91.7%
  10. 10Nebraska91.7%
  11. 11West Virginia91.7%
  12. 12Connecticut91.6%
  13. 13Indiana91.6%
  14. 14Massachusetts91.6%
  15. 15Michigan91.6%
  16. 16South Dakota91.6%
  17. 17Iowa91.5%
  18. 18Maine91.4%
  19. 19Minnesota91.4%
  20. 20Mississippi91.4%
  21. 21New Hampshire91.4%
  22. 22South Carolina91.4%
  23. 23Vermont91.4%
  24. 24Tennessee91.3%
  25. 25Hawaii91.2%
  26. 26Rhode Island91.2%
  27. 27District of Columbia91.1%
  28. 28Alaska91.0%
  29. 29North Carolina91.0%
  30. 30Oklahoma91.0%
  31. 31Virginia91.0%
  32. 32Illinois90.9%
  33. 33Maryland90.9%
  34. 34New Mexico90.7%
  35. 35Texas90.6%
  36. 36Missouri90.4%
  37. 37New Jersey90.4%
  38. 38New York90.4%
  39. 39Montana90.3%
  40. 40Oregon90.2%
  41. 41Delaware90.0%
  42. 42Wyoming90.0%
  43. 43Georgia89.9%
  44. 44Arizona89.8%
  45. 45California89.8%
  46. 46Washington89.7%
  47. 47Idaho89.5%
  48. 48Utah89.5%
  49. 49Nevada89.2%
  50. 50Florida89.1%
  51. 51Colorado88.9%
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics (2023). · How this is built