New business reports

How many businesses were formed each month, by state, county, city, entity type and industry - counted from official state registry records. Updated monthly.

All states ranked: September 2026Every state side by side, plus the cities with the most new businesses and the biggest increases.

New York: September 2026

21,904 new businesses
down 2% from the month before
All New York reports

Florida: September 2026

53,311 new businesses
down 6% from the month before
All Florida reports

California: September 2026

863 new businesses so far
Incomplete: the state is still reporting this month.
All California reports

Texas: September 2026

34,397 new businesses
down 18% from the month before
All Texas reports

Pennsylvania: September 2026

10,282 new businesses
down 2% from the month before
All Pennsylvania reports

Colorado: September 2026

13,203 new businesses
down 9% from the month before
All Colorado reports

Virginia: September 2026

11,382 new businesses
down 4% from the month before
All Virginia reports

Oregon: September 2026

6,636 new businesses
up 4% from the month before
All Oregon reports

Connecticut: September 2026

4,394 new businesses
up 1% from the month before
All Connecticut reports

Iowa: September 2026

3,005 new businesses
about the same as the month before
All Iowa reports

Mississippi: September 2026

4,461 new businesses
up 7% from the month before
All Mississippi reports

Alaska: September 2026

883 new businesses
up 6% from the month before
All Alaska reports

District of Columbia: September 2026

1,041 new businesses
down 1% from the month before
All District of Columbia reports

Vermont: September 2026

809 new businesses
down 3% from the month before
All Vermont reports

Ohio: September 2026

9,023 new businesses
down 6% from the month before
All Ohio reports

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Every business formed in the last 12 months across 15 states: more than 2.2 million records, one CSV per state, with 2 monthly updates included.

The formation date in the files is the year and month. Most records have no email address or EIN.

Counts come from official state registry records and cover businesses still active on the register. See the methodology, or download the monthly counts as CSV.