California new business reports

New California businesses by formation month, from official state registry records.

New businesses per month

0200,000400,000Oct 2024: 1,378Oct 24Nov 2024: 1,074Dec 2024: 1,146Jan 2025: 395,7352025Feb 2025: 1,439Mar 2025: 1,929Apr 2025: 1,935May 2025: 1,916Jun 2025: 1,819Jul 2025: 1,928Aug 2025: 1,998Sep 2025: 2,020Oct 2025: 2,034Nov 2025: 1,584Dec 2025: 1,924Jan 2026: 261,1532026Feb 2026: 2,406Mar 2026: 2,489Apr 2026: 2,432May 2026: 2,413Jun 2026: 2,093Jul 2026: 997Aug 2026: 9,026Sep 2026: 862

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

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