Monthly report

New businesses in California: July 2026

997 new California businesses formed in July 2026 are on file so far.

This month is incomplete. California has not finished publishing its July 2026 filings, so this count is well below the state's usual level and will rise. Please don't quote it or compare it with other months yet.
On file so far
997
July 2026
Month over month
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incomplete month
Year over year
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incomplete month
Most common type
LLC
60% of formations

New California businesses per month

0200,000400,000Jul 2024: 1,326Jul 24Aug 2024: 1,393Sep 2024: 1,268Oct 2024: 1,378Nov 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: 997

By entity type

  • LLCs602 · 60%
  • Corporations329 · 33%
  • Nonprofits34 · 3%
  • Other20 · 2%
  • LLPs6 · 1%
  • Limited partnerships6 · 1%

Top cities in July 2026

Industries (where known)

  • Professional & Technical Services31 · 18%
  • Finance & Insurance27 · 16%
  • Real Estate21 · 12%
  • Manufacturing15 · 9%
  • Health Care & Social Assistance14 · 8%
  • Information11 · 6%
  • Wholesale Trade9 · 5%
  • Utilities9 · 5%
  • Construction9 · 5%
  • Administrative & Support Services7 · 4%

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Methodology

Counts are businesses registered with the state of California whose formation (registration) date falls in July 2026 and that appear on the state register in ListRiver's data as of October 12, 2026. Businesses already dissolved are not counted, so older months can drift slightly as records change. City and county refer to the business address on file. More in the methodology.

Cite this report: ListRiver, “New businesses in California: July 2026”, https://listriver.com/reports/new-businesses/california/2026-07. Journalists and researchers are welcome to use these figures with a link.

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