Monthly report

New businesses in District of Columbia: March 2025

596 new businesses were formed in District of Columbia in March 2025, up 14% from February and up 11% from March 2024.

New businesses
596
March 2025
Month over month
+14%
vs 524
Year over year
+11%
vs 537
Most common type
LLC
79% of formations

New District of Columbia businesses per month

0400800Mar 2023: 437Mar 23Apr 2023: 338May 2023: 390Jun 2023: 352Jul 2023: 420Aug 2023: 399Sep 2023: 330Oct 2023: 368Nov 2023: 336Dec 2023: 321Jan 2024: 6512024Feb 2024: 527Mar 2024: 537Apr 2024: 552May 2024: 493Jun 2024: 458Jul 2024: 527Aug 2024: 475Sep 2024: 525Oct 2024: 533Nov 2024: 450Dec 2024: 523Jan 2025: 7482025Feb 2025: 524Mar 2025: 596

By entity type

  • LLCs471 · 79%
  • Nonprofits64 · 11%
  • Corporations55 · 9%
  • LLPs4 · 1%
  • Other1 · 0%
  • Limited partnerships1 · 0%

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Top cities in March 2025

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Methodology

Counts are businesses registered with the state of District of Columbia whose formation (registration) date falls in March 2025 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 District of Columbia: March 2025”, https://listriver.com/reports/new-businesses/district-of-columbia/2025-03. Journalists and researchers are welcome to use these figures with a link.

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