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Fastest-growing cities for new businesses in Mississippi

Jackson grew fastest: 9,987 new businesses, up 588% from the 12 months before. Jackson had the most new businesses of any Mississippi city in the 12 months through September 2026: 9,987, 19% of the state total.

Fastest-growing Mississippi cities

#	City	New businesses	Year before	Change
1	Jackson	9,987	1,451	+588%
2	Flowood	1,115	307	+263%
3	Byram	358	102	+251%
4	Meridian	893	301	+197%
5	Gulfport	2,139	736	+191%
6	Fulton	150	54	+178%
7	Gautier	216	78	+177%
8	Clarksdale	258	95	+172%
9	Starkville	692	258	+168%
10	Moss Point	319	120	+166%
11	Grenada	274	104	+163%
12	Greenville	447	173	+158%
13	Biloxi	1,269	497	+155%
14	Lucedale	409	163	+151%
15	Forest	153	61	+151%
16	Diberville	183	73	+151%
17	Yazoo City	167	68	+146%
18	Purvis	189	77	+145%
19	Louisville	177	73	+142%
20	Southaven	833	347	+140%
21	Oxford	1,576	662	+138%
22	Cleveland	256	109	+135%
23	Raymond	157	67	+134%
24	Indianola	131	56	+134%
25	Olive Branch	1,061	457	+132%

New businesses formed in the 12 months through September 2026 against the 12 months before. Cities with at least 100 this year and 50 the year before.

Mississippi cities with the most new businesses

#	City	New businesses	Share of state	Change
1	Jackson	9,987	19%	+588%
2	Gulfport	2,139	4%	+191%
3	Hattiesburg	1,652	3%	+108%
4	Madison	1,596	3%	+88%
5	Oxford	1,576	3%	+138%
6	Ridgeland	1,528	3%	+42%
7	Biloxi	1,269	2%	+155%
8	Brandon	1,235	2%	+80%
9	Flowood	1,115	2%	+263%
10	Olive Branch	1,061	2%	+132%
11	Tupelo	978	2%	+105%
12	Meridian	893	2%	+197%
13	Ocean Springs	854	2%	+95%
14	Southaven	833	2%	+140%
15	Starkville	692	1%	+168%
16	Columbus	675	1%	+111%
17	Vicksburg	565	1%	+99%
18	Canton	507	1%	+99%
19	Laurel	495	1%	+120%
20	Pearl	468	1%	+103%
21	Clinton	466	1%	+99%
22	Hernando	463	1%	+106%
23	Greenville	447	1%	+158%
24	Natchez	417	1%	+103%
25	Lucedale	409	1%	+151%

New businesses formed in the 12 months through September 2026.

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Common questions

Which Mississippi city has the most new businesses?

Jackson had the most new businesses of any Mississippi city in the 12 months through September 2026: 9,987, 19% of the state total.

Which Mississippi city is growing fastest for new businesses?

Jackson grew fastest: 9,987 new businesses, up 588% from the 12 months before. The ranking covers cities with at least 100 new businesses in the 12 months through September 2026 and 50 in the 12 months before.

Where do these numbers come from?

From Mississippi's official business registry. ListRiver counts businesses by the formation date the state reports and the city of the business address on file.

Monthly Mississippi new-business reports · All states ranked · Mississippi businesses by county and city

Methodology

Counts are businesses registered with the state of Mississippi whose formation (registration) date falls in the period shown and that appear on the state register in ListRiver's data. City is the business address on file, with spellings as the state records them. Businesses already dissolved are not counted, so the earlier 12 months are slightly understated and increases slightly overstated; the effect is similar across a state's cities, so the order is a fair comparison. More in the methodology.

Cite this page: ListRiver, “Fastest-growing cities for new businesses in Mississippi”, https://listriver.com/reports/new-businesses/mississippi/cities. Journalists and researchers are welcome to use these figures with a link.