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Fastest-growing cities for new businesses in Pennsylvania

New Oxford grew fastest: 108 new businesses, up 80% from the 12 months before. Philadelphia had the most new businesses of any Pennsylvania city in the 12 months through September 2026: 22,457, 17% of the state total.

Fastest-growing Pennsylvania cities

#	City	New businesses	Year before	Change
1	New Oxford	108	60	+80%
2	Grove City	101	60	+68%
3	Richboro	160	104	+54%
4	Moscow	146	95	+54%
5	Bangor	136	89	+53%
6	Marcus Hook	136	90	+51%
7	Nanticoke	101	67	+51%
8	Sinking Spring	146	97	+51%
9	Boyertown	123	83	+48%
10	Aston	170	116	+47%
11	Export	104	71	+46%
12	Palmyra	165	114	+45%
13	Beaver Falls	192	133	+44%
14	Ellwood City	121	84	+44%
15	Indiana	235	164	+43%
16	Mount Joy	163	115	+42%
17	Albrightsville	103	73	+41%
18	Jeannette	138	98	+41%
19	West Grove	118	84	+40%
20	Lebanon	534	384	+39%
21	Columbia	126	92	+37%
22	Schwenksville	142	104	+37%
23	Darby	201	148	+36%
24	Broomall	198	146	+36%
25	Aliquippa	246	182	+35%

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.

Pennsylvania cities with the most new businesses

#	City	New businesses	Share of state	Change
1	Philadelphia	22,457	17%	+4%
2	Pittsburgh	7,234	6%	-2%
3	Harrisburg	4,492	3%	-61%
4	Erie	3,651	3%	-43%
5	Allentown	2,535	2%	+3%
6	Lancaster	1,937	2%	-4%
7	Reading	1,649	1%	+25%
8	York	1,614	1%	+11%
9	Bethlehem	1,308	1%	+24%
10	West Chester	1,078	1%	+11%
11	Easton	998	1%	+13%
12	Mechanicsburg	943	1%	+13%
13	Scranton	920	1%	+6%
14	Wilkes Barre	829	1%	+29%
15	Bensalem	785	1%	-23%
16	King Of Prussia	749	1%	+13%
17	Norristown	738	1%	+8%
18	Doylestown	705	1%	+22%
19	Feasterville Trevose	683	1%	-24%
20	Hazleton	640	0%	+25%
21	Wayne	623	0%	+15%
22	Upper Darby	618	0%	+1%
23	Pottstown	597	0%	+15%
24	East Stroudsburg	561	0%	+26%
25	Downingtown	551	0%	+29%

New businesses formed in the 12 months through September 2026.

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Common questions

Which Pennsylvania city has the most new businesses?

Philadelphia had the most new businesses of any Pennsylvania city in the 12 months through September 2026: 22,457, 17% of the state total.

Which Pennsylvania city is growing fastest for new businesses?

New Oxford grew fastest: 108 new businesses, up 80% 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 Pennsylvania's official business registry. ListRiver counts businesses by the formation date the state reports and the city of the business address on file.

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

Methodology

Counts are businesses registered with the state of Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania”, https://listriver.com/reports/new-businesses/pennsylvania/cities. Journalists and researchers are welcome to use these figures with a link.