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Fastest-growing cities for new businesses in Vermont

Saint Albans grew fastest: 183 new businesses, up 87% from the 12 months before. Burlington had the most new businesses of any Vermont city in the 12 months through September 2026: 784, 9% of the state total.

Fastest-growing Vermont cities

#	City	New businesses	Year before	Change
1	Saint Albans	183	98	+87%
2	Barre	189	103	+83%
3	Saint Johnsbury	143	85	+68%
4	South Burlington	360	217	+66%
5	Shelburne	739	459	+61%
6	Montpelier	196	126	+56%
7	Colchester	257	166	+55%
8	Rutland	233	151	+54%
9	Milton	132	89	+48%
10	Bennington	137	93	+47%
11	Burlington	784	567	+38%
12	Essex Junction	231	172	+34%
13	Middlebury	103	80	+29%
14	Brattleboro	183	145	+26%
15	Stowe	142	117	+21%
16	Williston	162	135	+20%

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.

Vermont cities with the most new businesses

#	City	New businesses	Share of state	Change
1	Burlington	784	9%	+38%
2	Shelburne	739	8%	+61%
3	South Burlington	360	4%	+66%
4	Colchester	257	3%	+55%
5	Rutland	233	3%	+54%
6	Essex Junction	231	3%	+34%
7	Montpelier	196	2%	+56%
8	Barre	189	2%	+83%
9	Brattleboro	183	2%	+26%
10	Saint Albans	183	2%	+87%
11	Williston	162	2%	+20%
12	Saint Johnsbury	143	2%	+68%
13	Stowe	142	2%	+21%
14	Bennington	137	1%	+47%
15	Milton	132	1%	+48%
16	Middlebury	103	1%	+29%
17	Morrisville	92	1%	+33%
18	White River Junction	92	1%	+24%
19	Manchester Center	89	1%	+53%
20	Waterbury	81	1%	+113%
21	Randolph	78	1%	+100%
22	Winooski	78	1%	+44%
23	Springfield	77	1%	+67%
24	Jericho	73	1%	+74%
25	Woodstock	73	1%	+78%

New businesses formed in the 12 months through September 2026.

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Common questions

Which Vermont city has the most new businesses?

Burlington had the most new businesses of any Vermont city in the 12 months through September 2026: 784, 9% of the state total.

Which Vermont city is growing fastest for new businesses?

Saint Albans grew fastest: 183 new businesses, up 87% 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 Vermont's official business registry. ListRiver counts businesses by the formation date the state reports and the city of the business address on file.

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

Methodology

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