Business Formation Pulse · County

U.S. Business Applications by County

Census publishes business application counts by county once a year, roughly six months after year end. Values use differentially private geometric noise for disclosure avoidance, so treat county figures as protected estimates rather than exact counts.

Latest year: 2025 · 3,156 counties

Highlights

Highest business-application counties, 2025

Top counties by 2025 business applications
RankStateCountyApplications
1CaliforniaShow countiesLos Angeles County172,540
2FloridaShow countiesMiami-Dade County135,758
3TexasShow countiesHarris County99,688
4IllinoisShow countiesCook County99,217
5ArizonaShow countiesMaricopa County98,384
6FloridaShow countiesBroward County72,422
7TexasShow countiesDallas County61,000
8New YorkShow countiesNew York County54,695
9NevadaShow countiesClark County51,725
10CaliforniaShow countiesOrange County49,945
11GeorgiaShow countiesFulton County49,873
12FloridaShow countiesOrange County49,392
13TexasShow countiesTravis County48,974
14New YorkShow countiesKings County48,687
15FloridaShow countiesPalm Beach County48,510
16WashingtonShow countiesKing County46,989
17CaliforniaShow countiesSan Diego County45,546
18FloridaShow countiesHillsborough County43,619
19TexasShow countiesTarrant County39,814
20MichiganShow countiesWayne County39,517

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