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Alabama Business Applications by County

Explore annual Census business applications across Alabama. Bubble size shows application volume; color can show volume or year-over-year change.

Latest year: 2025 · 67 counties

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Where are business applications concentrated?

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Light to dark: lower to higher application volumeBubble size: applications

County points use official Census internal coordinates. Values are protected estimates from the published annual BFS county file.

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Highest application counties

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Ranked by 2025 business applications

Alabama counties ranked by 2025 business applications
RankCountyApplicationsvs. prior yearShare of state
1Jefferson County12,309+3.0%17.5%
2Mobile County6,320-19.1%9.0%
3Madison County6,207+13.7%8.8%
4Baldwin County3,909+7.9%5.5%
5Montgomery County3,867+5.8%5.5%
6Shelby County3,468+20.3%4.9%
7Houston County2,748+21.9%3.9%
8Tuscaloosa County2,595+5.1%3.7%
9Lee County2,307+8.0%3.3%
10Limestone County1,456+22.6%2.1%
11Morgan County1,409+25.9%2.0%
12Calhoun County1,407+28.5%2.0%
13Etowah County1,200+23.6%1.7%
14St. Clair County1,074+16.9%1.5%
15Marshall County1,054+18.3%1.5%
16Elmore County1,043+14.9%1.5%
17Lauderdale County996+32.4%1.4%
18Talladega County975+31.0%1.4%
19Cullman County939+21.8%1.3%
20Russell County826+14.6%1.2%
21Walker County711+28.3%1.0%
22Autauga County709+11.0%1.0%
23DeKalb County667+30.0%0.9%
24Colbert County644+19.3%0.9%
25Blount County612+35.1%0.9%
26Coffee County593+10.6%0.8%
27Dale County567+18.6%0.8%
28Tallapoosa County534+7.4%0.8%
29Chilton County516+26.8%0.7%
30Escambia County485-3.0%0.7%
31Chambers County469-28.8%0.7%
32Jackson County423+21.2%0.6%
33Dallas County417-33.3%0.6%
34Covington County405+14.7%0.6%
35Pike County350+23.2%0.5%
36Lawrence County337+40.4%0.5%
37Geneva County297+29.1%0.4%
38Clarke County286+1.1%0.4%
39Macon County2750.0%0.4%
40Franklin County271+53.1%0.4%
41Barbour County261+7.4%0.4%
42Marengo County250-7.1%0.4%
43Butler County249+50.0%0.4%
44Cherokee County244+20.2%0.3%
45Randolph County240-6.3%0.3%
46Marion County224+7.2%0.3%
47Winston County217+11.9%0.3%
48Hale County212+1.4%0.3%
49Bibb County210+12.3%0.3%
50Pickens County210+24.3%0.3%
51Monroe County205-10.9%0.3%
52Cleburne County193+53.2%0.3%
53Henry County191+6.1%0.3%
54Washington County190+20.3%0.3%
55Wilcox County163+17.3%0.2%
56Sumter County152-6.2%0.2%
57Fayette County151+6.3%0.2%
58Crenshaw County150+25.0%0.2%
59Lowndes County143+11.7%0.2%
60Choctaw County141-10.8%0.2%
61Conecuh County131+39.4%0.2%
62Clay County124+14.8%0.2%
63Perry County122-3.2%0.2%
64Bullock County121+19.8%0.2%
65Greene County115-28.1%0.2%
66Lamar County1060.0%0.2%
67Coosa County67-9.5%0.1%