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Indiana Business Applications by County

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

Latest year: 2025 · 92 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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Ranked by 2025 business applications

Indiana counties ranked by 2025 business applications
RankCountyApplicationsvs. prior yearShare of state
1Marion County22,308-6.7%24.8%
2Lake County6,991+3.1%7.8%
3Hamilton County6,762+1.6%7.5%
4Allen County5,864-1.4%6.5%
5St. Joseph County3,233-1.0%3.6%
6Hendricks County2,810+3.4%3.1%
7Johnson County2,423+8.4%2.7%
8Elkhart County2,181-1.8%2.4%
9Vanderburgh County1,955+0.2%2.2%
10Clark County1,889+7.7%2.1%
11Tippecanoe County1,812+0.3%2.0%
12Porter County1,761+0.8%2.0%
13Madison County1,555+4.2%1.7%
14Monroe County1,481+8.7%1.6%
15Boone County1,213+4.7%1.4%
16Hancock County1,148+3.1%1.3%
17LaPorte County1,079+5.9%1.2%
18Delaware County1,073+13.9%1.2%
19Vigo County957-5.1%1.1%
20Bartholomew County935-2.5%1.0%
21Howard County907+6.8%1.0%
22Floyd County898-2.9%1.0%
23Morgan County776-0.5%0.9%
24Kosciusko County770+6.9%0.9%
25Warrick County700+2.8%0.8%
26Wayne County572+0.9%0.6%
27Grant County545-0.9%0.6%
28Jackson County515-14.9%0.6%
29Marshall County467-7.5%0.5%
30Shelby County460-6.9%0.5%
31Lawrence County449+9.2%0.5%
32Dearborn County426-1.8%0.5%
33DeKalb County406+2.0%0.5%
34Noble County394-7.1%0.4%
35Dubois County377+8.6%0.4%
36Henry County377-0.8%0.4%
37LaGrange County355+1.7%0.4%
38Montgomery County355+6.3%0.4%
39Harrison County340-7.4%0.4%
40Steuben County333-9.3%0.4%
41Daviess County331+4.7%0.4%
42Cass County325-6.9%0.4%
43Huntington County320+16.8%0.4%
44Jefferson County320+4.9%0.4%
45Putnam County313-14.5%0.3%
46Miami County301-4.1%0.3%
47Knox County290+3.6%0.3%
48Jasper County285+3.6%0.3%
49Clinton County284+2.5%0.3%
50Greene County263-4.7%0.3%
51Wabash County262+17.5%0.3%
52Whitley County254-6.6%0.3%
53Gibson County253-5.9%0.3%
54Decatur County241+6.2%0.3%
55Ripley County236+7.8%0.3%
56Wells County234+4.5%0.3%
57Jennings County225-5.1%0.3%
58Adams County218-13.1%0.2%
59Owen County218-0.9%0.2%
60Washington County218+2.8%0.2%
61White County218-6.4%0.2%
62Scott County217-17.5%0.2%
63Franklin County212+11.0%0.2%
64Clay County209-14.0%0.2%
65Brown County204+23.6%0.2%
66Fayette County198+2.6%0.2%
67Randolph County197-13.6%0.2%
68Starke County184-13.6%0.2%
69Carroll County182-6.7%0.2%
70Spencer County182+13.7%0.2%
71Posey County176+18.1%0.2%
72Tipton County155+17.4%0.2%
73Parke County153+36.6%0.2%
74Vermillion County153+73.9%0.2%
75Fulton County152-11.1%0.2%
76Orange County152-4.4%0.2%
77Jay County149-5.7%0.2%
78Newton County147+67.0%0.2%
79Fountain County145+1.4%0.2%
80Sullivan County125-8.8%0.1%
81Rush County124-16.8%0.1%
82Pulaski County119+3.5%0.1%
83Perry County115-21.8%0.1%
84Blackford County90-4.3%0.1%
85Benton County84+13.5%0.1%
86Pike County84+5.0%0.1%
87Switzerland County81+17.4%0.1%
88Martin County77+26.2%0.1%
89Warren County77+13.2%0.1%
90Crawford County65-23.5%0.1%
91Union County64+42.2%0.1%
92Ohio County45+4.7%0.1%