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Kansas Business Applications by County

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

Latest year: 2025 · 105 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

Kansas counties ranked by 2025 business applications
RankCountyApplicationsvs. prior yearShare of state
1Johnson County9,801+10.9%26.1%
2Sedgwick County7,848+18.9%20.9%
3Wyandotte County2,562+26.4%6.8%
4Shawnee County1,902+21.1%5.1%
5Douglas County1,277+15.9%3.4%
6Montgomery County846+38.9%2.3%
7Leavenworth County842+28.0%2.2%
8Butler County829+29.9%2.2%
9Riley County670+21.2%1.8%
10Reno County634+32.9%1.7%
11Saline County588+16.9%1.6%
12Geary County421+37.6%1.1%
13Finney County382+5.8%1.0%
14Miami County380+4.7%1.0%
15Crawford County357+15.9%1.0%
16Franklin County337+49.1%0.9%
17Lyon County322+9.5%0.9%
18Ford County315+1.9%0.8%
19Harvey County301+14.0%0.8%
20Ellis County292+15.4%0.8%
21Cowley County283+52.2%0.8%
22Pottawatomie County278+22.5%0.7%
23Seward County245+36.1%0.7%
24McPherson County244-0.8%0.7%
25Dickinson County236+31.8%0.6%
26Barton County225+27.1%0.6%
27Sumner County212+31.7%0.6%
28Cherokee County196+15.3%0.5%
29Labette County192+79.4%0.5%
30Jefferson County187+8.7%0.5%
31Osage County158+26.4%0.4%
32Neosho County145+31.8%0.4%
33Bourbon County139-1.4%0.4%
34Allen County132+45.1%0.4%
35Atchison County122+3.4%0.3%
36Jackson County122+10.9%0.3%
37Marion County120+18.8%0.3%
38Coffey County113+10.8%0.3%
39Linn County106-1.9%0.3%
40Cloud County104+57.6%0.3%
41Brown County101+13.5%0.3%
42Pratt County98-3.0%0.3%
43Rice County98+24.1%0.3%
44Marshall County97+9.0%0.3%
45Clay County95+69.6%0.3%
46Nemaha County93-10.6%0.2%
47Thomas County91+19.7%0.2%
48Ottawa County84+23.5%0.2%
49Grant County78+30.0%0.2%
50Russell County78+32.2%0.2%
51Kingman County76+24.6%0.2%
52Wabaunsee County76+2.7%0.2%
53Sherman County74-7.5%0.2%
54Anderson County73-12.0%0.2%
55Gray County71+39.2%0.2%
56Scott County69-5.5%0.2%
57Stevens County68+70.0%0.2%
58Wilson County68-10.5%0.2%
59Doniphan County630.0%0.2%
60Mitchell County60-7.7%0.2%
61Ellsworth County57+11.8%0.2%
62Greenwood County57-18.6%0.2%
63Washington County56-5.1%0.1%
64Harper County53-14.5%0.1%
65Morris County53+47.2%0.1%
66Norton County46+17.9%0.1%
67Pawnee County460.0%0.1%
68Phillips County43-18.9%0.1%
69Woodson County43+34.4%0.1%
70Barber County42-2.3%0.1%
71Republic County42-6.7%0.1%
72Rooks County42+5.0%0.1%
73Meade County39+30.0%0.1%
74Kiowa County38+81.0%0.1%
75Osborne County37+54.2%0.1%
76Rawlins County37+12.1%0.1%
77Gove County36+38.5%0.1%
78Kearny County36+20.0%0.1%
79Rush County35+105.9%0.1%
80Sheridan County34+21.4%0.1%
81Haskell County33-23.3%0.1%
82Elk County32+39.1%0.1%
83Ness County32-17.9%0.1%
84Wichita County32+100.0%0.1%
85Chautauqua County31+47.6%0.1%
86Decatur County31+3.3%0.1%
87Trego County31-8.8%0.1%
88Chase County30+100.0%0.1%
89Smith County300.0%0.1%
90Lincoln County29-19.4%0.1%
91Stafford County29-35.6%0.1%
92Cheyenne County24-7.7%0.1%
93Graham County24+84.6%0.1%
94Greeley County24+84.6%0.1%
95Stanton County23+43.8%0.1%
96Hamilton County22+4.8%0.1%
97Jewell County22-29.0%0.1%
98Morton County20-4.8%0.1%
99Comanche County16+33.3%0.0%
100Edwards County14-57.6%0.0%
101Hodgeman County13+18.2%0.0%
102Wallace County12-52.0%0.0%
103Lane County11-52.2%0.0%
104Clark County8-11.1%0.0%
105Logan County5-73.7%0.0%