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Maryland Business Applications by County

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

Latest year: 2025 · 24 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

Maryland counties ranked by 2025 business applications
RankCountyApplicationsvs. prior yearShare of state
1Prince George's County20,166+3.6%19.9%
2Montgomery County17,206+6.4%17.0%
3Baltimore County13,851+3.3%13.7%
4Baltimore city11,544+4.0%11.4%
5Anne Arundel County8,421+5.6%8.3%
6Howard County5,792+9.1%5.7%
7Frederick County3,892+10.4%3.8%
8Charles County3,444+12.0%3.4%
9Harford County3,005+8.1%3.0%
10Garrett County2,501+38.3%2.5%
11Washington County1,724+3.8%1.7%
12Carroll County1,651+6.5%1.6%
13Wicomico County1,322+1.0%1.3%
14St. Mary's County1,197+12.8%1.2%
15Calvert County1,002+11.3%1.0%
16Cecil County982+6.7%1.0%
17Worcester County732-7.5%0.7%
18Queen Anne's County650+8.7%0.6%
19Talbot County462-8.7%0.5%
20Allegany County459+19.2%0.5%
21Dorchester County449+11.4%0.4%
22Caroline County357+1.7%0.4%
23Kent County246+27.5%0.2%
24Somerset County197-4.4%0.2%