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Nevada Business Applications by County

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

Latest year: 2025 · 17 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.

County ranking

Highest application counties

The ranking follows the selected year and map measure. Select a bar to inspect that county.

Ranking

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Ranked by 2025 business applications

Nevada counties ranked by 2025 business applications
RankCountyApplicationsvs. prior yearShare of state
1Clark County (featured)51,725+7.7%79.8%
2Washoe County8,544-18.1%13.2%
3Carson City1,021+0.5%1.6%
4Douglas County768+3.4%1.2%
5Lyon County698+23.8%1.1%
6Nye County596-6.9%0.9%
7Elko County553+5.3%0.9%
8Churchill County286+10.9%0.4%
9Humboldt County207+43.8%0.3%
10Storey County78+13.0%0.1%
11Lander County60+100.0%0.1%
12White Pine County60-7.7%0.1%
13Mineral County55+34.1%0.1%
14Pershing County44-15.4%0.1%
15Lincoln County38-11.6%0.1%
16Eureka County33+106.3%0.1%
17Esmeralda County14Not available0.0%