Business Formation Pulse · TX

Texas Business Formation Statistics

Texas recorded 57,190 business applications in July 2026, +25.5% from one year earlier. The state ranks 3 of 50 states plus D.C. by latest application volume.

Latest period: July 2026
Business applications57,190Official Census value
Month over month+15.8%DDT calculation
Year over year+25.5%DDT calculation
Historical percentile100thDDT calculation

Texas monthly trend

August 2021July 2026
Published monthly values
PeriodValue
July 202657,190
June 202649,384
May 202649,877
April 202646,776
March 202645,916
February 202646,125
January 202649,879
December 202547,752
November 202553,251
October 202549,900
September 202550,272
August 202545,922
July 202545,571
June 202544,829
May 202543,392
April 202542,661
March 202543,315
February 202540,756
January 202533,576
December 202442,076
November 202439,795
October 202440,652
September 202439,480
August 202441,523

What changed in Texas?

The latest value is 25.5% above the same month one year earlier.

DDT calculation based on Census BFS · formula v1.0.0

Applications moved 15.8% from the previous month.

DDT calculation based on Census BFS · formula v1.0.0

The latest value ranks in the 100th percentile of the published monthly history.

DDT calculation based on Census BFS · formula v1.0.0

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