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New business applications per 1,000: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: New business applications per 1,000 residents (derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in New business applications by state, 2025, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-11-09
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Formation Statistics (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (opens in a new tab)

National value: 16.6 (United States).

Washington: 17.8Idaho: 16.4Montana: 26.1North Dakota: 11.1Minnesota: 12.7Michigan: 15Ohio: 14.1Pennsylvania: 12.3New York: 15.1Vermont: 11.8New Hampshire: 12Maine: 10Arizona: 17.8California: 14.1New Mexico: 19.2Texas: 17.2Louisiana: 16.4Mississippi: 17.8Alabama: 13.6Florida: 27.6Georgia: 22.5South Carolina: 16.9North Carolina: 16.3Virginia: 15.6District of Columbia: 21.5Maryland: 16.2Delaware: 56.7New Jersey: 16.9Connecticut: 13.5Rhode Island: 10.6Massachusetts: 11.1Oregon: 14.7Utah: 20.6Wyoming: 134.2Nevada: 19.7Colorado: 23.9South Dakota: 12.9Nebraska: 11.3Kansas: 12.6Oklahoma: 13.8Iowa: 10.8Missouri: 16.2Wisconsin: 12Illinois: 14.9Kentucky: 13.9Arkansas: 12.7Tennessee: 14.1West Virginia: 9.3Indiana: 12.9Alaska: 14.3Hawaii: 13.7

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 9.3 to 12.3
  • Group 2: 12.3 to 13.9
  • Group 3: 13.9 to 16.2
  • Group 4: 16.2 to 17.8
  • Highest: 17.8 to 134.2
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: Wyoming and Delaware draw many applications from out-of-state owners because of their incorporation rules.

1Wyoming134.2
2Delaware56.7
3Florida27.6
4Montana26.1
5Colorado23.9
6Georgia22.5
7District of Columbia21.5
8Utah20.6
9Nevada19.7
10New Mexico19.2
11Arizona17.8
11Mississippi17.8
11Washington17.8
14Texas17.2
15New Jersey16.9
15South Carolina16.9
17Idaho16.4
17Louisiana16.4
19North Carolina16.3
20Maryland16.2
20Missouri16.2
22Virginia15.6
23New York15.1
24Michigan15
25Illinois14.9
26Oregon14.7
27Alaska14.3
28California14.1
28Ohio14.1
28Tennessee14.1
31Kentucky13.9
32Oklahoma13.8
33Hawaii13.7
34Alabama13.6
35Connecticut13.5
36Indiana12.9
36South Dakota12.9
38Arkansas12.7
38Minnesota12.7
40Kansas12.6
41Pennsylvania12.3
42New Hampshire12
42Wisconsin12
44Vermont11.8
45Nebraska11.3
46Massachusetts11.1
46North Dakota11.1
48Iowa10.8
49Rhode Island10.6
50Maine10
51West Virginia9.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Formation Statistics, Business Formation Statistics, monthly state data (bfs_monthly.csv), series BA_BA and BA_HBA, not seasonally adjusted, 2025
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2025 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by new business applications per 1,000 residents (derived) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Formation Statistics, Business Formation Statistics, monthly state data (bfs_monthly.csv), series BA_BA and BA_HBA, not seasonally adjusted, 2025; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-new-business-applications-per-1000-residents/

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