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Business establishments (QCEW) in United States

Business establishments (QCEW) in the United States was 12.11 million in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.5% from 2024.

2025, count12,112,924
Change on 2024+0.5%
Series high12,112,9242025
Series low7,984,5292001

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Business establishments (QCEW) in United States, 2001 to 2025

7M8M9M10M11M12M13M20012005200920132017202120252001: 7,984,529 count2002: 8,101,872 count2003: 8,228,840 count2004: 8,364,795 count2005: 8,571,144 count2006: 8,784,027 count2007: 8,971,897 count2008: 9,082,049 count2009: 9,003,197 count2010: 8,993,109 count2011: 9,072,796 count2012: 9,121,868 count2013: 9,205,888 count2014: 9,361,354 count2015: 9,522,775 count2016: 9,716,618 count2017: 9,835,104 count2018: 10,011,038 count2019: 10,233,822 count2020: 10,487,687 count2021: 10,909,076 count2022: 11,519,312 count2023: 11,866,306 count2024: 12,057,370 count2025: 12,112,924 count6M8M10M12M14M2001201020252001: 7,984,529 count2002: 8,101,872 count2003: 8,228,840 count2004: 8,364,795 count2005: 8,571,144 count2006: 8,784,027 count2007: 8,971,897 count2008: 9,082,049 count2009: 9,003,197 count2010: 8,993,109 count2011: 9,072,796 count2012: 9,121,868 count2013: 9,205,888 count2014: 9,361,354 count2015: 9,522,775 count2016: 9,716,618 count2017: 9,835,104 count2018: 10,011,038 count2019: 10,233,822 count2020: 10,487,687 count2021: 10,909,076 count2022: 11,519,312 count2023: 11,866,306 count2024: 12,057,370 count2025: 12,112,924 count
count. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-08-21.
All 25 values
Periodcount
202512,112,924
202412,057,370
202311,866,306
202211,519,312
202110,909,076
202010,487,687
201910,233,822
201810,011,038
20179,835,104
20169,716,618
20159,522,775
20149,361,354
20139,205,888
20129,121,868
20119,072,796
20108,993,109
20099,003,197
20089,082,049
20078,971,897
20068,784,027
20058,571,144
20048,364,795
20038,228,840
20028,101,872
20017,984,529

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Definition

Average number of establishments with jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. An establishment is a single place of business, such as a factory, store or office; a company with several locations has several.

Counts places of business, not firms: for firms use employer_firms. Changes in how large employers report their locations can move the count without any change in activity.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Business establishments (QCEW), United States, 2001 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv

MLA 9

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Business establishments (QCEW), United States, 2001 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/business-establishments/united-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Business establishments (QCEW), United States, 2001 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/business-establishments/united-states.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Business establishments (QCEW), United States, 2001 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/business-establishments/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties: Business establishments (QCEW), United States, 2001 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the business establishments (QCEW) in United States?

Business establishments (QCEW) in the United States was 12.11 million in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.5% from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average establishments, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest business establishments (QCEW) in United States?

12.11 million in 2025, the highest value since 2001 in this series.

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