# US states by business applications, August 2026

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `business_applications`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Applications for an Employer Identification Number (EIN) that indicate a new business, per month, seasonally adjusted. United States: Census Bureau Business Formation Statistics, from July 2004.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Formation Statistics: business applications (BA_BA), all sectors, seasonally adjusted, United States and states (https://www.census.gov/econ/bfs/csv/bfs_monthly.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Formation Statistics: business applications (BA_BA), all sectors, seasonally adjusted, United States and states. https://www.census.gov/econ/bfs/csv/bfs_monthly.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-applications/us-states
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/business-applications/us-states.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Florida | 61,380 |
| 2 | California | 55,619 |
| 3 | Texas | 48,692 |
| 4 | New York | 26,762 |
| 5 | Georgia | 23,383 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 16,692 |
| 7 | Illinois | 16,559 |
| 8 | New Jersey | 15,873 |
| 9 | Colorado | 15,602 |
| 10 | Michigan | 14,883 |
| 11 | Ohio | 14,822 |
| 12 | Pennsylvania | 14,285 |
| 13 | Virginia | 13,103 |
| 14 | Arizona | 12,399 |
| 15 | Missouri | 11,239 |
| 16 | Washington | 9,874 |
| 17 | Tennessee | 9,613 |
| 18 | Maryland | 8,922 |
| 19 | South Carolina | 8,406 |
| 20 | Indiana | 8,363 |
| 21 | Minnesota | 8,078 |
| 22 | Utah | 7,682 |
| 23 | Massachusetts | 7,596 |
| 24 | Wyoming | 7,171 |
| 25 | Louisiana | 6,793 |
| 26 | Kentucky | 6,751 |
| 27 | Wisconsin | 6,380 |
| 28 | Alabama | 6,206 |
| 29 | Nevada | 5,757 |
| 30 | Mississippi | 5,561 |
| 31 | Oregon | 5,500 |
| 32 | Oklahoma | 5,318 |
| 33 | Delaware | 4,985 |
| 34 | Connecticut | 4,916 |
| 35 | Kansas | 3,941 |
| 36 | New Mexico | 3,901 |
| 37 | Arkansas | 3,813 |
| 38 | Idaho | 3,431 |
| 39 | Iowa | 3,337 |
| 40 | Montana | 2,897 |
| 41 | Nebraska | 1,995 |
| 42 | New Hampshire | 1,797 |
| 43 | West Virginia | 1,734 |
| 44 | Maine | 1,538 |
| 45 | Hawaii | 1,450 |
| 46 | Alaska | 1,413 |
| 47 | South Dakota | 1,270 |
| 48 | District of Columbia | 1,243 |
| 49 | Rhode Island | 1,114 |
| 50 | North Dakota | 906 |
| 51 | Vermont | 783 |