What do US newly established enterprises measure?

They measure monthly business applications for employer identification numbers submitted to the Internal Revenue Service and published by the Census Bureau to track entrepreneurship.

How often is the data published and how far back does it go?

The data are published monthly by the Census Bureau, approximately two weeks after the end of each month, with historical series starting from 2004.

Which breakdowns are available in the table?

The table breaks down applications by type, including high-propensity applications, planned wages, corporate applications, and industry sectors.

What are the Census-projections of business formation?

They are statistical estimates provided by the Census Bureau projecting actual businesses formed with payroll over the subsequent four and eight quarters.

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US Newly Established Enterprises

Name: US Newly Established Enterprises
Creator: Census Bureau (Business Formation Statistics)
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US monthly business applications and newly established enterprises from the Census Bureau.

Source: Census Bureau (Business Formation Statistics)Last updated: Sep 21, 2026, 14:19Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	08-2026	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023
APPLICATIONS BY TYPE1
Total applications3	531,728	576,512	533,453	528,929	506,807	493,792	496,121	526,115	496,139	537,266	498,416	510,794	477,409	469,274	462,692	448,815	456,024	461,056	432,820	385,618	464,450	446,146	426,875	427,221	436,267	424,927	436,016	427,923	431,531	431,289	443,944	450,041	454,137	455,805	470,393	470,317	467,208
High-propensity applications	145,387	151,606	149,704	146,983	147,126	144,970	146,252	148,127	136,578	145,007	141,266	143,116	142,648	143,449	142,290	141,570	142,828	141,441	139,440	128,338	148,917	141,489	139,532	142,589	144,689	139,439	142,131	140,171	139,518	143,583	146,859	151,258	152,887	154,439	162,306	164,552	153,875
Applications with planned wages	34,263	34,914	35,517	35,517	35,673	36,513	38,068	39,077	36,691	38,257	36,810	37,073	40,097	43,793	42,901	43,445	44,284	44,333	44,613	40,982	48,204	45,373	44,439	45,895	46,183	44,808	45,881	46,510	44,966	45,988	45,952	47,503	49,010	52,858	59,836	62,690	50,086
Corporation applications	41,075	44,700	43,310	41,110	41,692	40,864	41,469	44,422	41,368	43,555	42,852	43,769	43,139	43,075	43,276	43,297	44,985	44,603	44,009	41,545	47,049	44,762	44,583	45,431	45,834	44,817	45,650	44,542	44,029	44,988	45,754	46,102	46,423	46,606	45,766	46,481	47,396
CENSUS-PROJECTIONS OF BUSINESS FORMATION2
Projected within 4 quarters	28,501	29,860	29,678	29,553	28,587	28,992	28,993	29,970	28,573	28,868	27,479	27,747	25,968	25,383	25,365	25,218	25,386	24,759	24,542	21,761	25,916	24,573	24,549	24,928	25,446	24,706	24,976	24,472	24,094	24,810	25,148	25,163	25,972	25,947	25,502	26,208	26,612
Projected within 8 quarters	39,292	40,671	40,970	40,534	39,115	39,755	39,331	40,972	38,366	39,288	37,397	37,604	35,642	34,879	34,659	34,554	34,804	33,742	33,370	29,902	35,500	33,572	33,628	34,194	34,942	33,816	34,060	33,575	33,189	33,787	34,208	34,534	35,447	35,579	35,057	35,836	36,400
TOTAL APPLICATIONS BY INDUSTRY20
Agriculture, forestry and fishery	3,859	3,958	3,822	3,873	3,766	3,840	4,107	3,882	3,593	3,571	3,525	3,667	3,901	3,775	4,154	3,984	4,031	4,207	4,016	3,858	4,631	4,427	4,113	4,189	4,684	4,133	4,005	4,015	4,567	6,258	9,864	8,156	5,398	5,980	19,426	9,767	5,951
Mining and quarrying	559	537	557	522	551	521	547	505	448	513	449	534	463	501	456	442	427	473	483	408	504	430	434	425	526	423	434	470	452	491	487	502	1,372	634	515	454	441
Utilities and waste management	525	565	613	567	622	630	645	535	457	543	477	544	640	600	649	644	658	720	725	567	730	713	763	742	729	672	705	669	720	777	725	723	642	708	660	575	707
Construction	48,120	48,801	48,967	48,798	46,876	46,041	47,851	46,383	41,807	45,562	43,461	43,625	44,337	42,493	42,307	41,862	42,547	42,781	42,620	39,674	45,966	44,067	42,703	43,108	44,701	43,501	44,216	42,449	41,533	42,849	44,872	44,895	45,830	43,441	43,834	44,955	47,896
Manufacturing	7,910	7,875	7,530	7,270	7,233	6,979	7,213	7,137	6,453	6,624	6,380	6,274	6,337	6,422	6,406	6,458	7,626	7,942	7,961	7,344	8,127	8,033	7,607	7,806	8,839	7,748	7,706	7,590	7,644	7,725	8,538	9,097	10,462	7,703	7,749	7,706	8,228
Wholesale trade	9,998	9,740	9,179	9,493	10,034	8,595	9,474	10,169	9,830	9,070	8,794	8,571	8,778	9,175	9,924	10,282	9,731	10,132	9,848	8,584	10,561	10,987	10,180	10,713	11,699	10,470	10,083	10,105	10,047	10,181	10,742	10,484	10,373	10,118	10,387	10,846	11,008
Retail trade	104,087	140,604	97,421	95,677	83,866	78,866	78,063	109,067	97,927	130,198	115,532	130,961	97,509	95,855	92,788	85,801	92,785	93,302	72,992	63,081	80,327	83,128	73,782	69,163	68,921	72,105	82,491	83,519	89,618	79,943	74,358	82,130	86,291	93,958	97,946	99,574	80,693
Transportation and warehousing	35,175	34,947	34,822	33,730	33,072	32,411	33,203	37,484	32,018	32,044	30,293	30,551	30,795	30,081	30,014	29,927	29,790	30,081	29,388	27,828	32,173	29,932	28,439	28,581	29,703	29,557	28,903	28,118	28,219	29,021	30,407	30,475	30,577	29,982	30,750	30,486	32,078
Information and communication	13,180	13,136	13,075	12,523	12,117	11,528	11,126	10,680	10,250	10,185	9,361	9,277	9,589	9,354	9,071	8,930	8,644	8,597	8,650	7,594	9,253	8,558	8,364	8,600	8,825	8,269	8,165	7,939	7,749	8,036	8,166	8,384	8,191	8,271	8,241	8,226	8,657
Finance and insurance	20,137	20,222	19,786	19,688	19,304	19,177	19,729	19,297	18,786	19,792	18,960	18,574	19,739	19,626	19,493	18,627	19,197	19,714	20,036	17,112	20,692	19,645	18,918	18,947	19,243	18,724	18,999	18,491	18,025	17,952	17,982	17,903	18,059	17,906	17,532	18,250	18,743
Real estate and rental and leasing	23,670	26,150	26,524	26,416	25,882	26,003	26,351	26,202	24,231	25,948	24,450	24,495	22,998	22,231	21,512	21,500	21,003	21,376	21,440	18,940	23,760	22,023	21,033	21,621	22,034	21,449	21,608	20,915	21,297	20,953	21,719	21,577	21,670	22,000	22,421	23,054	25,269
Professional, scientific and technical services	80,691	81,008	83,092	82,254	79,203	77,066	75,187	72,189	74,809	70,456	65,038	64,763	64,446	63,740	63,741	62,726	60,856	61,327	55,835	49,714	58,518	55,562	55,549	57,869	58,264	55,855	55,578	53,790	53,727	55,378	55,192	55,889	55,440	56,392	54,804	55,933	58,175
Management of companies and enterprises	6,853	6,784	6,578	6,493	6,560	6,305	6,622	6,561	5,709	6,254	5,734	5,582	5,858	5,721	5,488	5,331	5,280	5,306	5,204	4,434	5,523	5,374	5,039	4,902	4,800	4,880	4,933	4,644	4,464	4,896	4,383	4,324	4,265	3,990	4,306	4,229	4,338
Administrative and support services	37,796	37,488	37,170	37,180	36,547	36,260	36,292	35,919	34,091	34,968	32,896	32,524	31,834	31,503	30,749	30,583	29,437	30,167	30,278	27,260	33,803	30,412	29,708	30,148	31,082	29,798	30,365	29,188	29,611	31,693	34,321	33,865	33,367	32,394	32,401	33,009	35,855
Education and training	8,657	8,550	8,404	8,405	8,146	8,051	8,023	8,217	7,749	7,906	7,489	7,429	7,143	6,941	7,063	6,603	6,902	6,907	7,005	6,353	7,641	6,931	6,652	6,688	7,115	7,125	6,817	6,866	6,608	6,942	7,217	7,044	6,980	6,766	6,787	6,812	7,035
Healthcare and social assistance	32,522	33,813	33,582	33,903	33,539	33,144	31,739	32,252	31,229	32,899	31,005	30,737	30,349	29,912	29,383	28,408	27,615	27,298	26,889	24,503	29,753	28,113	27,045	27,185	27,949	27,343	27,313	26,271	26,113	26,930	27,094	26,428	26,805	26,945	26,780	27,158	27,985
Arts, entertainment and recreation	15,191	15,037	15,230	15,394	15,117	15,037	15,262	15,364	14,972	15,147	14,286	13,920	13,724	14,403	13,965	13,283	13,117	12,560	12,728	11,319	13,516	12,266	11,841	11,734	12,016	11,608	11,646	11,428	11,316	11,577	12,031	12,389	12,540	12,594	12,360	12,857	13,366
Accommodation and food service	26,892	30,094	28,974	28,340	27,537	26,762	27,777	26,719	25,249	27,001	26,049	26,266	26,219	24,604	24,775	24,431	23,858	23,444	24,140	21,287	24,976	23,802	22,505	22,765	23,492	22,679	22,357	22,182	22,108	22,258	25,438	26,387	26,240	25,779	23,430	24,530	25,644
Other services	43,221	44,301	44,606	44,211	43,071	42,578	42,399	41,914	40,414	43,104	40,378	39,494	40,183	39,383	38,008	37,204	41,074	42,133	40,599	35,208	42,954	40,954	40,483	40,601	40,579	40,058	40,437	40,312	39,248	39,332	41,294	40,637	41,110	41,911	42,353	44,257	46,163
Unclassified industry	12,687	12,902	13,520	14,192	13,763	13,999	14,511	15,636	16,119	15,481	13,858	13,006	12,569	12,953	12,744	11,789	11,445	12,590	11,983	10,549	11,041	10,790	11,718	11,434	11,066	8,530	9,256	8,963	8,466	8,097	9,113	8,753	8,523	8,333	7,709	7,637	8,978

Latest reading

Total applications stood at 531,728 Filings in Aug 2026. That is −7.8% from Jul 2026 and +11.4% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jul 2004 to Aug 2026. Source: Census Bureau (Business Formation Statistics).

Latest: 531,728 Filings; Aug 2026
vs previous period: −7.8%; Jul 2026
vs a year earlier: +11.4%

About this data

US monthly business applications and newly established enterprises from the Census Bureau. The data track total employer identification number applications, high-propensity filings, planned wages, and corporate formations by industry. Published monthly since 2004, the series includes Census Bureau four- and eight-quarter business formation projections.

Frequently asked questions

What do US newly established enterprises measure?: They measure monthly business applications for employer identification numbers submitted to the Internal Revenue Service and published by the Census Bureau to track entrepreneurship.
How often is the data published and how far back does it go?: The data are published monthly by the Census Bureau, approximately two weeks after the end of each month, with historical series starting from 2004.
Which breakdowns are available in the table?: The table breaks down applications by type, including high-propensity applications, planned wages, corporate applications, and industry sectors.
What are the Census-projections of business formation?: They are statistical estimates provided by the Census Bureau projecting actual businesses formed with payroll over the subsequent four and eight quarters.