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Highest business applications by state

New business applications.

Applications for a new Employer Identification Number in the latest year. This is early business-starting activity, not proof that every applicant opened a business or hired anyone. Census excludes estates, trusts, tax liens, applications without a county code and some industries.

  1. 1Florida647,732
  2. 2California553,933
  3. 3Texas544,133
  4. 4New York301,054
  5. 5Georgia254,575
  6. 6Illinois189,887
  7. 7North Carolina182,664
  8. 8Ohio168,214
  9. 9Pennsylvania161,280
  10. 10New Jersey161,136
  11. 11Michigan152,052
  12. 12Colorado143,811
  13. 13Washington142,194
  14. 14Virginia138,774
  15. 15Arizona135,681
  16. 16Tennessee103,215
  17. 17Missouri101,402
  18. 18Maryland101,252
  19. 19South Carolina94,103
  20. 20Indiana89,778
  21. 21Massachusetts79,138
  22. 22Wyoming79,024
  23. 23Louisiana75,626
  24. 24Minnesota73,820
  25. 25Utah72,789
  26. 26Wisconsin71,482
  27. 27Alabama70,459
  28. 28Nevada64,780
  29. 29Kentucky64,057
  30. 30Oregon62,656
  31. 31Delaware60,132
  32. 32Oklahoma56,847
  33. 33Mississippi52,477
  34. 34Connecticut49,835
  35. 35New Mexico40,763
  36. 36Arkansas39,522
  37. 37Kansas37,526
  38. 38Iowa35,029
  39. 39Idaho33,268
  40. 40Montana29,889
  41. 41Nebraska22,873
  42. 42Hawaii19,558
  43. 43New Hampshire17,046
  44. 44West Virginia16,388
  45. 45District of Columbia14,945
  46. 46Maine14,187
  47. 47South Dakota12,098
  48. 48Rhode Island11,800
  49. 49Alaska10,532
  50. 50North Dakota8,908
  51. 51Vermont7,574
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau Business Formation Statistics. · How this is built