Number of Business Application

We evaluated the new business applications submitted annually by States and by sectors in US from 2018-2023 as per the data published by the US Censor Bureau.

Further, we took the average share of new business applications filed from 2018-2023 and observed the following trends.

The top 5 States as per new business applications are:

The bottom 5 States as per new business applications are:-

The States which have shown a higher share of new business applications than their existing share of businesses have been in the South in Georgia and Florida.

Historical Small Business Formation

New Business Application by State

Source: United States Census Bureau. "Business Formation Statistics"

Legend:
Light Blue: Pre-COVID years
Dark Blue: Post-COVID years

D3 Visualization: Bar Chart with Time Scale

Visualization: Generated using the help of ChatGPT

New Business Application by Industry

Source: United States Census Bureau. "Business Formation Statistics"

Legend:
Light Blue: Pre-COVID years
Dark Blue: Post-COVID years

D3 Visualization: Bar Chart with Time Scale

Visualization: Generated using the help of ChatGPT

Sectors that have seen a higher share of business applications than their share of existing businesses in the US are:

Sectors that saw a lower share of new applications than their share of existing businesses, were:

The top 5 sectors seeing the maximum growth in business applications are the following:

*Coding and visualizations on this page were created with the assistance of ChatGPT