US new business applications, monthly, seasonally adjusted (2004-2026)

Monthly count of applications to start a business in the United States (employer and non-employer, all industries), seasonally adjusted, from 2004-07 to 2026-09. 267 monthly observations. Figures are from the U.S. Census Bureau's Business Formation Statistics (series BABATOTALSAUS, retrieved through FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis). The original statistics are a U.S. federal government work in the public domain. The CorporaWire business desk compiles this file for its US new business applications tracker, which carries the current month's reading, a chart that can be embedded, and notes on how to read the series. The tracker is updated each month when the Census Bureau releases new figures; this record holds a dated snapshot. Columns: month (YYYY-MM), business_applications (count, seasonally adjusted). Suggested citation: CorporaWire (2026). US new business applications, monthly, 2004-2026 [Data set]. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Formation Statistics. Available at https://corporawire.com/data/us-business-applications-tracker/