Business Formations

Economy
Data Steward
Ian Schwarzenberg
Update Frequency
annually
Dataset Type
Tabular
Source
  • United States Census Bureau
Organization Type
Federal Government
Use Limitations
Unrestricted: can be shared internally and externally without data sharing agreement
License
DVRPC Data License

Business formations data from the U.S. Census Bureau Business Formations Statistics (BFS) program gives annual county-level counts of Employer Identification Number (EIN) applications in a given year. Note that only applications are counted in this data, and the success and longevity of businesses are not tracked in this dataset.

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