{"meta":{"dataset":"business-applications","title":"New business applications by county (Census Business Formation Statistics)","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23752969","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23752969","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23752968","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, New business applications by county (Census Business Formation Statistics), version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23752969, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). New business applications by county (Census Business Formation Statistics) (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23752969","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. A business application is a request for an Employer Identification Number, not a company formed, an owner or a client, and the Census Bureau adds noise to county counts, so small differences are not meaningful. Questions about forming or running a business are for a licensed attorney.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-29","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/business-applications/changes.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/business-applications/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"changes":[{"id":"business-applications-2026-10-29-first","date":"2026-10-29","jurisdiction":"US","records":["business-applications:US"],"status":"P","title":"Business applications by county first published","summary":"Census Bureau business applications for every county, state and the US, 2005 to 2025: 5,671,898 in 2025, with the release's noise flagged.","source":{"label":"Census BFS annual business applications by county","url":"https://www.census.gov/econ/bfs/data/county.html"},"dataset":"business-applications"}]}