Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics, United States — Business entries by country
Timely Indicators of Entrepreneurship have become integral part of business statistics offering of most OECD member countries and beyond. It supplements more complete annual datasets (e.g. Business Demography, Structural Business Statistics by Size class) with more timely monthly or quarterly information on a...
What the numbers show
Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics, United States — Business entries is currently reported for 4 countries. The highest value is 41.64 million Enterprises in Georgia; the lowest is 106,000 Enterprises in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.71 million Enterprises, and the mean is 11.79 million Enterprises.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 393.
Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 51.9%), and the largest decrease in United States Virgin Islands (down 55.5%).
Timely indicators of entrepreneurship by enterprise characteristics: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 41.64 million Enterprises | 2024 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 4.14 million Enterprises | 2024 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 3 | United States of America | 1.28 million Enterprises | 2024 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 4 | United States Virgin Islands | 106,000 Enterprises | 2024 | down 55.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- California 225.27 million Enterprises
- Florida 114.82 million Enterprises
- Texas 89.00 million Enterprises
- New York 66.39 million Enterprises
- New Jersey 38.79 million Enterprises
- North Carolina 37.97 million Enterprises
- Illinois 35.99 million Enterprises
- Pennsylvania 34.88 million Enterprises
- Virginia 33.57 million Enterprises
- Missouri 32.86 million Enterprises
- Colorado 28.45 million Enterprises
- Tennessee 27.95 million Enterprises
- Ohio 26.91 million Enterprises
- Arizona 26.11 million Enterprises
- Michigan 25.04 million Enterprises
- Maryland 24.16 million Enterprises
- Washington 24.02 million Enterprises
- South Carolina 23.66 million Enterprises
- Massachusetts 21.23 million Enterprises
- Wisconsin 20.24 million Enterprises
- Utah 18.88 million Enterprises
- Oregon 17.48 million Enterprises
- Minnesota 17.17 million Enterprises
- Indiana 16.29 million Enterprises
- Connecticut 15.24 million Enterprises
- Alabama 14.82 million Enterprises
- Nevada 14.64 million Enterprises
- Kentucky 13.88 million Enterprises
- Oklahoma 12.79 million Enterprises
- Louisiana 12.54 million Enterprises
- Kansas 11.45 million Enterprises
- Idaho 11.32 million Enterprises
- Arkansas 10.74 million Enterprises
- Iowa 9.31 million Enterprises
- Mississippi 7.52 million Enterprises
- Nebraska 7.05 million Enterprises
- New Hampshire 6.86 million Enterprises
- Maine 6.69 million Enterprises
- Montana 6.54 million Enterprises
- New Mexico 6.37 million Enterprises
About this data
Timely Indicators of Entrepreneurship have become integral part of business statistics offering of most OECD member countries and beyond. It supplements more complete annual datasets (e.g. Business Demography, Structural Business Statistics by Size class) with more timely monthly or quarterly information on a limited number of indicators.Data are broken down whenever available byeconomic activity according to International Standard Industrial Classification, Revision 4 (ISIC Rev.4): ISIC Rev. 4 at the level of sections (letters) and higher aggregates, most often covering the total economy, geographic area at country and TL2 level of the OECD Territorial grids, legal form into three main groups: Limited liability (LL), Partnership (PA) and Sole proprietorship (SP). With very few exceptions, series are not seasonally or calendar adjusted, so care should be taken in interpreting sub-annual changes. Timely Indicators of Entrepreneurship provide valuable information to policy makers and researchers on most recent trends in business dynamics.This dataset presents timely indicators for the United States.Related datasets:Employer Business Demography Statistics,Business Demography Statistics,Structural Business Statistics by Size Class.