Business Applications: Total for All NAICS in the United States (BABATOTALSAUS)

Q1 2026: .
Updated: Feb 11, 2026 11:10 AM CST
Q1 2026:  .  
Q4 2025:  510,796  
Q3 2025:  487,900  
Q2 2025:  457,215  
Q1 2025:  425,788  
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau  

Release: Business Formation Statistics  

Units:  Number, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

The core business applications series that correspond to a subset of all applications for an Employer Identification Number (EIN). Includes all applications for an EIN, except for applications for tax liens, estates, trusts, certain financial filings, applications outside of the 50 states and DC or with no state-county geocodes, applications with certain NAICS codes in sector 11 (agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting) or 92 (public administration) that have low transition rates, and applications in certain industries (e.g. private households, civic and social organizations).

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Suggested Citation:

U.S. Census Bureau, Business Applications: Total for All NAICS in the United States [BABATOTALSAUS], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BABATOTALSAUS, .

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