Startup Statistics 2026: New Businesses, Survival Rates and Venture Funding
Americans filed 5.65 million new business applications in 2025, the most since the US Census Bureau's weekly series began in 2006. Filings in 2026 are running 15.3% ahead of 2025. Most new firms do not last. Only 34.7% of US establishments that opened in 2013 were still operating 10 years later, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Venture-backed startups raised $159 billion worldwide in Q3 2026, and 64% of it went to AI startups, according to Crunchbase News.
Key statistics
- Americans filed 5.65 million new business applications in 2025, the most since the weekly series began in 2006, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data.
- Americans filed 4.94 million business applications in the first 39 weeks of 2026, 15.3% more than a year earlier, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data.
- 34.7% of US private-sector establishments born in March 2013 were still operating in March 2023, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Global venture funding totalled $159 billion in Q3 2026, with close to 6,000 startups funded, according to Crunchbase News.
- AI startups raised $102 billion in Q3 2026, 64% of global venture funding, according to Crunchbase News.
How many startups are founded each year
No official count of "startups" exists. The closest measures are applications for a new business tax ID in the US, establishment births in US payroll data, and business births and company incorporations in the UK.
US business applications jumped in 2020 and never went back. The 2025 total was 61% above 2019. But the growth is mostly in applications that are unlikely to hire. High-propensity applications, the ones the Census Bureau flags as likely employers, fell 0.9% in 2025 even as all applications rose 7.9%. Their share of the total dropped from 37.8% in 2019 to 30.3% in 2025.
Payroll data tell a smaller story. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 338,000 new private-sector establishments in the fourth quarter of 2025. Each started with about 3 jobs on average. An application is only an intention. An establishment birth means someone is on the payroll.
The UK shows the same gap between paperwork and trading firms. Companies House recorded 192,287 incorporations in April to June 2026 alone, 8.3% fewer than a year earlier. The ONS, which counts only businesses registered for VAT or PAYE, found 317,000 business births in the whole of 2024. For hiring trends at established firms, see our employer branding statistics.
- All business applications
- High-propensity applications
Source: US Census Bureau weekly Business Formation Statistics, totals calculated by StatisticsGlobal.
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Americans filed 5.65 million new business applications in 2025, the most since the weekly series began in 2006, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data.
How we calculated it: Sum of weekly not seasonally adjusted business applications (BA_NSA) for weeks 1 to 52 of 2025 (29 December 2024 to 27 December 2025) = 5,652,190. Highest 52-week total in the series, which starts in 2006. Week 53 is left out so every year has 52 weeks.
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US business applications rose 7.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data.
How we calculated it: 5,652,190 (weeks 1 to 52 of 2025) / 5,236,100 (weeks 1 to 52 of 2024) - 1 = 7.95%.
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US business applications were 61% higher in 2025 than in 2019, before the pandemic, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data.
How we calculated it: 5,652,190 (2025, weeks 1 to 52) / 3,510,930 (2019, weeks 1 to 52) - 1 = 60.99%.
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US high-propensity business applications fell 0.9% in 2025 while total applications rose 7.9%, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data.
How we calculated it: 1,712,150 (HBA_NSA, weeks 1 to 52 of 2025) / 1,727,340 (weeks 1 to 52 of 2024) - 1 = -0.88%.
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The US had 338,000 private-sector establishment births in the fourth quarter of 2025, accounting for 1,006,000 jobs, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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A new US private-sector establishment started with about 3.0 jobs on average in the fourth quarter of 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
How we calculated it: 1,006,000 jobs / 338,000 establishment births (Q4 2025) = 2.98 jobs per new establishment.
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Private-sector establishment deaths in the US totalled 284,000 in the first quarter of 2025, with 809,000 jobs lost, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The UK had 317,000 business births in 2024, a birth rate of 11.1%, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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UK business deaths fell to 280,000 in 2024, a death rate of 9.8%, the lowest rate since 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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UK business births exceeded deaths by about 37,000 in 2024, up from about 6,000 in 2023, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Office for National Statistics data.
How we calculated it: 317,000 births - 280,000 deaths = 37,000 (2024). 316,000 births - 310,000 deaths = 6,000 (2023). Rounded ONS figures; 2023 and 2024 deaths are provisional.
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The UK had about 2.86 million active businesses in 2024, 11,000 fewer than in 2023, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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The UK had 14,330 high-growth businesses in 2024, up from 13,750 in 2023, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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The UK had 192,287 company incorporations from April to June 2026, according to Companies House.
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UK company incorporations fell 8.3% in April to June 2026 compared with the same quarter of 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Companies House data.
How we calculated it: 192,287 incorporations (April to June 2026) / 209,798 (April to June 2025) - 1 = -8.35% (rounded: -8.3%).
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Companies House struck off and dissolved 156,515 UK companies from April to June 2026, according to Companies House.
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The UK company register held 5,516,377 companies at the end of June 2026, 1.3% more than a year earlier, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Companies House data.
How we calculated it: 5,516,377 (end June 2026) / 5,443,776 (end June 2025) - 1 = 1.33%.
| Year | All business applications | High-propensity applications | High-propensity share |
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| 2019 | 3,510,930 | 1,328,020 | 37.8% |
| 2020 | 4,368,510 | 1,530,910 | 35.0% |
| 2021 | 5,402,900 | 1,854,020 | 34.3% |
| 2022 | 5,074,390 | 1,734,130 | 34.2% |
| 2023 | 5,481,340 | 1,860,500 | 33.9% |
| 2024 | 5,236,100 | 1,727,340 | 33.0% |
| 2025 | 5,652,190 | 1,712,150 | 30.3% |
New business applications by month (US)
The Census Bureau publishes seasonally adjusted monthly totals and a weekly file that is not adjusted. The monthly figures are best for month-on-month change. The weekly file allows year-to-date comparisons.
Applications in the first 39 weeks of 2026 were 15.3% higher than in the same weeks of 2025. High-propensity applications grew only 4.7%. So 2026 looks set to beat the 2025 record, but with an even smaller share of likely employers.
The Census Bureau expects about 7.4% of September's applications to become employer businesses within two years. Applications with planned wages, the strongest signal of a real hiring business, rose 4.3% in September. They are still only 35,786 a month.
The September 2025 and October 2025 monthly reports were never published because of the lapse in federal funding. Monthly comparisons across that gap use different release vintages, so we compare years with the weekly file instead. The next annual revision lands with the October 2026 data on 12 November 2026.
Source: US Census Bureau, Business Formation Statistics, September 2026.
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US business applications totalled 534,947 in September 2026, up 0.5% on August, seasonally adjusted, according to the US Census Bureau.
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High-propensity US business applications reached 147,331 in September 2026, up 1.3% on August, according to the US Census Bureau.
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US business applications with planned wages rose 4.3% to 35,786 in September 2026, according to the US Census Bureau.
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US business applications from corporations totalled 40,951 in September 2026, down 0.2% on August, according to the US Census Bureau.
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The US Census Bureau projects 29,022 new employer businesses within four quarters from applications filed in September 2026, up 1.4% on August.
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The US Census Bureau projects 39,703 new employer businesses within eight quarters from applications filed in September 2026.
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About 7.4% of US business applications filed in September 2026 are projected to become employer businesses within two years, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data.
How we calculated it: 39,703 projected business formations within 8 quarters / 534,947 business applications (both September 2026, seasonally adjusted) = 7.42%.
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Americans filed 4.94 million business applications in the first 39 weeks of 2026, 15.3% more than a year earlier, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data.
How we calculated it: Sum of BA_NSA for weeks 1 to 39 of 2026 (4 January to 3 October 2026) = 4,936,770. Same weeks of 2025 (29 December 2024 to 27 September 2025) = 4,281,940. 4,936,770 / 4,281,940 - 1 = 15.29%.
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US high-propensity business applications rose 4.7% in the first 39 weeks of 2026, a third of the growth in all applications, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data.
How we calculated it: HBA_NSA weeks 1 to 39: 1,395,190 (2026) / 1,332,680 (2025) - 1 = 4.69%. Total applications grew 15.29% over the same weeks.
| Series | September 2026 | Change vs August 2026 |
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| All business applications | 534,947 | +0.5% |
| High-propensity applications | 147,331 | +1.3% |
| Applications with planned wages | 35,786 | +4.3% |
| Applications from corporations | 40,951 | -0.2% |
| Projected formations within 4 quarters | 29,022 | +1.4% |
| Projected formations within 8 quarters | 39,703 | +1.0% |
Startup failure rate and survival rates by year
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics follows every private-sector establishment that opens in a given March. Its most recent published summary tracks the 2013 cohort to 2023. The ONS tracks UK businesses for five years.
About half of new US establishments close within five years, and about two in three within ten. The first year is the hardest. The 2013 cohort lost 20.4% of its establishments in year one, almost twice the 10.7% lost in year two.
Survival gets easier with age. Of the 2013 establishments that made it to five years, 68.6% were still open at ten.
UK businesses fare worse on paper. Only 38.4% of UK businesses born in 2019 were still active in 2024. The two figures are not like for like. The BLS counts workplaces with employees, and the ONS counts businesses registered for VAT or PAYE, including many with no staff. The UK 2019 cohort also ran into the pandemic in its first year.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business Employment Dynamics.
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79.6% of US private-sector establishments that opened in March 2013 were still operating a year later in 2014, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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20.4% of US establishments that opened in March 2013 closed within their first year, by March 2014, more than in any later year, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
How we calculated it: 100% - 79.6% = 20.4 points lost in year one. Year two: 79.6 - 68.9 = 10.7 points. Every later year lost less (year three 7.5, year four 6.1, year five 4.7 points).
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50.6% of US private-sector establishments that opened in March 2013 were still operating five years later in 2018, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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49.4% of US establishments that opened in 2013 had closed within five years by 2018, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
How we calculated it: 100% - 50.6% (five-year survival rate of the March 2013 cohort, measured in March 2018) = 49.4%.
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34.7% of US private-sector establishments born in March 2013 were still operating in March 2023, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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65.3% of US establishments that opened in 2013 had closed within 10 years by 2023, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
How we calculated it: 100% - 34.7% (share of the March 2013 cohort still operating in March 2023) = 65.3%.
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68.6% of US establishments from the 2013 cohort that reached age five were still open at age 10 in 2023, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
How we calculated it: 34.7% (10-year survival) / 50.6% (5-year survival) = 68.58%.
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38.4% of UK businesses born in 2019 were still active five years later in 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Five-year survival for UK businesses born in 2019 ranged from 43.5% in the South West to 30.6% in the West Midlands in 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics.
| Year (March) | Age | Still operating |
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| 2014 | 1 year | 79.6% |
| 2015 | 2 years | 68.9% |
| 2016 | 3 years | 61.4% |
| 2017 | 4 years | 55.3% |
| 2018 | 5 years | 50.6% |
| 2019 | 6 years | 46.7% |
| 2020 | 7 years | 42.8% |
| 2021 | 8 years | 39.9% |
| 2022 | 9 years | 37.6% |
| 2023 | 10 years | 34.7% |
Startup funding statistics 2026
Venture capital data cover the small share of new firms that raise outside equity. Crunchbase News publishes quarterly totals from the Crunchbase database, measured in US dollars.
Q3 2026 was the weakest quarter of the year, down 25% on Q2. It was still 53% above Q3 2025. The first three quarters of 2026 brought $679 billion, more than in the same period of any earlier year.
The money is concentrated in a few very large rounds. A record 27 startups raised $1 billion or more in Q3, and late-stage rounds took 66% of all funding. Seed rounds took 8.2%, though seed totals are revised up as late data arrive.
Geography is lopsided too. US startups took about 57% of global funding, and the San Francisco Bay Area alone took 24%. Europe had its strongest quarter in four years, led by the UK at $7.5 billion.
Source: Crunchbase News, 5 October 2026.
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Global venture funding totalled $159 billion in Q3 2026, with close to 6,000 startups funded, according to Crunchbase News.
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Global venture funding rose 53% in Q3 2026 from $104 billion a year earlier, but fell 25% from Q2, according to Crunchbase News.
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Global startups raised $679 billion in venture funding in the first three quarters of 2026, the most for that period in any year, according to Crunchbase News.
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Global venture funding was about $308 billion in Q1 2026, the largest quarter of 2026 so far, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Crunchbase News data.
How we calculated it: $679 billion (Q1 to Q3 2026) - $159 billion (Q3) - $212 billion (Q2) = $308 billion. Crunchbase reported Q1 as $305 billion in July 2026; the difference reflects later revisions.
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Global venture funding averaged $226 billion a quarter in the first three quarters of 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Crunchbase News data.
How we calculated it: $679 billion (Q1 to Q3 2026) / 3 = $226.3 billion.
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Late-stage venture funding reached $105 billion worldwide in Q3 2026, up 73% year on year, according to Crunchbase News.
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Early-stage venture funding reached $40.6 billion worldwide in Q3 2026, up 25% year on year, according to Crunchbase News.
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Global seed funding totalled $13 billion in Q3 2026, of which $2.6 billion went to seed rounds of $100 million or more, according to Crunchbase News.
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A record 27 startups raised rounds of $1 billion or more in Q3 2026, up from 16 in Q2, according to Crunchbase News.
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US startups raised $91 billion in Q3 2026, around 57% of global venture funding, according to Crunchbase News.
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The San Francisco Bay Area alone took 24% of global venture investment in Q3 2026, according to Crunchbase News.
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North American startups raised $92 billion in Q3 2026, down 35% from Q2 but up 50% year on year, according to Crunchbase News.
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European startup funding reached $25 billion in Q3 2026, up 77% from $14 billion a year earlier, according to Crunchbase News.
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UK startups raised $7.5 billion in Q3 2026, the most in Europe, ahead of Germany at $5 billion and France at $4.8 billion, according to Crunchbase News.
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Asian startups raised $38.5 billion in Q3 2026, with China taking about $27 billion or 70%, according to Crunchbase News.
| Region | Q3 2026 funding | Change vs Q3 2025 |
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| Worldwide | $159 billion | +53% |
| North America (US and Canada) | $92 billion | +50% |
| Asia | $38.5 billion | Not given |
| Europe | $25 billion | +77% |
Share of venture funding going to AI startups
Crunchbase News tags rounds by sector. Its AI category covers companies across the stack, from chips and data centres to applications.
AI startups raised $102 billion in Q3 2026. That is 98% of what every startup in the world raised in Q3 2025. Everything outside AI shared about $57 billion.
Europe now leans on AI more than any other region, at a record 75% of funding. Asia is the least AI-heavy at about 55%. Crunchbase says the global AI share fell from the two previous quarters. For how AI products are used once funded, see our AI chatbot market share page.
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AI startups raised $102 billion in Q3 2026, 64% of global venture funding, according to Crunchbase News.
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Startups outside AI raised about $57 billion worldwide in Q3 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Crunchbase News data.
How we calculated it: $159 billion total - $102 billion to AI startups (Q3 2026) = $57 billion.
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AI startups alone raised 98% as much in Q3 2026 as all startups worldwide raised in Q3 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Crunchbase News data.
How we calculated it: $102 billion AI funding (Q3 2026) / $104 billion total global funding (Q3 2025) = 98.1%.
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AI-focused rounds took $61 billion of North American startup funding in Q3 2026, roughly two-thirds of the total, according to Crunchbase News.
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AI took a record 75% of European startup funding in Q3 2026, $18.8 billion, according to Crunchbase News.
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About 55% of Asian startup funding, an estimated $21 billion, went to AI companies in Q3 2026, according to Crunchbase News.
| Region | AI funding | AI share of total |
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| Worldwide | $102 billion | 64% |
| North America | $61 billion | About two-thirds |
| Europe | $18.8 billion | 75% |
| Asia | About $21 billion | About 55% |
Startup statistics by state and industry
The Census Bureau weekly file splits business applications by state. BLS and ONS data show how birth and survival rates vary by industry.
Florida, California and Texas file almost a third of US business applications. Growth in 2026 is broad. Applications rose in 48 states and DC. Washington, down 18.8%, and Hawaii, down 7.3%, were the only falls. The Census data do not say why.
Industries with low entry costs churn the most. UK transport and storage had both the highest birth rate and the highest death rate in 2024. In the US, information firms, the closest official match to tech startups, had a 10-year survival rate of 29.1%, below the 34.7% average.
London produced 24.0% of UK business births in 2024 and had the highest birth rate of any region. Remote and hybrid work also shapes where new firms locate. See our remote work statistics.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business Employment Dynamics, January 2024.
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Florida had 577,860 business applications in the first 39 weeks of 2026, the most of any US state, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data.
How we calculated it: Sum of BA_NSA for Florida, weeks 1 to 39 of 2026 = 577,860, which is 11.7% of the 4,936,770 US total.
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California had 497,360 business applications in the first 39 weeks of 2026, up 18.1% on a year earlier, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data.
How we calculated it: Sum of BA_NSA for California, weeks 1 to 39: 497,360 (2026) / 421,220 (2025) - 1 = 18.08%.
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Texas had 457,560 business applications in the first 39 weeks of 2026, up 13.6% on a year earlier, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data.
How we calculated it: Sum of BA_NSA for Texas, weeks 1 to 39: 457,560 (2026) / 402,810 (2025) - 1 = 13.59%.
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Colorado business applications rose 24.5% in the first 39 weeks of 2026, the fastest growth among the 12 largest states, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data.
How we calculated it: Colorado BA_NSA weeks 1 to 39: 137,160 (2026) / 110,200 (2025) - 1 = 24.46%. Largest 12 states ranked by 2026 applications: FL, CA, TX, NY, GA, NC, IL, OH, NJ, CO, MI, PA.
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Washington was one of two US states where business applications fell in the first 39 weeks of 2026, down 18.8%, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data.
How we calculated it: Washington BA_NSA weeks 1 to 39: 93,480 (2026) / 115,190 (2025) - 1 = -18.85%. Hawaii was the only other state with a fall (14,210 vs 15,330, -7.3%). 50 states plus DC compared.
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Business applications rose in 48 US states and DC in the first 39 weeks of 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data.
How we calculated it: Compared BA_NSA sums for weeks 1 to 39 of 2026 and 2025 for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. All but Washington (-18.8%) and Hawaii (-7.3%) rose.
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Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting had the highest 10-year survival rate of any US industry, 50.5% for establishments born in 2013 and still open in 2023, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction had the lowest 10-year survival rate, 24.5% for US establishments born in 2013 and measured in 2023, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Only 29.1% of US information-sector establishments born in 2013 were still operating in 2023, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The 10-year survival rate for US establishments born in 2013 ranged by 26.0 points across industries in 2023, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
How we calculated it: 50.5% (agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting) - 24.5% (mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction) = 26.0 points.
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London had 76,000 business births in 2024, the highest birth rate of any UK region at 12.7%, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Transport and storage had the highest UK business birth rate in 2024, at 15.6%, and also the highest death rate, at 16.5%, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Professional, scientific and technical services had the most UK business births of any industry in 2024, 49,000, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Office for National Statistics data.
How we calculated it: Ranked the 15 industry groups in ONS Table 2 (2024 births, thousands): professional, scientific and technical 49; construction 45; business administration and support 39.
| State | Weeks 1 to 39, 2026 | Weeks 1 to 39, 2025 | Change |
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| Florida | 577,860 | 499,500 | +15.7% |
| California | 497,360 | 421,220 | +18.1% |
| Texas | 457,560 | 402,810 | +13.6% |
| New York | 255,980 | 228,510 | +12.0% |
| Georgia | 224,370 | 193,260 | +16.1% |
| North Carolina | 156,970 | 138,820 | +13.1% |
| Illinois | 150,700 | 138,010 | +9.2% |
| Ohio | 143,110 | 122,670 | +16.7% |
| New Jersey | 142,090 | 122,340 | +16.1% |
| Colorado | 137,160 | 110,200 | +24.5% |
How these sources measure startups
Each source counts something different. None of them measures "startups" in the venture capital sense, except Crunchbase.
The US Census Bureau counts applications for an Employer Identification Number. Many are for sole traders, holding companies or businesses that never trade. High-propensity applications and projected formations are the Census Bureau's own attempts to pick out likely employers. Our annual totals add up the rounded weekly figures, so they may differ slightly from any official annual total.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics counts establishments, meaning single workplaces, not firms. A new branch of an existing company counts as a birth. The survival series here is from January 2024 and covers the 2013 cohort. Newer cohort tables exist, but we could not fetch them for this edition, so we use the latest published summary.
The ONS counts businesses registered for VAT or PAYE on the Inter-Departmental Business Register. Deaths for 2023 and 2024 are provisional. Companies House counts every company incorporated, trading or not, so its numbers run far higher.
Crunchbase News counts announced and reported funding rounds in the Crunchbase database, converted to US dollars. Its figures are revised as late data arrive, especially for seed rounds. Regional reports were published on different dates, so they may not add up exactly to the global total.
Frequently asked questions
How many new businesses are started each year in the US?
Americans filed 5.65 million new business applications in 2025, the most since the weekly series began in 2006, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data. About 30.3% were high-propensity applications likely to become employers.
Are more businesses being started in 2026 than in 2025?
Yes. Americans filed 4.94 million business applications in the first 39 weeks of 2026, 15.3% more than a year earlier, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data. High-propensity applications rose only 4.7%.
What percentage of startups fail?
49.4% of US establishments that opened in 2013 had closed within five years, and 65.3% within ten years, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Bureau of Labor Statistics data. In the UK, 38.4% of businesses born in 2019 were still active in 2024.
How much venture funding did startups raise in 2026?
Global startups raised $679 billion in the first three quarters of 2026, the most for that period in any year, according to Crunchbase News. Q3 2026 alone brought $159 billion.
What share of startup funding goes to AI?
AI startups raised $102 billion in Q3 2026, 64% of global venture funding, according to Crunchbase News. In Europe the AI share hit a record 75%.
Which state has the most new business applications?
Florida had 577,860 business applications in the first 39 weeks of 2026, the most of any US state, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data. California and Texas were next.
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Changes to this page
- : Page published with US Census Bureau data to September 2026, BLS Business Employment Dynamics, ONS business demography 2024, Companies House data to June 2026 and Crunchbase News Q3 2026 funding data.