Data Report
New Business Filings Across America
11,547,963 new businesses filed across 8 states. Real data from Secretary of State offices, analyzed by Palavir.
Total Filings
11,547,963
8 states + DC
LLC Share
38.9%
4,492,160 of 11,547,963
Top State
New York
5,777,770 filings
Cities Tracked
3,000+
Across all states
Why This Matters
Tracking business filings across multiple states reveals where entrepreneurship is concentrated and what entity types founders prefer. With 11,547,963 businesses tracked across 8 states, this cross-state view shows that formation patterns vary significantly by geography. New York and Texas dominate by sheer volume, while the LLC share among states with clean entity-type data ranges from 48.5% in New York to 86.2% in Florida. For anyone selling to new businesses, recruiting founders, or tracking economic development, multi-state filing data is an early signal of where growth is happening.
Filings by State
New York and Texas lead by a wide margin, driven by sheer population and filing volume
Entity Types
LLCs account for an estimated 38.9% of filings across the 8 states, based on a statistical sample of the full database
Top 8 Cities by Filing Volume
New York City boroughs and major Texas metros lead across all states
LLC Formation Rate by State
Florida leads at 86.2% among states with clean entity-type data (DC and TX omitted -- their filings don't distinguish a separate LLC category in this database)
FL
86.2%
LLC rate
IA
67.1%
LLC rate
CT
77.7%
LLC rate
CO
54.8%
LLC rate
NY
48.5%
LLC rate
OR
58.4%
LLC rate
Cities 9–20 + Full State Breakdowns
The next tier of business formation hotspots across all states
See all top cities per state, metro area clusters, and cross-state comparisons in the full report
State-by-State Entity Breakdown
How entity type distribution varies by state
| State | LLC | Corp | Nonprofit | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Texas | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Colorado | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oregon | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Connecticut | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Iowa | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Full entity type breakdown per state, including nonprofit and LP analysis
The Bottom Line
Business formation patterns tell you more about a state's economy than most traditional indicators. States with high LLC rates tend to have more solo entrepreneurs and gig workers. States with more corporations tend to have more funded startups seeking outside investment.
The cross-state data reveals that "starting a business" means very different things in different places: a sole proprietor LLC in Florida, a nonprofit in DC, or an incorporated tech startup in Delaware. National averages hide these structural differences.
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Source:Secretary of State filings from FL, CO, CT, DC, IA, NY, OR, and TX indexed by Palavir's NewFilings database. Total filings and per-state counts are exact, all-time totals as tracked in the database; entity-type and city breakdowns are estimated from a statistical sample of the same real records.
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