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Economy & jobs Statistics · Country

Business establishments in United States

2014 – 2025 · 12 data points Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · United States

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025

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Latest value · 2025 11,806,967 +0.5% since 2024
First value · 2014 9,067,209
since 2015 +28% +2.4% a year on average
Business establishments, 2014 – 2025 number
+28% since 2015

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025

The series at a glance United States · 2014 – 2025
Latest value 11,806,967 · 2025
First value 9,067,209 · 2014
Highest 11,806,967 · 2025
Lowest 9,067,209 · 2014
Average change +2.4% a year on average
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2014 – 2025

YearUnited StatesChange
2025 11,806,967 +0.5%
2024 11,750,888 +1.6%
2023 11,560,938 +3.1%
2022 11,215,668 +5.7%
2021 10,606,413 +4.1%
2020 10,185,275 +2.5%
2019 9,932,347 +2.3%
2018 9,711,681 +1.8%
2017 9,536,831 +1.3%
2016 9,417,676 +2.1%
2015 9,224,336 +1.7%
2014 9,067,209

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025

What it means

The number of workplaces of companies and organisations.

How it is calculated

Local units (offices, shops, plants) registered in the business register.