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Business Applications

Business formation applications from the Census Bureau BFS release.

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Current
446.8K
Previous
442.9K
All-Time High
446.8K
All-Time Low
429.5K
Next release
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Data Range
January 2024 – June 2024

Coverage is still developing for this series.

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Business Applications time series chart. Showing observations from January 2024 to June 2024. Latest value 446.8K.

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Mode: Level
Window: Full history
Recession bands: On for this source
Series
Series code: BFS
Published table: Business Formation Statistics
Observations: 6
First sample: January 2024
Last sample: June 2024
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Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau
Source lane: Official national
Transport: REST JSON
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Status: Fallback · Stale
Coverage: Developing coverage
Updated: June 2024
Release cadence: Monthly
Revision policy: Series can revise with methodology and seasonal updates.
Rights and attribution

Source: U.S. Census Bureau (BFS). Accessed 2026-04-06.

Auto-eligiblePublic domainCommercial use allowed

Public: Allowed. Paid: Allowed. Export: Allowed.

Census is an official U.S. source. Higher-volume usage still needs quota-aware handling, but the legal posture is clean.

Recommended use: Auto-eligible official data, with usage-volume monitoring. Compliance reviewed April 4, 2026.

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Source
U.S. Census Bureau
Source lane
Official national
Frequency
monthly
Series code
BFS
Published table
Business Formation Statistics
Latest sample
June 2024
Updated
June 2024
Status
Fallback · Stale

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