The U.S. Census Bureau has released the latest Business Formation Statistics (BFS) for August 2025, providing updated data on new business applications and formations across the United States. The BFS offers monthly statistics at national, regional, and state levels, including both seasonally adjusted and nonseasonally adjusted figures.
This dataset is developed in collaboration with economists from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the University of Maryland, and the University of Notre Dame.
Additionally, the Census Bureau has published Monthly Puerto Rico Business Applications. This experimental product presents four monthly business application series for Puerto Rico using a methodology consistent with that applied to existing BFS data.
There is no news release associated with this announcement; it is being distributed as a tip sheet only.
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