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Percent change in number of business establishments by state, total covered employment

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Percent change in number of business establishments by state, total covered employment, December 2024 to December 2025
State Percent change December 2024 business establishments December 2025 business establishments Net change

Alabama

3.8% 161,312 167,381 6,069

Alaska

0.4% 25,252 25,346 94

Arizona

0.6% 226,110 227,377 1,267

Arkansas

6.8% 105,892 113,046 7,154

California

5.0% 1,917,458 2,013,695 96,237

Colorado

9.2% 236,671 258,528 21,857

Connecticut

0.7% 148,766 149,811 1,045

Delaware

2.7% 46,103 47,331 1,228

District of Columbia

-2.5% 52,341 51,019 -1,322

Florida

0.1% 885,507 886,151 644

Georgia

0.7% 395,835 398,723 2,888

Hawaii

6.2% 59,312 62,979 3,667

Idaho

-0.5% 104,806 104,301 -505

Illinois

-4.0% 403,749 387,713 -16,036

Indiana

2.5% 190,804 195,627 4,823

Iowa

-2.0% 112,827 110,565 -2,262

Kansas

-0.3% 102,109 101,846 -263

Kentucky

1.2% 159,326 161,316 1,990

Louisiana

1.9% 156,232 159,189 2,957

Maine

1.9% 66,280 67,564 1,284

Maryland

2.1% 195,367 199,500 4,133

Massachusetts

4.0% 287,074 298,471 11,397

Michigan

4.1% 304,427 316,871 12,444

Minnesota

0.1% 215,019 215,243 224

Mississippi

2.5% 89,963 92,197 2,234

Missouri

4.8% 247,983 259,908 11,925

Montana

-5.3% 65,795 62,339 -3,456

Nebraska

1.3% 77,493 78,514 1,021

Nevada

3.8% 106,922 111,022 4,100

New Hampshire

-0.6% 68,312 67,879 -433

New Jersey

2.3% 335,272 343,057 7,785

New Mexico

0.1% 69,602 69,695 93

New York

1.2% 710,899 719,096 8,197

North Carolina

2.8% 381,419 392,124 10,705

North Dakota

0.3% 36,901 37,001 100

Ohio

0.3% 347,390 348,487 1,097

Oklahoma

-0.2% 129,559 129,339 -220

Oregon

-5.4% 188,004 177,889 -10,115

Pennsylvania

2.4% 388,714 398,124 9,410

Puerto Rico

3.4% 51,693 53,474 1,781

Rhode Island

0.1% 48,986 49,059 73

South Carolina

-1.6% 195,470 192,426 -3,044

South Dakota

1.2% 40,667 41,170 503

Tennessee

0.9% 223,302 225,203 1,901

Texas

1.4% 849,034 860,781 11,747

Utah

1.1% 143,042 144,622 1,580

Vermont

3.8% 33,173 34,450 1,277

Virgin Islands

-1.6% 2,999 2,951 -48

Virginia

2.1% 317,293 324,001 6,708

Washington

-0.2% 242,466 242,069 -397

West Virginia

0.3% 62,619 62,814 195

Wisconsin

2.8% 207,963 213,887 5,924

Wyoming

2.5% 30,884 31,669 785