New York business formation statistics

About 889 new business entities are registered in New York per business day. That is the average across the 60 days ending 2026-10-09, drawn from 163,712 New York filings indexed from official New York Department of State, Division of Corporations records. The latest complete month is September 2026, with 20,523 new filings, 3.1% fewer than in August 2026.

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New business filings by month

Complete months only. A month appears here once the state's own publishing has run past the end of it, so a slow upstream feed is never reported as a decline.

MonthNew filingsChange
September 202620,523-3.1%
August 202621,178-3.1%
July 202621,850-4.6%
June 202622,903+1.2%
May 202622,629-4.5%
April 202623,683n/a

Entity types

What New York registrants are actually forming, over the 60 days ending 2026-10-09.

Entity typeFilingsShare
Domestic Limited Liability Company28,86269.1%
Domestic Business Corporation9,48022.7%
Foreign Limited Liability Company1,6343.9%
Foreign Business Corporation7591.8%
Domestic Professional Service Limited Liability Company6591.6%
Domestic Professional Service Corporation2530.6%
Foreign Limited Partnership550.1%
Foreign Professional Service Corporation320.1%
Domestic Limited Partnership240.1%
Foreign Professional Service Limited Liability Company180.0%
Domestic Registered Limited Liability Partnership120.0%

Industry mix

Every filing is classified into one of 13 industry categories from the registered business name. Over the same window, 97% of New York filings carried a classification. "Other" covers holding companies, entities named only for a person, and any name with no inferable industry, which is a large share of any registry.

IndustryFilingsShare
Other19,46148.1%
Real Estate5,25313.0%
Retail2,6426.5%
Professional Services2,5696.4%
Food & Beverage2,0895.2%
Construction1,6834.2%
Home Services1,3293.3%
Healthcare1,2383.1%
Beauty & Wellness1,0872.7%
Technology9242.3%
Finance8162.0%
Automotive7271.8%
Education6061.5%

How this is measured

Common questions

How many new businesses were registered in New York in September 2026?

20,523 new business entities were registered in New York in September 2026, based on filings published by the New York Department of State, Division of Corporations. That is the most recent month for which New York data is complete.

How many businesses are started in New York each day?

About 889 new business entities are registered in New York per business day, averaged across the 60 days ending 2026-10-09. Registries post on weekdays, so this is a per business day figure rather than a calendar day figure.

What is the most common type of business formed in New York?

Domestic Limited Liability Company is the most common, at about 69% of recent New York filings.

What kinds of businesses are being started in New York?

After allowing for entities whose registered name gives no industry away, the most common identifiable categories among new New York businesses are Real Estate, Retail and Professional Services.

Where does this New York business formation data come from?

Official New York business registry records published by the New York Department of State, Division of Corporations, collected daily by AlphaLeads and refreshed weekly on this page. Nothing here is modeled, sampled or estimated. A month is published only once New York has finished publishing it, so a slow state feed is never shown as a fall in business formation.

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