Final review and clearance for the June 10, 2026 release of Annual Business Applications by County began prior to issuance of Department of Commerce DAO 216-26 prohibiting noise infusion in statistical products. Consequently, the June 10, 2026 release implements differentially private geometric noise for disclosure avoidance as outlined in the BFS methodology linked below.
Future releases of Annual Business Applications by County will implement disclosure avoidance in compliance with Department of Commerce DAO 216-26.
Annual Business Applications data by county for 2005-2025 were released on June 10, 2026 and are available in the Excel file below. For help with using the file, please visit the BFS County Data Dictionary.
Business Applications by County [496 KB] 
BFS County Data Dictionary [97 KB] 
