Chart: New business applications, 2025

Miami Valley Business Applications Rose 18.8% in 2025, to 22,779

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From U.S. Census Bureau data for 2025.

People filed 22,779 applications to start a business in the eight Miami Valley counties in 2025, by the Census Bureau’s Business Formation Statistics, up 18.8% from 19,170 in 2024.

Statewide, Ohio applications rose 15.5% to 168,214.

05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00020162018202020222024Miami Valley (8 counties) 22,779Montgomery County 8,332Butler County 4,957Warren County 3,949Greene County 1,909Clark County 1,695Miami County 1,179Darke County 425Preble County 333
05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00020162018202020222024Miami Valley 22,779Montgomery 8,332Butler 4,957Warren 3,949Greene 1,909Clark 1,695Miami 1,179Darke 425Preble 333
05,00010,00015,00020,00025,0002007201020132016201920222025Miami Valley (8 counties) 22,779Montgomery County 8,332Butler County 4,957Warren County 3,949Greene County 1,909Clark County 1,695Miami County 1,179Darke County 425Preble County 333
05,00010,00015,00020,00025,0002007201020132016201920222025Miami Valley 22,779Montgomery 8,332Butler 4,957Warren 3,949Greene 1,909Clark 1,695Miami 1,179Darke 425Preble 333
Miami Valley (8 counties)   Montgomery County   Greene County   Miami County   Warren County   Butler County   Clark County   Preble County   Darke CountyNew business applications, 2005 to 2025. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Formation Statistics (business applications).

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Montgomery County had the most, 8,332, followed by Butler (4,957) and Warren (3,949).

An application is a request for a federal employer ID, a sign someone intends to start a business; not every one opens or hires.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Formation Statistics (business applications). How the figures are built: methodology.

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