People are starting businesses at a fast clip: 465,988 new registrations in the 8 states covered here since July. Connecticut founders, who report their industry, picked software and IT services almost twice as often as a year ago, trucking grew four times faster than new businesses overall, and fewer people opened real estate agencies. Every number comes from state filings.
From new business registrations filed with each state, collected daily by Fundz. Data as of Nov 1, 2026.
Every count is a new LLC, corporation or partnership registered with a Secretary of State. No surveys, no estimates.
Fundz reads new registrations daily in the states it covers, so the next edition reflects filings from days before.
We only show business types we can read accurately from the name, and we check them against the industry founders report in states that ask.
Year-over-year numbers only use states whose records keep closed and rejected filings, so survivors do not inflate growth.
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New businesses by type, Jul to Sep 2026 vs the same months of 2025, in Colorado and Connecticut.
| Business type | Jul-Sep 2025 | Jul-Sep 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trucking, freight and delivery | 1,069 | 1,433 | +34% |
| Cleaning, lawn and home services | 1,490 | 1,643 | +10% |
| AI and automation | 220 | 239 | +9% |
| Restaurants, food and catering | 670 | 716 | +7% |
| Accounting, tax and bookkeeping | 249 | 260 | +4% |
| Construction and contractors | 1,575 | 1,613 | +2% |
| Plumbing, HVAC and electrical | 508 | 507 | +0% |
| Home care, senior care and childcare | 217 | 189 | -13% |
| Real estate agents and services | 439 | 371 | -15% |
| All new businesses | 59,230 | 63,896 | +8% |
465,988 registered Jul 1 to Oct 24, 2026, in the 8 states covered in this edition.
How we read it: business type comes from the registered name, and we only publish types that matched the founder's own industry code most of the time where states record it. About half of names (for example "Smith Holdings LLC") carry no type and are not counted in any category. Year-over-year figures use only states whose records keep closed filings, and compare with one prior year. Mississippi is left out of this edition: a wave of bulk-filed companies with machine-made names in 2026 would distort its numbers.
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In the 8 states Fundz covers in this edition, 465,988 businesses were registered from Jul 1 to Oct 24, 2026. The fastest-growing type we can measure accurately is software and IT services, which nearly doubled year over year among Connecticut founders, who report their industry on the state form (348 to 660, while all filings grew 6%). Trucking and freight names grew 34% in Colorado and Connecticut, about four times the overall pace.
New real estate agent and brokerage businesses fell 15% year over year in Colorado and Connecticut (439 to 371), and new home care, senior care and childcare businesses fell 13%. New construction businesses grew 2% while overall filings grew 8%.
From new business registrations filed with each state's Secretary of State, collected daily by Fundz. This edition covers Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Florida, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Virginia. It is not a national count. Year-over-year comparisons use one prior year (2025).
Most states only record the name, so we read the business type from the name and publish only the types where that read was accurate at least about three times in four, checked against the industry founders report on state forms. Names like "Smith Holdings LLC" carry no type and are left out. The software figure uses the founder-reported industry directly.
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