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Ohioans filed 12,943 applications to start a business in June 2025

Ohioans filed 12,943 applications to start a business in June 2025, seasonally adjusted, according to the Census Bureau's Business Formation Statistics. That is down from 13,142 the month before. A year earlier the figure was 11,521. Of the applications, 3,589 came from businesses the Census Bureau judges likely to hire employees. The figures are statewide; the Census Bureau does not publish them for New Carlisle.

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The source filing

MonthJune 2025
Business applications (seasonally adjusted)12,943
Likely employers (seasonally adjusted)3,589
Previous month13,142
Same month a year earlier11,521
AreaOhio, statewide
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Published by U.S. Census Bureau, Business Formation Statistics. This is the agency's public filing as The Lantern received it, shown with its fields named in plain English.

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