Florida’s Orange County ranked high among U.S. counties seeing a rise in new business applications. The county ranked No. 12 nationally with 51,354 new business applications in 2021, according to data pulled by Forbes Advisor . Data for the new business applications came from the U.S. Census Bureau, and Forbes highlighted data going back to 2006. Why this matters: New business formations often can highlight places with population growth, as well as locations where businesses are looking to cluster together. Orange County was ranked No. 3 in Florida, behind Miami-Dade County (135,710) and Broward County (84,045). Miami-Dade was the second-highest nationally, behind Los Angeles County in California (178,467), but ahead of Cook County in Illinois (118,325). Seminole County was the only other Central Florida county to rank in the top 100 nationally, at No. 96. Here’s how many new business applications each county had during 2021, as well as how they ranked in Florida: Orange: 51,354, No. 3 Osceola: 12,108, No. 10 Seminole: 11,400, No. 11 Brevard: 10,655, No. 12 Volusia: 10,492, No. 13 Lake: 7,377, No. 19 In total, there were more than 5.4 million business applications in the U.S. in 2021, up from 4.4 million in 2020. […]
These Central Florida counties see rise in new business applications
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