{
    "statement": "US business applications were filed in September 2026, seasonally adjusted, up 0.5% from August",
    "value_display": "534,947",
    "value_numeric": 534947,
    "unit": "count",
    "data_label": "Sep 2026",
    "data_period_end": "2026-09-30",
    "region": "USA",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "Business Formation Statistics",
        "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
        "type": "official",
        "url": "https://www.census.gov/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://www.census.gov/econ/bfs/current/index.html",
    "source_quote": "Business Applications for September 2026, adjusted for seasonal variation, were 534,947, an increase of 0.5 percent compared to August 2026.",
    "verification_note": "Read on the Census Business Formation Statistics current release page (CB26-163).",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/small-business/us-business-applications-monthly",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/small-business/us-business-applications-monthly.csv"
}