New business application data show US entrepreneurship has leveled off

Feb 21, 2022

US business application volume currently hovers between the 400,000 to 450,000. Image: Unsplash/Tim Mossholder

Clarisa Diaz

Multimedia Reporter, Quartz

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A chart to show total US business applications

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