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New business application data show US entrepreneurship has leveled off

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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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Professional services, construction and transportation and warehousing have been popular industries to set up businesses in Image: Quartz/US Census Bureau, Business Formation Statistics
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Following the sharp rise, business applications took a sharp dip before rebounding Image: Quartz/US Census Bureau, Business Formation Statistics
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