21.7M
US businesses
Built out of necessity.
An actionable database of 21.7 Million US Businesses
Business data services charge thousands of dollars a month, and they still couldn’t deliver the precise export a project needed. Time and money went in, and the right list never came out. So this tool was built to replace all of it.
8.6M
decision makers
286
sources
583M
records
What it holds
Business information, joined and kept current.
Each profile pulls together what the public record says about a business. Compare one with its peers or with its own past, or find every business that looks like it. The database grows with every rebuild.
Decision makers
8.6M
owners, officers and leaders, with titles
Location
19.6M
street addresses, mapped to county and metro
Industry
11.7M
businesses with an industry, from codes and websites
Size
3.3M
with staff, revenue or income on file
Hiring
181,649
businesses with work visa filings
Licences
388,559
contractor licence records
Filings
14.5M
benefit plan filings, plus 5.2M safety inspections
Vendors
199,583
businesses with a named insurer, adviser or PEO
Examples
A few things it shows, city by city.
Every chart comes from the engine’s own data. Hover or tap any mark for the exact count.
Restaurants and hotels · staff size
Los Angeles
Most have 10 to 49 staff: 3,536 of 7,535 on file.
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| Staff size | Businesses |
|---|---|
| 1 to 9 staff | 2,736 |
| 10 to 49 staff | 3,536 |
| 50 to 99 staff | 640 |
| 100 or more staff | 623 |
Construction · jobs 2025 against 2024
Phoenix
Construction jobs fell 1.9% in Maricopa County but rose 15.4% in Pinal County. The growth moved to the edge of the metro.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, private jobs.
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| County | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maricopa County | 174,553 | 171,192 | -3,361 (-1.9%) |
| Pinal County | 4,514 | 5,209 | +695 (+15.4%) |
Federal contracts · fiscal 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth
$21.8 billion
in federal contracts to 1,168 local businesses. Professional services firms won $12.3 billion of it.
- Professional services $12.3B
- Factories $2.4B
- Transport and warehousing $1.5B
- Construction $437M
- Health care $401M
- All other or not on file $4.7B
See the numbers
| Industry | Firms | Contracts |
|---|---|---|
| Professional services | 102 | $12.3 billion |
| Factories | 133 | $2.4 billion |
| Transport and warehousing | 18 | $1.5 billion |
| Construction | 52 | $0.4 billion |
| Health care | 24 | $0.4 billion |
| All other or not on file | 839 | $4.7 billion |
Health care · health plan renewal month
Chicago
92% renew in January
6,066 of 6,577 health care employers with a plan on file start their plan year in January.
Jan 6,066
Feb
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Dec
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| Month | Employers |
|---|---|
| January | 6,066 |
| February | 25 |
| March | 30 |
| April | 36 |
| May | 33 |
| June | 33 |
| July | 130 |
| August | 35 |
| September | 33 |
| October | 71 |
| November | 41 |
| December | 44 |
New businesses · registrations per month
Tampa-St. Pete
115,054 new businesses
in 12 months. Registrations ran 30% higher in the first half of 2026 than in the second half of 2025.
Florida filings. June 2026 is the latest full month on file.
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| Month | New businesses |
|---|---|
| Jul 2025 | 8,882 |
| Aug 2025 | 8,810 |
| Sep 2025 | 8,661 |
| Oct 2025 | 8,746 |
| Nov 2025 | 6,813 |
| Dec 2025 | 8,036 |
| Jan 2026 | 10,552 |
| Feb 2026 | 9,767 |
| Mar 2026 | 11,756 |
| Apr 2026 | 11,377 |
| May 2026 | 10,818 |
| Jun 2026 | 10,836 |
Professional services · work visa filings since 2025
New York City
Professional firms here are hiring from abroad: 4,332 filed for work visas since 2025.
4,332
firms filed for work visas
187,177
positions on those filings
2,262
of them have under 100 staff
12% of 35,942 professional firms on file
See the numbers
| Professional firms on file | 35,942 |
| Filed for work visas since 2025 | 4,332 |
| Positions on those filings | 187,177 |
| Visa filers with under 100 staff | 2,262 |
Counts as of October 22, 2026. Businesses with the field on file only, so real totals are higher.