Source: U.S. Census Bureau  

Release: Business Formation Statistics  

Units:  Number, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Quarterly

Notes:

The Business Formation Statistics are now released on a monthly basis, and the quarterly series will no longer be updated. See BFSBF8QTOTALNSANM for an alternative.

This series combines (splices) https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BF8QNSANM and https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PBF8QNSANM to provide the entire time series for the actual and projected business formations within 8 quarters.