State profiles, ranking tables, industry cuts, and source notes built from public datasets that can be checked, compared, and updated.
Browse 50 state profiles covering business applications, county concentration, employer base, wages, SBA lending, proprietor receipts, bankruptcy rows, and federal contract demand.
The score starts with projected employer formations, then penalizes filing patterns that look inflated by registered-agent or entity-formation behavior.
Wyoming and Delaware remain important filing stories, but the score does not treat raw EIN volume as clean startup activity.
Applications show filing pressure. Projected formations are closer to employer startup activity. QCEW shows the employer base. SBA, IRS, courts, and procurement data show capital, receipts, stress, and demand.