United States: top 10 sectors for new businesses — Oct 2026

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Between September 23 and October 23, 2026, 315,594 records entered our newly opened businesses section in the United States. The largest category is dumpster rental service (10,680), followed by drug store (8,299) and smoke shop (8,098).

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Bar chart of the 10 categories with the most new records in the United States in the last 30 days: Dumpster rental service 10,680, Drug store 8,299, Smoke shop 8,098, Waste management service 7,259, Real estate agent 5,020, Massage spa 4,606, Portable toilet supplier 4,006, Construction company 3,932, HVAC contractor 3,754, Cannabis club 3,672.

The top 10 categories

New records in the United States, last 30 days: top 10 categories
CategoryNew recordsPhoneOwn website
Dumpster rental service10,68096.1%19.5%
Drug store8,2990.2%16.3%
Smoke shop8,0981.7%46.3%
Waste management service7,25996.4%32.8%
Real estate agent5,02098.3%67.4%
Massage spa4,60698.0%2.6%
Portable toilet supplier4,00686.2%26.2%
Construction company3,93287.1%41.9%
HVAC contractor3,75476.1%31.1%
Cannabis club3,6720.5%40.3%
September 23 – October 23, 2026, United States. Rates are within each category's new records.

The top 10 categories make up 18.8% of the total: 59,326 records. New records in this period spread across 2,788 different categories.

Phone and website

Across all new records in this period, 71.6% carry a phone number and 44.8% their own website. Within the top 10, the highest phone rate is in real estate agent (98.3%); the lowest own-website rate is in massage spa (2.6%).

Every sector measured: business data in the United States.

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