New businesses in Minnesota — October 2026
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Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 4,040 Minnesota business records entered our newly opened businesses section — 17th among U.S. states by count, but 10th of the 50 states and D.C. relative to its size in our database (10.9 new per 1,000 records). Minneapolis received the most (598), more than two and a half times as many as Saint Paul.
How many new businesses are there in Minnesota?
Minnesota’s 4,040 new records between September 27 and October 27, 2026 put it below the five states just ahead in the count — Virginia, Colorado, Washington State, Massachusetts and Arizona — which received between 4,984 and 5,138 each. Against its base of 372,180 records, though, Minnesota received more new ones than any of them: 10.9 per 1,000, 10th of the 50 states and D.C..
| State | New records | All records in our database | New per 1,000 records | Rank by new records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 4,040 | 372,180 | 10.9 | 17th |
| Wisconsin | 2,716 | 397,812 | 6.8 | 26th |
| Iowa | 1,882 | 207,847 | 9.1 | 32nd |
| South Dakota | 604 | 71,264 | 8.5 | 49th |
| North Dakota | 593 | 58,640 | 10.1 | 50th |
Next door, the contrast is sharper. Wisconsin holds more records in our database than Minnesota (397,812 against 372,180) but received 2,716 new ones — 6.8 per 1,000, 48th of the 50 states and D.C.. Live counts for the state are on the Minnesota page of our data section.
Minneapolis, Saint Paul and the suburbs
| City | New records | All records in our database | New per 1,000 records | With phone | With website information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis | 598 | 29,589 | 20.2 | 86.4% | 68.8% |
| Saint Paul | 228 | 16,898 | 13.5 | 87.7% | 66.8% |
| Bloomington | 145 | 6,847 | 21.2 | 88.9% | 75.4% |
| Rochester | 138 | 12,113 | 11.4 | 89.2% | 68.4% |
| Duluth | 112 | 8,079 | 13.9 | 86.2% | 71.3% |
| Edina | 94 | 6,325 | 14.9 | 92.9% | 76.0% |
| Burnsville | 68 | 4,702 | 14.5 | 92.1% | 72.4% |
| Plymouth | 66 | 4,444 | 14.9 | 90.5% | 74.0% |
| St. Cloud | 61 | 4,951 | 12.3 | 90.2% | 71.7% |
| Maple Grove | 58 | 4,618 | 12.6 | 91.4% | 75.9% |
| Minnetonka | 53 | 4,293 | 12.3 | 90.4% | 74.7% |
| Woodbury | 53 | 4,174 | 12.7 | 90.9% | 73.7% |
| St. Louis Park | 51 | 4,764 | 10.7 | 92.4% | 74.0% |
| Eagan | 49 | 4,230 | 11.6 | 90.6% | 76.6% |
| Mankato | 36 | 4,503 | 8.0 | 82.2% | 70.1% |
Minneapolis received 598, more than two and a half times as many as Saint Paul (228). Its rate, 20.2 per 1,000, stands out among the leading cities of this month’s twelve-state series: only Cleveland (30.5) and Newark (23.6) are higher, while Boston (16.5), Denver (16.0), Phoenix (14.0), Richmond (13.4) and Seattle (12.3) are all lower. Bloomington (145) received more new records than Rochester (138), the third-largest city in our Minnesota database, from little more than half as many records (6,847 against 12,113). Eleven of the 15 cities in the table are in the Twin Cities area. Greater Minnesota — the rest of the state — appears with Rochester, Duluth, St. Cloud and Mankato: 347 new records between them, with Mankato at the lowest rate in the table (8.0).
Which sectors are opening in Minnesota?
| Sector | New records | All records in our database | New per 1,000 records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hair and beauty salons | 68 | 7,240 | 9.4 |
| Restaurants | 57 | 8,192 | 7.0 |
| Auto repair shops | 52 | 5,766 | 9.0 |
| Real estate agencies | 40 | 9,941 | 4.0 |
| Construction companies | 40 | 7,686 | 5.2 |
| Cafés | 30 | 1,691 | 17.7 |
| Bakeries and pastry shops | 24 | 1,254 | 19.1 |
| Supermarkets and grocery stores | 21 | 2,105 | 10.0 |
| Clothing stores | 21 | 2,282 | 9.2 |
| Dentists and dental clinics | 17 | 5,100 | 3.3 |
| Car dealers | 16 | 1,510 | 10.6 |
| Bars and pubs | 16 | 1,194 | 13.4 |
| Gyms and fitness studios | 8 | 1,338 | 6.0 |
| Pharmacies | <5 | 1,207 | — |
Hair and beauty salons (68) are the largest group, then restaurants (57) and auto repair shops (52). Relative to size, the highest rates belong to small food businesses: bakeries and pastry shops (19.1 per 1,000) and cafés (17.7). Clothing stores (21, 9.2 per 1,000) have the highest clothing-store rate in this month’s twelve-state series. Dental is the exception: 17 new records from 5,100, 3.3 per 1,000 — the lowest dental rate in the series, against 29.8 in Arizona. Bars and pubs list website information on only 39.3% of their records, the lowest share of any Minnesota sector; 44.8% have a phone but no website information.
Selling to new Minnesota businesses
- Twin Cities by county. Seven of the cities in the table — Minneapolis, Bloomington, Edina, Plymouth, Maple Grove, Minnetonka and St. Louis Park — are in Hennepin County; Saint Paul is Ramsey County, Burnsville and Eagan are Dakota County. A metro territory starts with these three.
- Greater Minnesota. Rochester (Olmsted County), Duluth (St. Louis County), St. Cloud (Stearns County) and Mankato (Blue Earth County) are separate markets, each worth a list of its own.
- Food and drink. 24 bakeries, 30 cafés and 16 bars and pubs — accounts for suppliers, roasters, distributors and card terminals, and for web designers the bars without website information. Café openings across countries: new coffee shops and cafés.
How to pull the Minnesota list
- Location: United States, State: Minnesota, then Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota or another county.
- Section and category: newly opened businesses (the last 30 days, updated daily), then a sector or a narrower category. Categories are each record’s own and are not merged: “coffee shop” and “cafe” are separate choices.
- Reach: Phone — has, for a call list; Website — none, for web design prospects.
- Count, open, watch: search and counts are free on every plan; a credit is spent only when you first open a record, and an export counts as an open (pricing). Save the search and new matches arrive by email every day.
Where state business registries, Census statistics and directories fit next to a feed of new openings: U.S. business lists compared.