New businesses in Ohio — October 2026

Auspector · Published: October 27, 2026

Between September 27 and October 27, 2026, 7,678 Ohio business records entered our newly opened businesses section — sixth among U.S. states, just ahead of New Jersey. Cleveland received the most of any Ohio city (881), edging out Columbus (869), although we hold almost twice as many Columbus records.

Bar chart of new business records between September 27 and October 27, 2026 in Ohio’s largest places, the top 10 of 15: Cleveland 881, Columbus 869, Cincinnati 408, Toledo 167, Akron 167, Dayton 137, Canton 105, Youngstown 86, Dublin 64, Westlake 60.

How many new businesses opened in Ohio?

7,678 Ohio records entered our newly opened businesses section between September 27 and October 27, 2026 — about 256 a day on average, although the date is the day a record reached us, not the day the business opened its doors. That made Ohio the sixth state for new records, behind California, Texas, Florida, New York and Illinois and only 48 ahead of New Jersey. Measured against the 704,761 Ohio records already in our database, the 30 days brought 10.9 new records per 1,000 — eighth among the 50 states. The Ohio page of our data section has the current counts by city and sector.

Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati

New business records in Ohio’s largest cities, September 27 – October 27, 2026
City	New records	All records in our database	New per 1,000 records	Phone (all records)	Website information (all records)
Cleveland	881	28,872	30.5	85.4%	63.9%
Columbus	869	51,574	16.8	87.1%	66.5%
Cincinnati	408	28,271	14.4	84.3%	64.1%
Toledo	167	15,788	10.6	89.5%	60.7%
Akron	167	12,396	13.5	89.8%	63.5%
Dayton	137	11,591	11.8	87.5%	61.9%
Canton	105	7,899	13.3	90.6%	62.0%
Youngstown	86	4,507	19.1	85.8%	52.7%
Dublin	64	5,020	12.7	92.6%	78.3%
Westlake	60	3,954	15.2	93.7%	77.5%
Westerville	57	5,080	11.2	92.2%	73.6%
Lima	49	4,399	11.1	91.5%	60.5%
Hamilton	45	4,120	10.9	87.7%	60.2%
Springfield	39	4,353	9.0	88.8%	60.6%
Mentor	29	3,824	7.6	92.5%	74.2%

September 27 – October 27, 2026. The 15 places with the most records in our Ohio database, ordered by new records. A city is the locality on the record’s address, not the metro area: Dublin and Westerville are counted under their own names, not under Columbus. Phone and website shares are for all records held for the place, not only new ones.

Cleveland and Columbus are almost level on new records — 881 against 869 — but not on size: we hold 51,574 Columbus records and 28,872 in Cleveland. Relative to its size, Cleveland received 30.5 new records per 1,000, the highest of the 15 places in the table, close to twice the rate in Columbus, the state capital (16.8). Cincinnati, the third city, holds about as many records as Cleveland (28,271) but received less than half as many new ones (408). Further down the table, Youngstown has the second-highest rate (19.1 per 1,000). The suburbs appear under their own names — Dublin and Westerville outside Columbus, Westlake and Mentor west and east of Cleveland — so a search for one city name misses them.

What is opening in Ohio?

New business records in Ohio by sector, September 27 – October 27, 2026
Sector	New records	All records in our database	New per 1,000 records
Restaurants	174	20,457	8.5
Hair and beauty salons	171	18,189	9.4
Auto repair shops	145	12,042	12.0
Construction companies	108	14,063	7.7
Supermarkets and grocery stores	81	5,883	13.8
Dentists and dental clinics	70	8,936	7.8
Cafés	66	3,090	21.4
Real estate agencies	55	16,480	3.3
Bakeries and pastry shops	52	3,209	16.2
Bars and pubs	44	2,902	15.2
Clothing stores	38	4,698	8.1
Car dealers	38	4,285	8.9
Gyms and fitness studios	35	2,594	13.5
Pharmacies	6	2,539	2.4

Ohio records only; each sector links to its U.S.-wide data page. Counts are records; one business can have more than one. Cells under 5 are shown as <5.

Restaurants (174) and hair and beauty salons (171) are almost level at the top, and auto repair shops come third with 145 — more new records than construction companies (108). Relative to their size, the small food and drink sectors moved fastest: cafés received 21.4 new records per 1,000, bakeries and pastry shops 16.2 and bars and pubs 15.2, against 8.5 for restaurants. Real estate goes the other way: agencies are the third-largest sector in our Ohio database (16,480 records) but received only 55 new ones, 3.3 per 1,000.

Ohio and its neighbors

Ohio and the five states it borders: new business records, September 27 – October 27, 2026
State	New records	Rank among the 50 states	All records in our database	New per 1,000 records
Ohio	7,678	6	704,761	10.9
Pennsylvania	6,518	9	828,933	7.9
Michigan	5,284	11	609,781	8.7
Indiana	3,606	21	401,386	9.0
Kentucky	2,396	29	271,327	8.8
West Virginia	863	44	104,324	8.3

September 27 – October 27, 2026. Rank by new records. A state counts the new records whose address already carries it, so rates compare states with each other, not with a national figure.

Ohio received more new records than any of the five states it borders, and relative to the records we already hold it also has the highest rate among them: 10.9 per 1,000, against 9.0 in Indiana, the closest, and 7.9 in Pennsylvania. Phone numbers are on 86.2% of all Ohio records in our database, against 85.3% in Pennsylvania and 83.4% in Michigan; website information is on 63.7%, 62.4% and 63.2%.

Who can use the Ohio list

Three territories, three counties. Cuyahoga County takes in Cleveland and Westlake, Franklin County takes in Columbus and parts of Dublin and Westerville, and Hamilton County is Cincinnati’s. Watch the names: the city of Hamilton (45 new records in the table) lies in Butler County, not in Hamilton County.
Parts, tools and paint. 145 new auto repair shops and 38 new car dealers in 30 days — customers for parts distributors, tool and equipment suppliers, paint and body supplies and shop software.
Coffee, flour and kegs. 66 new cafés, 52 bakeries and 44 bars and pubs: small sectors with the fastest rates in Ohio, and a list for coffee roasters, bakery suppliers and beverage distributors. The coffee side in detail: new coffee shops and cafés.

How to pull an Ohio list

Location: United States, State: Ohio, then a county — for example Cuyahoga, Franklin or Hamilton — or a city when the territory really is one city.
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: “auto body shop” and “auto repair shop” 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.

State filings, Census counts and directories each measure something different; what each one gives you next to a daily feed of openings: U.S. business lists compared.

How this was measured

A record is one business location in our database, not a company: a chain with 40 branches is 40 records, and one business can have more than one record. A new record entered our newly opened businesses section between September 27 and October 27, 2026 (up to our nightly rebuild of October 27, 2026); the date is the day it reached us, not the business’s opening date. Ohio means the address is in the state; a city is the locality on the address, not a metro area or a county.

Some new records do not carry a location yet. They count for Ohio only once the state is on the address, so the state figure is a lower bound and is compared only with other states, never with a national total; rates per 1,000 compare states, cities and sectors with each other. The cities in the table do not add up to the state: new records without a city, and smaller places, are not in it — the table lists the 15 places with the most records in our Ohio database.

Sectors are fixed groups of categories — “cafés”, for example, covers cafés, coffee shops, tea houses, espresso bars and cafeterias. All figures are record counts; cells under 5 are shown as <5. Across 35 countries, 13.5% of new dental records and 8.6% of new car dealer records carry a phone number that also appears on another new record. Phone and website shares are for all records we hold, not only new ones. Phone: a phone number is on the record. Website information: an own website or a booking, appointment or other platform page; a social media profile on its own does not count. Measured on October 27, 2026.

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