Observations

May 2025: 6,229

Updated: Jun 11, 2025 11:05 AM CDT

Units:

Number,

Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Spliced Business Formations Within Eight Quarters: Total for All NAICS in Midwest Census Region	2021-02-10	2025-06-11

Source

U.S. Census Bureau	2021-02-10	2025-06-11

Release

Business Formation Statistics	2021-02-10	2025-06-11

Units

Number	2021-02-10	2025-06-11

Frequency

Monthly	2021-02-10	2025-06-11

Seasonal Adjustment

Seasonally Adjusted	2021-02-10	2025-06-11

Notes

This series combines (splices) BFBF8QTOTALSAMW (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BFBF8QTOTALSAMW) and BFPBF8QTOTALSAMW (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BFPBF8QTOTALSAMW) to provide the entire time series for the actual and projected business formations within eight quarters. See the U.S. Census's FAQs (https://www.census.gov/econ/bfs/faqs.html) for more details.	2021-02-10	2025-06-11

Spliced Business Formations Within Eight Quarters: Total for All NAICS in Midwest Census Region (BFSBF8QTOTALSAMW)