B
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28,000,000
28,000,000 -- business count for US businesses (2026)
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Value
28,000,000
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
U.S. Census Bureau
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Tier B
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U.S. Census Bureau
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US businesses: 28,000,000 business count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-licensed-businesses-28-million
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-licensed-businesses-28-million" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>28,000,000</strong> -- business count for US businesses<br><small>Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-licensed-businesses-28-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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