News Summary

• Every month in 2026 has set a new formation record, including March, which stands as the highest single-month total in the history of the Business Formation Report.
• Through May, 2.9 million new businesses have been formed nationwide, the strongest five-month start on record.
• A single person armed with Stripe, Shopify, cloud software, automated bookkeeping, and now AI can do what once required a small staff.