The number of new business openings fluctuated throughout the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the pandemic began in March 2020, between ** and ** new business were opening each quarter in the United States. In the first quarter of 2020, this number dropped to just over ** new businesses. 2022 saw the number of new business openings reach record highs.
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