Main Street in Bozeman, Montana. Wyoming and Montana have been hot spots for new businesses.
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- Wyoming, Delaware, and Montana have had the most new businesses per 100,000 residents open this year, per Census Bureau data
- Wyoming leads the nation in number of new businesses with 283 per 100,000 residents
- Small businesses openings are booming, but the viability of lasting in the long term is less certain
Business is booming out West, even in the country's least populated state.