Louisiana Business by the Numbers: 2026 Company Breakdown

Key findings

• Louisiana ranks 20th nationally with 983,576 companies — 1.5% of all 64,799,929 U.S. companies in the directory.
• New Orleans is the state’s largest business hub, with 138,964 companies — 14.1% of every company in Louisiana.
• Business is concentrated in a few metros: New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport together hold 32.6% of the state’s companies.
• Industrial & mechanical leads the state’s industries at 282,886 companies (28.8%), across 7 tracked sectors.

How Louisiana ranks nationally

Louisiana and its closest neighbours by total company count. Select a state to open its own study.

Top Louisiana cities by number of companies

These 10 cities account for 51.9% of all companies in Louisiana. Select any city to browse its full company list.

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Louisiana companies by industry

Every company is classified by its primary industry using NAICS/SIC codes. Select a sector to see those Louisiana companies.

What the numbers show

Louisiana’s 983,576 companies place it 20th nationally, 1.5% of the U.S. total. Activity clusters in its largest metros — New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport alone account for 32.6% of the state’s companies — while industrial & mechanical is the dominant sector at 28.8%. For buyers and sellers, that means the deepest pools of suppliers and manufacturers sit in a handful of cities and one or two sectors; the charts above link straight into each so you can shortlist by capability and region.

Methodology

Figures reflect companies listed in Factur’s U.S. business directory as of 2026, classified by headquarters city and primary industry using NAICS/SIC codes. “Companies” includes manufacturers, suppliers, and B2B businesses of all sizes; counts are directory totals, not official census figures, and percentages are computed against the Louisiana directory total. Data compiled by Factur, a sales and marketing firm for B2B manufacturers.