Texas Business by the Numbers: 2026 Company Breakdown

Key findings

• Texas ranks 3rd nationally with 5,697,306 companies — 8.8% of all 64,799,929 U.S. companies in the directory.
• Houston is the state’s largest business hub, with 806,154 companies — 14.1% of every company in Texas.
• Business is concentrated in a few metros: Houston, Dallas and Austin together hold 28.6% of the state’s companies.
• Industrial & mechanical leads the state’s industries at 1,586,245 companies (27.8%), across 11 tracked sectors.

How Texas ranks nationally

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

Top Texas cities by number of companies

These 10 cities account for 43.8% of all companies in Texas. Select any city to browse its full company list.

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Texas companies by industry

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

What the numbers show

Texas’s 5,697,306 companies place it 3rd nationally, 8.8% of the U.S. total. Activity clusters in its largest metros — Houston, Dallas and Austin alone account for 28.6% of the state’s companies — while industrial & mechanical is the dominant sector at 27.8%. 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 Texas directory total. Data compiled by Factur, a sales and marketing firm for B2B manufacturers.