List of Churches in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 910,277 churches in the USA, one in every 70 US companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 2,596 firms employ 50 people or more. One in twenty-three churches is based in Houston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Chicago. Below you find the largest churches in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

910,277 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies910,2771 in70 US companiesCities9,999Largest cityHouston 10,270Sole traders1%Employees1-4 (88%)Revenue< $100K (69%)Email33%Phone61%Website45%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	The Salvation Army National CORPORATION	USA	Alexandria	615 Slaters Ln	Alexandria	22314-1112	salvationarmyusa.*****	1880	$1,554,377,327	16,170	Corporation	3313	222406433
2	The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints	USA	Salt Lake City	50 E North Temple	Salt Lake	84150-9001	careers.*****	2023	$1,093,759,972	11,827	Corporation	8621	N/A
3	Methodist West Houston Hospital	USA	Houston	18500 Katy Fwy	Harris	77094-1110	houstonmethodist.*****	2011	$670,558,057	98	Corporation	N/A	N/A
4	Gcu	USA	Beaver	5400 Tuscarawas Rd	Beaver	15009-9513	portal.*****	1892	$486,414,629	76	Corporation	5	0000146420
5	Feed The Children, INC.	USA	Oklahoma City	333 N Meridian Ave	Oklahoma	73107-6568	feedthechildren.*****	1964	$408,871,015	160	Corporation	8	2100189160
6	International Fellowship Of Christians & Jews, INC.	USA	Chicago	303 E Wacker Dr Ste 2300	Cook	60601-5224	ifcj.*****	1983	$318,221,645	42	Corporation	N/A	53088554
7	Permanent Endowment Fund Of Moody Memorial First United Methodist Church	USA	Galveston	2803 53rd St	Galveston	77551-5914	moody.*****	2000	$312,657,414	13	Corporation	N/A	0159406301
8	Concordia Health Plan	USA	Saint Louis	1333 S Kirkwood Rd	St. Louis City	63122-7226	concordiaplans.*****	2001	$286,539,630	1	Corporation	N/A	N/A
9	Church World Service, INC.	USA	New York	475 Riverside Dr Ste 700	New York	10115-0050	churchworldservice.*****	1946	$283,783,530	71	Corporation	29	47222
10	The Christian Broadcasting Network INC	USA	Virginia Beach	977 Centerville Tpke	Virginia Beach	23463	cbn.*****	1960	$282,362,500	941	Corporation	12	00857813
11	Matthew 25 Ministries INC	USA	Cincinnati	11060 Kenwood Rd	Hamilton	45242	m25m.*****	1991	$279,440,386	16	Corporation	N/A	805187
12	Southern Union Conference Of Seventh-Day Adventists	USA	Norcross	302 Research Dr	Gwinnett	30092-2902	southernunion.*****	1910	$273,164,896	2,500	Corporation	1374	N/A
13	Christ Apostolic Church, Power House, INC.	USA	Powder Springs	4967 Brownsville Rd	Cobb	30127-3047	N/A	2011	$248,745,000	8	Corporation	N/A	11052079
14	Wycliffe Bible Translators, INC.	USA	Orlando	11221 John Wycliffe Blvd	Orange	32832-7013	wycliffeassociates.*****	1942	$238,064,000	4,000	Corporation	12	N23000009807
15	Christian Appalachian Project	USA	Paintsville	485 Ponderosa Dr	Johnson	41240	christianapp.*****	1964	$237,184,582	9	Corporation	N/A	0008914
16	National Association Of Evangelicals	USA	Baltimore	7 E Baltimore St	Baltimore City	21202-1602	worldrelief.*****	1942	$163,081,631	500	Corporation	25	560766
17	World Relief CORPORATION Of National Association Of Evangelicals	USA	Baltimore	7 E Baltimore St	Baltimore City	21202-1602	nae.*****	1944	$163,081,631	500	Corporation	25	0607326
18	Iglesia Episcopal Puertorriquea, INC.	USA	San Juan	1409 Ave Ponce de Leon Ste 4	San Juan	00907-4028	episcopalpr.*****	1971	$162,424,911	1,350	Corporation	7	660197834
19	Second Baptist Church	USA	Houston	6400 Woodway Dr	Harris	77057-1699	second.*****	1927	$138,000,000	1,100	Corporation	2	0005025601
20	The Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis	USA	East Peoria	1175 Saint Francis Ln	Tazewell	61611-1298	franciscansisterspeoria.*****	1877	$133,368,387	10,145	Corporation	127	55586861
21	Pacific Union Conference Of Seventh-Day Adventists	USA	Thousand Oaks	2686 Townsgate Rd	Santa Clara	91361-2794	adventistfaith.*****	1933	$126,904,420	2,200	Corporation	935	0156740
22	American Jewish Committee	USA	New York	165 E 56th St	New York	10022-2746	ajc.*****	1906	$126,680,875	220	Corporation	37	44
23	Christian Community Foundation Of Memphis & The Mid-South INC	USA	Memphis	6075 Poplar Ave Ste 130	Shelby	38119-4702	ccfmemphis.*****	1998	$125,427,924	4	Corporation	N/A	000356630
24	Jewish Community Federation Of San Francisco, The Peninsula, Marin And Sonoma Counties	USA	San Francisco	121 Steuart St	San Francisco	94105-1236	jewishfed.*****	1921	$124,934,665	110	Corporation	3	0094835
25	The Moody Bible Institute Of Chicago	USA	Chicago	820 N la Salle Dr	Cook	60610-3263	moody.*****	1886	$119,294,298	605	Corporation	25	03803490

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Churches in the USA

910,277

21 October 2026

There are 910,277 churches in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 70 US companies. About 67 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (14,060 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 865,920 95%
Head offices: 7,655
Branch offices: 36,702

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 8661.

588,356 of the 910,277 are corporations and LLCs (65%); 12,570 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Churches in Houston

Houston has 10,270 churches, 1.2% of all 881,247 Houston companies and 18% below the national share. Nine in ten Houston firms have fewer than five people; 44 have 50 or more. 203 new firms were entered in 2026, 1,096 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 9,096 · 89%
5-9: 870 · 8%
10-19: 158 · 2%
20-49: 92 · 0.9%
50+: 44 · 0.4%

Legal form

Sole traders: 597 · 6%
Partnerships: 140 · 1%
Corporations and LLCs: 6,549 · 64%
Other or none: 2,984 · 29%

Of the US total: 1.1%
Of all Houston companies: 1.2%
Against the national share: 0.8×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 203
Entered 2025: 355
Of USA's 2026 entries: 1.4%

Old

Before 1990: 1,096 · 11%
1990 or later: 9,174 · 89%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 0.7%

Reachable

Email: 2,521 · 25%
Phone: 5,615 · 55%
Website: 3,598 · 35%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 7,030 · 70%
$100K-$500K: 2,737 · 27%
$500K-$1M: 128 · 1%
$1M and more: 129 · 1%

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Largest churches in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Houston, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the largest church in the USA by headcount. 2,596 firms employ 50 people or more; 837 employ 100 or more.

1Piedmont11,821 staff
2Orlando7,688 staff
3Richmond4,686 staff
4Orlando4,000 staff
5Miami3,000 staff
6Fall River3,000 staff
7Camden3,000 staff
8Annapolis2,616 staff
9Seal Beach2,572 staff
10Chicago2,500 staff

By employee size · 909,512 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	803,140	88%
5-9	81,710	9%
10-19	15,269	2%
20-49	6,797	0.7%
50-99	1,759	0.2%
100-199	548	<0.1%
200-499	225	<0.1%
500-999	37	<0.1%
1,000+	27	<0.1%

88% have 1 to 4 people; 6,797 have 20 to 49; 2,596 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	603,980	69%
$100K-$500K	253,999	29%
$500K-$1M	8,121	0.9%
$1M-$5M	5,717	0.7%
$5M-$10M	536	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	493	<0.1%
$50M-$100M	47	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	28	<0.1%
$500M+	3	<0.1%

69% under $100,000; 5,717 between $1M and $5M; 1,107 above $5M.

Where in the USA?

Houston has the most churches in the USA (10,270), ahead of Brooklyn (9,296), Philadelphia (7,145), Los Angeles (6,317) and Chicago (6,084). Together the five hold one in twenty-three of them. Relative to their size, Memphis, Fayetteville and Greensboro have the most: 1.7 to 2.0 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

9,999 US cities have at least one church; 8,214 have ten or more; 0 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Churches per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 1.43. Memphis has 2.0 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By county 1,957 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	20,344	2%
Harris	13,557	1%
Orange	13,188	1%
Jefferson	11,805	1%
Cook	10,445	1%
Dallas	10,412	1%
Montgomery	10,391	1%
Kings	9,452	1%
Maricopa	9,424	1%
Miami-Dade	8,598	0.9%

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Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 909,512 US churches with a known headcount, 803,140 (88%) have one to four people, 81,710 have five to nine, 22,066 have ten to 49 and 2,596 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (603,980, 69%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 10884,850 97%
Small 10 to 4922,066 2%
Medium 50 to 2492,532 0.3%
Large 250+64 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

1,107

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 571 more than $10 million.

14,060

firms were entered in 2026.

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 31,158 US churches from before 1900, 66,527 from before 1950 and 152,636 from before 1990.

1811
1. Franklin
1817
1. Emmitsburg
1820
1. New York
1820
1. Richmond
1821
1. Columbia
1824
1. Watchung

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152,636

US churches date from before 1990

5,692

were entered in 1990

How reachable are they?

Churches are easier to reach than the average US company: 61% list a phone number and 45% a website.

Email301,667 33%
Phone555,304 61%
Website410,185 45%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

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Newcomers in the USA in 2026

14,060 churches were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 67 a working day, after 25,499 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.5% of the inflow.

24,4802022
29,2622023
26,5172024
25,4992025
14,0602026 so far

14,015 of this year's 14,060 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Lee's Summit400 staff
2Racine60 staff
3Sun City Center45 staff
4Bradenton21 staff
5Westlake Village20 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 300 churches for every one of the animal feed suppliers in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Churches	910,277	45%	88%
Barbers	108,232	39%	98%
Architects	79,769	47%	81%
Animal Shelters	4,320	94%	75%
Auctions	4,065	93%	80%
Animal Feed Suppliers	3,032	61%	50%

In other countries

The USA has more churches than Brazil or Canada, and more per company than either.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	910,277	14.3
Brazil	205,728	7.1
Canada	54,096	12.7
The UK	44,061	5.0
Australia	32,647	3.8

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Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in seventy-two US churches work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Two in three are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders12,5701%
Partnerships3,0180.3%
Corporations and LLCs588,35665%
No form on record or other306,33334%

Single-site: 95%
Head offices: 7,655
Branches: 36,702

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

Frequently asked questions

How many churches are there in the USA?

There are 910,277 churches in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 70 US companies.

Which is the largest church in the USA?

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Piedmont, with 11,821 staff. By revenue The Salvation Army National in Alexandria leads with $1.6 billion a year.

Which US city has the most churches?

Houston, with 10,270, ahead of Brooklyn (9,296), Philadelphia (7,145), Los Angeles (6,317) and Chicago (6,084). Relative to its size, Memphis has the most: 2.0 times the national share.

How many churches are there in Houston?

10,270, which is 1.2% of all 881,247 Houston companies and 18% below the national share.

How big is a typical church?

Small. 88% of the 909,512 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 2,596 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are US churches sole traders or companies?

One in seventy-two (12,570) are sole traders, 0.3% are partnerships and 65% (588,356) are corporations and LLCs.

How many churches started in 2026?

14,060 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 25,499 in 2025. 14,015 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest church in the USA?

Parish of St Mary in Franklin, 1811, followed by Daughters of Charity Ministries in Emmitsburg (1817) and Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA in New York (1820). 31,158 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers churches?

Our platform filters them on SIC 8661 (religious organizations).

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