Entrepreneurship Merit Badge History
Earned through 202042,254
Best year20173,473 earned
All-time popularity#177official, as of 2020#175by 2025 (estimate)
Earned by Year
First earned in 1996. Peak year 2017 with 3,473. Hover over or tap a year for its numbers.
Known count No data available
"—" means merit badges were earned that year but the exact number is not currently known. "#80 of 141" means the badge was number 80 of the 141 merit badges earned that year. National counts have not been published since 2020, but the rankings have. The grand total comes from official reports and includes the years without a known count. The 2025 all-time place is an estimate, because the counts for 2021 to 2025 are worked out from each year's official ranking and the total number of merit badges earned that year.
19961#133 of 134
1997—
1998—
1999—
2000731#117 of 128
2001915#115 of 129
20021,040#115 of 129
2003903#117 of 130
20041,006#117 of 121
20051,605#113 of 121
20061,161#114 of 121
20071,332#112 of 121
20081,249#113 of 121
20091,609#111 of 122
20101,582#115 of 125
20111,895#109 of 129
20121,932#101 of 132
20131,900#90 of 129
20142,496#119 of 136
20152,927#113 of 138
20163,365#105 of 138
20173,473#102 of 139
20183,353#104 of 139
20193,410#103 of 139
20203,284#94 of 137
2021—#101 of 137
2022—#94 of 138
2023—#92 of 138
2024—#86 of 138
2025—#80 of 141
Grand total through 2020:
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