I-86 and Route 17, the Southern Tier Expressway
The Southern Tier’s main road, from Hornell through Bath, Corning, Big Flats, Horseheads and Elmira to Waverly and Owego: the towns most of the region’s shopping, hotels, freight and commuting run through.
The line connects the towns along the route; it isn’t drawn on the road itself. Chemung County’s stretch is in gold.
- 5,334businesses and organizations in the 14 towns along it
- 2,550of them in Chemung County
- 171new in public records in the last 12 months
- 64closings confirmed in the last 12 months
Town by town
| Town | County | Businesses | Storefronts | New (12 mo) | Closed (12 mo) | Main kinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hornell | Steuben County, NY | 470 | 343 | 8 | 0 | Clubs, lodges and associations, Builders and general contractors, Doctors and clinics |
| Bath | Steuben County, NY | 416 | 266 | 16 | 0 | Clubs, lodges and associations, Trucking, hauling and logistics, Auto repair |
| Savona | Steuben County, NY | 56 | 23 | 2 | 0 | Trucking, hauling and logistics, Excavation, paving and concrete, Car dealers |
| Campbell | Steuben County, NY | 84 | 33 | 2 | 0 | Car dealers, Builders and general contractors, Trucking, hauling and logistics |
| Painted Post | Steuben County, NY | 269 | 204 | 4 | 0 | Clubs, lodges and associations, Hair salons, Builders and general contractors |
| Corning | Steuben County, NY | 706 | 549 | 25 | 0 | Restaurants, Clubs, lodges and associations, Hair salons |
| Big Flats | Chemung County | 191 | 152 | 2 | 2 | Doctors and clinics, Manufacturing, Restaurants |
| Horseheads | Chemung County | 814 | 626 | 29 | 27 | Restaurants, Trucking, hauling and logistics, Builders and general contractors |
| Elmira | Chemung County | 1,476 | 1,165 | 55 | 34 | Trucking, hauling and logistics, Restaurants, Doctors and clinics |
| Lowman | Chemung County | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Landscaping, lawn and tree care, Builders and general contractors, Auto repair |
| Chemung | Chemung County | 36 | 19 | 0 | 0 | Trucking, hauling and logistics, Car dealers, Food and beverage production |
| Waverly | Tioga County, NY | 168 | 115 | 6 | 0 | Clubs, lodges and associations, Car dealers, Restaurants |
| Owego | Tioga County, NY | 464 | 305 | 16 | 1 | Builders and general contractors, Clubs, lodges and associations, Restaurants |
| Apalachin | Tioga County, NY | 151 | 89 | 6 | 0 | Car dealers, Builders and general contractors, Trucking, hauling and logistics |
Counted by the town in each business’s address, so a town’s count includes its surroundings that share its mailing name. “New in public records” means a license, permit or filing first appeared in the last year; it isn’t always a new opening. A closing counts once it’s confirmed, and most of the neighboring counties’ possible closings are still waiting to be checked, so their closing counts run low. Neighboring counties are checked less closely than Chemung’s listings.