Public holidays and business days in United States, 2026
United States has 251 business days in 2026 out of 365 calendar days, with 104 weekend days. The holiday list has 17 rows. Both figures come from the Business Days tools, read 2026-10-04.
The count used count_business_days for US from 2026-01-01 to 2026-12-31. Both ends are included. Weekend days are Saturday and Sunday. Holidays that fell on a working day: 2026-01-01 New Year's Day; 2026-01-19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; 2026-02-16 Presidents Day; 2026-05-25 Memorial Day; 2026-06-19 Juneteenth National Independence Day; 2026-07-03 Independence Day; 2026-09-07 Labour Day; 2026-11-11 Veterans Day; 2026-11-26 Thanksgiving Day; 2026-12-25 Christmas Day.
A 10 business-day turnaround that starts on 2026-03-02 lands on 2026-03-16 (monday). That call was add_business_days with days 10. Holidays skipped on that span: none. The start date is day 0 and is not counted.
The nationwide count leaves out 3 holidays that only some regions keep: 2026-04-03 Good Friday; 2026-10-12 Columbus Day; 2026-10-12 Indigenous Peoples' Day. These holidays apply only in the regions listed and are counted as working days here. Pass region to count them.
Public holidays
Source: Public holidays: Nager.Date (date.nager.at). School holidays: OpenHolidays (openholidaysapi.org). The call was list_holidays on https://businessdays.openkrill.app/mcp. A day off is a holiday the calendar marks as Public. Bank, optional and observance days stay working days in the count. This is not a legal deadline, a company closure list, or a stock-exchange trading calendar.
| Date | Weekday | Name | Local name | Where it applies | Day off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | thursday | New Year's Day | New Year's Day | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-01-19 | monday | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-02-12 | thursday | Lincoln's Birthday | Lincoln's Birthday | US-CA, US-CT, US-IL, US-IN, US-KY, US-MI, US-NY, US-MO, US-OH | no |
| 2026-02-16 | monday | Presidents Day | Washington's Birthday | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-04-03 | friday | Good Friday | Good Friday | US-CT, US-DE, US-HI, US-IN, US-KY, US-LA, US-NC, US-ND, US-NJ, US-TN | yes |
| 2026-04-03 | friday | Good Friday | Good Friday | US-TX | no |
| 2026-05-08 | friday | Truman Day | Truman Day | US-MO | no |
| 2026-05-25 | monday | Memorial Day | Memorial Day | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-06-19 | friday | Juneteenth National Independence Day | Juneteenth National Independence Day | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-07-03 | friday | Independence Day | Independence Day | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-09-07 | monday | Labour Day | Labor Day | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-10-12 | monday | Columbus Day | Columbus Day | US-AL, US-AZ, US-CO, US-CT, US-GA, US-ID, US-IL, US-IN, US-IA, US-KS, US-KY, US-LA, US-ME, US-MD, US-MA, US-MS, US-MO, US-MT, US-NE, US-NH, US-NJ, US-NM, US-NY, US-NC, US-OH, US-OK, US-PA, US-RI, US-SC, US-TN, US-UT, US-VA, US-WV | yes |
| 2026-10-12 | monday | Columbus Day | Columbus Day | nationwide | no |
| 2026-10-12 | monday | Indigenous Peoples' Day | Indigenous Peoples' Day | US-AK, US-AL, US-CA, US-HI, US-IA, US-LA, US-ME, US-MI, US-MN, US-NC, US-NE, US-NM, US-OK, US-OR, US-SD, US-TX, US-VA, US-VT, US-WI | yes |
| 2026-11-11 | wednesday | Veterans Day | Veterans Day | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-11-26 | thursday | Thanksgiving Day | Thanksgiving Day | nationwide | yes |
| 2026-12-25 | friday | Christmas Day | Christmas Day | nationwide | yes |
How the count was made
- Both startDate and endDate are counted when they are working days.
- Working days are every day except Saturday and Sunday and public holidays.
- Only holidays Nager.Date marks as Public are days off. Bank, optional and observance days, and half days such as Christmas Eve, count as working days.
- Without a region, only nationwide holidays are applied; holidays only some regions keep are not counted.
Other 2026 calendars from the same tool: Germany 2026, England 2026, France 2026, Vietnam 2026, Ontario, Canada 2026. The app page, with the other names people use for this server, is Business Days and Workday Calculator. Install steps: ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Pi.