Research

Small businesses are important to rural counties. They operate 84.8% of establishments and employ 54.3% of workers. However, rural employment by small businesses has grown more slowly than total employment. Between 2012 and 2019, rural…

Advocacy has released its newest infographic, spotlighting America’s family farmers. Eighty-eight percent of all farms in the United States are family farms, and these farms produce billions in crops every year. Advocacy’s infographics use…

The Office of Advocacy is excited to announce funding for economic research on small business issues. Advocacy’s new research contract solicitation is available on SAM.gov, and research proposal submissions are open until Monday,…

The Office of Advocacy’s summer economic bulletin analyzes the current state of the small business economy. Most small business indicators, including the number of firms and job creation numbers, look positive. However, instability in…

Advocacy has released its newest infographics spotlighting Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander-owned businesses. Asian-Americans own more than 2.9 million businesses, while Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders own…

Veteran-owned businesses are generally owned by older veterans. As they age out of the workforce, the number of veteran firms is decreasing. From 2014 to 2020, veteran ownership declined from 11% of businesses to 8.1% of businesses. At the…

Immigrant employer ownership increased from 15.08 percent in 2012 to 19.03 percent in 2020. At the same time, the share of foreign-born workers increased from 7.29 percent to 8.6 percent. For most business owner demographic categories, the…

Advocacy has released its newest infographic spotlighting women-owned businesses. Women business owners own over 12 million businesses and employ over 10.1 million workers. Advocacy’s infographic uses the most recent Census Bureau data to…