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Progress Continues on Census’s Nonemployer Data Project (NES-D)
By Brian Headd, Economist
Advocacy published a blog six months
ago on an important new data gathering effort, Advocacy And Census Focus On The
Smallest Small Businesses With A New Nonemployer Demographic Data Project. The blog reported…
2020 Small Business Profiles For The States And Territories
Advocacy’s Small Business Profiles are an annual portrait of each state’s small businesses. Included in each are snapshots into each state’s small business health and economic activity. Some economic data is also supplied for U.S.…
Starting is the Hardest Part
By Brian Headd, Economist
The Kauffman Foundation is a Kansas City-based organization whose
work supports entrepreneurship, education and inclusion, in general. Like the Office of Advocacy, the foundation conducts
research,…
Research From Advocacy: Bank Lending to Rural vs Urban Firms in the United States, 2007-2016
The diversity of small businesses across the United States means their funding needs differ from place to place. Access to bank credit is important for all small businesses, whether located in rural or urban areas. Using FDIC data, this…
Small Business Economic Bulletin: April 2020
The Office of Advocacy’s Small Business Economic Bulletin for April 2020 charts pre-pandemic trends for the small business economy through 2019. At that point in time, the number of small businesses was increasing, and small businesses…
Small Business Facts: Early Data Show Severe Disruptions
Data collected in the course of administering government programs can provide timely information about changing economic conditions. Over the past five weeks, applications related to business formation have plummeted, while initial…
Research from Advocacy: An Investigation of Women Business Owners, Industry Concentration, and…
When starting businesses, women tend toward industries related to domestic service and men lean toward construction and repair-related industries. This has had implications for the size and growth of their individual businesses. On…
Small Business Lending In The United States, 2017
Office of Advocacy, January 2020
Small business lending from bank lenders remained positive in 2017, but a slower pace than the previous year. The research report by the Office of Advocacy examines FDIC data to find that small…
New Research from Advocacy: Job Characteristics and Transitions among Older Self-employed…
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As workers age, they face an increasing risk that health problems will force them out of the labor force. However, workers with more control over their work conditions may be better able to manage the…
Small Business Facts: Growth in Number of Rural Establishments
Since 2000, the number of establishments in metropolitan counties has grown by 30.9 percent, while the number in rural counties has grown by only 7.2 percent. Read “Small Business Facts: Growth in Number of Rural Establishments” to learn…