Research

The Office of Advocacy is excited to announce new funding opportunities for economic research on small business issues. The research solicitations are available on SAM.gov at the links below. Research proposal submissions are open until…

Advocacy’s small business lending report examines FDIC data to determine the state of bank lending to small businesses. This report, which analyzes loan data from June 2019 to June 2020, examines the small business lending market at the…

The Office of Advocacy’s Spring Economic Bulletin examines how small businesses continue to recover from the COVID-19 recession. Recent trends show small businesses have weathered the pandemic, but new challenges have arisen. Currently,…

African-Americans are underrepresented among self-employed workers. When African-Americans own firms, they are less likely to have employees, operate with less financing, and are more likely to become discouraged enough to forego applying…

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that the tightening labor market is disproportionately impacting smaller businesses. 23.4 percent of small businesses cited labor needs in August 2020, which increased to over 40 percent at…

Despite losing 9.1 million jobs in the first two quarters of 2020, small businesses job growth rebounded swiftly following the COVID-19 recession. In the four quarters following, small businesses have gained 5.5 million jobs, making up for…

To support Advocacy’s mission of examining the contributions of small businesses to the American economy, the Office of Economic Research (OER) spent FY 2020 providing timely and relevant research products, analyzing proposed regulations…

Advocacy’s Small Business Finance Frequently Asked Questions details a broad range of finance data concerning small businesses in the United States. The FAQ is a convenient place to find information on small business financing, types and…

The Office of Advocacy is pleased to continue its Small Business Profiles for the Congressional Districts series. The congressional district profiles are part of Advocacy’s state profile series, which provides user-friendly snapshots of…

On December 16, the U.S. Census Bureau released the 2018 Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics (NES-D), a data program providing annual estimates of the number and receipts of nonemployer business owners by race, ethnicity, sex, and…