Mom and Pop Business Owners Day: March 29, 2024

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Mom and Pop Business Owners Day: March 29, 2024

Press Release Number: CB24-SFS.39

From the Corporate Finance Institute: What Is Mom-and-Pop?

“Mom-and-pop shops are usually family owned and controlled. With limited capital investment, they handle small business volumes and run with minimal numbers of employees. Typically, the shops are not franchised and only operate at single locations. Therefore, their customers are mostly from local communities. Their products and services are more personalized.

“Mom-and-pop stores are generally in the structures of partnership, limited liability company or an S corporation. By starting up a store as a limited liability company, the owner is not personally liable for the debts carried by the store.”

Key Stats

Source: 2021 County Business Patterns (CBP)

Note: The table below is cropped to list the rows for all establishments in the United States. The five rows with less than 100 employees are highlighted. Several columns are hidden. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 00 reflects the sum of all the economic activity for all sectors. Click on the image for the full table.

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Source: Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) program.

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Source: Annual Business Survey (ABS) Program

Source: Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS), 2021 back to 1978

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Source: Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS): Tracking Changes During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Source: Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB) 2021 back to 1988

Source: Nonemployer Statistics (NES) 2020

NES is an annual series that provides subnational economic data for businesses that have no paid employees and are subject to federal income tax. The data consist of the number of businesses and total receipts by industry. Most nonemployers are self-employed individuals operating unincorporated businesses (known as sole proprietorships).

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