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America Counts: Stories About Small Business
America Counts: Stories About Small Business
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America Counts StorySmall Business Week 2024: How Small Businesses Impact Our EconomyApril 29, 2024The 61st Annual Small Business Week theme is “Building on the Small Business Boom.”
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America Counts StoryCensus Count of U.S. Businesses: Why Responses MatterJanuary 30, 2023The Economic Census, taken every five years, is the most comprehensive survey of businesses in 19 economic sectors and at the national, state and local levels.
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America Counts StorySmall Business Week 2022: How Small Businesses Impact Our EconomyMay 04, 2022The 59th Annual Small Business Week theme is “Building a Better America Through Entrepreneurship.”
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America Counts StoryMom and Pop Businesses: Key Contributors to U.S. EconomyMarch 29, 2022The 83rd annual Mom and Pop Business Owners Day is an opportunity to highlight their impact and Census Bureau tools and resources available for small business.
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America Counts StoryCensus Bureau Survey Now Measures COVID Impact on Workforce, SuppliesFebruary 17, 2022Phase 8 of the SBPS is designed to deepen our understanding of how the pandemic continues to affect U.S. small business operations.
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America Counts StoryU.S. Startups Create Jobs at Higher Rates, Older Large Firms Employ Most WorkersFebruary 16, 2022The U.S. Census Bureau’s Business Dynamics Statistics show how the age and size of firms contributed to job creation and employment shares from 1976 to 2019.
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America Counts StoryDon’t Turn the Page on BookstoresDecember 15, 2021The nation’s 6,045 bookstores are still thriving, serving the needs of students and holiday shoppers looking for that perfect gift.
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America Counts StoryFranchising is More than Just Fast FoodDecember 01, 2021The 2017 Economic Census Franchise Statistics Report shows there were 498,234 franchise establishments with 9.6 million workers and $1.7 trillion in sales.
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America Counts StorySmall Business Pulse Survey Reveals Price Increases by SectorNovember 30, 2021Phase 6 wrapped up October 17 and Phase 7 went into the field November 15. Will Phase 7 show that these economic trends are continuing?
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America Counts StoryWho Are the Owners of Exporting Firms?November 18, 2021This Census Bureau product matches export transactions to business profiles in the Annual Business Survey.
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America Counts StoryNumber of Businesses Grow in Metros, Shrink in MicrosOctober 12, 2021There were 637,997 employer businesses in Micropolitan Statistical Areas in 2019, a 0.3% drop since 2017.
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America Counts StoryZillow and Census Bureau Data Show Pandemic’s Impact on Housing MarketOctober 04, 2021The housing market stalled in spring 2020 but rebounded by summer.
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America Counts StoryNonemployer Asian U.S. Business Owners Predominantly Foreign-BornSeptember 29, 2021Most nonemployer business owners were U.S.-born but foreign-born Hispanic and Asian business owners had a large presence in some sectors.
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America Counts StoryBusiness Growth in Desert Southwest More than Twice National AverageSeptember 23, 2021More than 287,000 employer businesses called these counties home in 2019, up 8.5% Since 2015.
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America Counts StoryU.S. Small Businesses Suffer Supply Chain DisruptionsAugust 09, 2021Over 60% of manufacturers responding to the Small Business Pulse Survey saw disruptions in domestic supplies and 39% need to identify new supply options.
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America Counts StoryAmerica’s Love Affair With (Clean) CarsJune 29, 2021Car washes help vehicle owners keep what’s likely to be the second-largest investment they will ever make looking good.
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America Counts StoryWomen Business Ownership in America On the RiseMarch 29, 2021The nation’s 1,141,410 women-owned employer firms employed 10.1 million workers and generated nearly $1.8 trillion in revenue in 2018.
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America Counts StoryMany Small Businesses Not Requiring Workers To Get Tested, VaccinatedMarch 02, 2021First results from Phase 4 of the Census Bureau’s Small Business Pulse Survey show the majority of respondents do not require workers get tested or vaccinated.
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America Counts StoryUser Feedback Helps Census Bureau Develop Data ToolsFebruary 09, 2021The Census Bureau produces billions of estimates and a key part of its mission is to develop tools that allow all types of users to easily access the data.
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America Counts StoryCensus Survey Shows Shift in Expectations from Spring to WinterJanuary 25, 2021The Small Business Pulse Survey shows a majority of businesses face long-term challenges while others experienced little or no effect from the pandemic.
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America Counts StoryWhat is a Small Business?January 19, 2021Newly released “Establishment and Firm Size” data from the 2017 Economic Census show how important small businesses are to the U.S. economy.
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America Counts Story2017 Economic Census Data Breaks Out Industry Growth, Changes By StateNovember 05, 2020State and local data from the Census Bureau’s 2017 Economic Census provide insight into the businesses that are vital to our economy.
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America Counts StorySelf-Employed Hit Harder by Pandemic Business Dip in Hard-Hit StatesJune 30, 2020Combining the experimental Household and Small Business Pulse surveys reveals demographic differences in the impact of pandemic on self-employed workers.
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America Counts StoryNew Small Business Pulse Survey Shows COVID-19 Impact on BusinessesMay 14, 2020The U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Business Pulse Survey yields near real-time economic data on businesses...
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America Counts StoryCan Census Bureau Data Drive Business Growth and Job Creation?October 16, 2019Knowing who your customers and competitors are can make or break a business. Census Bureau data can help.
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America Counts StoryWhere Do New Businesses Emerge?July 17, 2019Today, the U.S. Census Bureau debuted Business Formation Statistics, which provides timely local data to explore new business ventures.
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America Counts StoryAmerica Keeps on Truckin’June 06, 2019More than 3.5 million people are truck drivers, an all-time high. Driving trucks is one of the largest occupations in the nation.
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America Counts StoryWhat is a Business?March 13, 2019More than 76 percent of businesses have no paid employees. They are in nearly every sector of the economy and dominate some industries.
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America Counts StoryWho Would Buy Your Products Overseas?February 19, 2019The Census Bureau’s Global Market Finder interactive tool quickly tells you the biggest export markets by product and destination.
Page Last Revised - December 2, 2024
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