Data and Statistics on Small Businesses

Here are some interesting statistics on small and home-based businesses:

Home-based businesses constitute 53% of all small businesses.
99.7% of firms that have employees are small businesses.
Small businesses employ over half of the more than 145 million American workers.

Source: Testimony of The Honorable Thomas M. Sullivan, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration, before the [...]