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4 Surprising Facts About Small Businesses In The U.S.

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It will give you interesting facts about business in general or interesting facts about specific businesses.

Today we want to share with you some amazing small business facts:

amazing facts about small businesses

 

  • There are 28 million small businesses in the U.S. — which outnumber corporations 1162 to 1
  • 70% of small businesses are owned and operated by a single person
  • Small businesses employ 57% of the country’s private workforce
  • The 77 million people that make up the US small business workforce would rank as the 17th most populous country in the world, just ahead of Iran

Check out 14 other amazing facts about business here on BusinessInsider.com

 

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