• More than three million businesses are minority-owned, and the number is growing
• More than 9.1 million businesses are women-owned—which represents more than a third of all U.S. companies—and the number is growing
• Small businesses—firms with less than 500 employees—represent 99.7% of all American employers
• Small businesses employ 53% of the private workforce
• Small businesses create three out of four new jobs
• Small businesses contribute 47% to all sales in the country
• A small business with 100 employees adds to an area:
• 351 more people
• 79 more school children
• 97 more families
• $490,000 more bank deposits
• one more retail establishment
• $565,000 more retail sales per year
• $1,036,000 more personal income per year
• Small businesses are responsible for 50% of the private gross domestic product
• Small firms produce 55 percent of all innovations and generate twice as many product innovations per employee as large firms, including employees of firms that do not innovate

• Over 45% of BOC Network clients are new entrepreneurs
• BOC clients have accessed over $23 million dollars in small business financing
• More than 8000 small business owners and would-be entrepreneurs have been individually assisted by BOC Network staff and many more have attended entrepreneurial workshops and networking events

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• Providers of Day Care
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• Special Trade Construction Contractors

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