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Nine Million Women Can’t Be Wrong!
By latest count, there are nearly 9 million women-owned businesses in the
U.S. They employ more than 18.5 million people and generate close to $2.3
trillion in sales annually. Listed here are just a few of them. (Businessmen
who have what we need are welcome here, too, of course.) Support
them with your business—they’ll help you grow your business!
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MS.
BIZ
In 1996, women-owned firms accounted for more than one third (36%)
of all firms in the country and provided employment for one out of
every four (26%) U.S. company workers.
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Between 1987 and 1996, the number of women-owned firms increased by
78% nationwide, their employment increased by 183% and their sales
grew by 236%. Their growth outpaces overall business growth by
nearly 2 to 1!
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Top growth industries for women-owned businesses between 1987 and
1996 were construction, wholesale trade, transportation/
communications, agribusiness and manufacturing.
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1996, one in 8 (13%) of the nearly 8 million women-owned businesses
in the U.S. was owned by a woman of color.
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