Look at this snapshot of facts and
analysis of US Census data over the
past 15 years:
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There
are more than 8.3 million
women-owned businesses
in the United States,
generating nearly 1.3
trillion in revenue and
employing nearly 7.7 million
people;
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Between 1997 and 2014, the
number of women-owned firms
increased by 54%, a rate
1.5 times the national
average;
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The
number of women-owned
companies has risen by
200,000 within the past
year, equivalent to just
under 550 new women-owned
firms opening each day;
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Women-owned firms that have
made it to the $1 million
revenue mark are
performing better than this
same group was 10 years ago.
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