{ "title": "Small Business Statistics 2026: US and UK Counts, Jobs, Survival and New Applications", "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/small-business-statistics/", "updated": "2026-10-29", "licence": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data-licence/", "attribution": "Source: [publisher] via StatisticsGlobal (https://statisticsglobal.org/small-business-statistics/)", "statistics": [ { "id": "sb-us-total", "sentence": "There were 36,207,130 small businesses in the US in 2022, according to the US SBA Office of Advocacy.", "value": 36207130, "unit": "", "place": "United States", "data_year": "2022", "source_type": "Official", "publisher": "US SBA Office of Advocacy", "source_title": "Frequently Asked Questions About Small Business 2026", "source_url": "https://advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/FINAL_FAQsAboutSmallBusiness_2026_012826.pdf", "source_published": "February 2026, accessed 29 October 2026", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261027165935/https://advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/FINAL_FAQsAboutSmallBusiness_2026_012826.pdf", "sample": "Census Bureau 2022 Statistics of US Businesses (SUSB) and Nonemployer Statistics (NES), compiled by the SBA Office of Advocacy. 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Private-sector employer establishments, averages of the 1994 to 2022 cohorts.", "method": "", "verified_on": "2026-10-29", "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/small-business-statistics/#stat-sb-surv-5yr" }, { "id": "sb-bfs-jul-record", "sentence": "US business applications reached 576,264 in July 2026, the highest monthly total since the series began in 2004, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from US Census Bureau data.", "value": 576264, "unit": "", "place": "United States", "data_year": "2026", "source_type": "Our analysis", "publisher": "US Census Bureau", "source_title": "Business Formation Statistics, monthly data file (bfs_monthly.csv)", "source_url": "https://www.census.gov/econ/bfs/csv/bfs_monthly.csv", "source_published": "monthly release of 14 October 2026, accessed 29 October 2026", "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/census/bfs-monthly-sa-total-2026-10-29.csv", "sample": "Applications for an Employer Identification Number (IRS Form SS-4), monthly, seasonally adjusted, total of all industries. 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Shares of classifiable businesses.", "method": "", "verified_on": "2026-10-29", "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/small-business-statistics/#stat-sb-us-women" }, { "id": "sb-us-women-employer", "sentence": "Women owned 23.2% of US employer firms in 2022, according to the US SBA Office of Advocacy.", "value": 23.2, "unit": "%", "place": "United States", "data_year": "2022", "source_type": "Official", "publisher": "US SBA Office of Advocacy", "source_title": "Frequently Asked Questions About Small Business 2026", "source_url": "https://advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/FINAL_FAQsAboutSmallBusiness_2026_012826.pdf", "source_published": "February 2026, accessed 29 October 2026", "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261027165935/https://advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/FINAL_FAQsAboutSmallBusiness_2026_012826.pdf", "sample": "Census Bureau 2022 Annual Business Survey and Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics, compiled by the SBA Office of Advocacy. 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The FAQ does not state a data year for these shares. 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The FAQ does not state a data year for these shares. 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Series starts July 2004.", "method": "15,632 (September 2026) / 13,619 (September 2025) - 1 = 14.8%. 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