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U.S. Home to 28.4M Small Businesses Employing 56M Workers, SBA Reports

Thursday, February 12, 2015

The U.S. is home to more than 28.4 million small businesses (less than 500 employees), employing over 56 million workers (approximately half of the nation’s workforce), according to a recently released a report entitled Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories, an annual analysis of each state’s small businesses.

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