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Center for Women's Business Research: A non-profit organization
that collects data on women-owned businesses. http://www.nfwbo.org/key.html U.S. Census Survey 1997 (the latest available) The survey found that in 1997 there were 5,417,034 women-owned businesses in the United States, accounting for 26% of all firms nationally. Women-owned businesses accounted for 4.4% of all gross sales in the United States, roughly $818.7 million sales. Between 1992 and 1997, there was a -15.5% decline in women-owned firms. States with the largest number of women-owned businesses are California (700,513), New York (394,014), Texas (381,453), Florida (337,811), and Illinois (239,725). In addition, California also had the largest gross sales from women-owned firms. http://www.ecodev.state.mo.us/research/community/ethnic/women_owned.asp Defining and Profiling Small Business Segments: (article) http://www.networkcitybiz.com/presskit/define_profile.htm Join a Barter Club to Increase sales and buying power: BXI Barter Exchange http://www.bxi.itgo.com Woman-Owned.com: http://www.womanowned.com: a large internet site with many resources for women who own businesses. I highly recommend checking it out! |
