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Data Release: Demographic Characteristics of Nonemployer Business Owners [ [link removed] ]

Women owned 42.7% (12.7 million) of the nation’s 29.8 million nonemployer businesses (businesses without paid employees) and had $411.6 billion in receipts in 2022, according to the new Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics [ [link removed] ] (NES-D) series released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Veteran-owned firms made up about 4.6% (1.4 million) of nonemployer businesses, with $67.7 billion in receipts. There were a total of 29.8 million nonemployer businesses with $1.7 trillion in receipts in 2022.

This release also includes business owners’ urban and rural classification, receipt size of firm, and legal form of organization (e.g., sole proprietorships and partnerships).

The NES-D is an annual series that uses existing administrative records and decennial census data to link demographic characteristics of owners to the universe of nonemployer businesses.

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