Consider This!
September 14, 2008 · Filed Under Consider This!
Published by Bob Foster
A new report by the U.S. Census Bureau states that, for 2006, Non-employer Business Receipts neared $1 trillion.
This data comes from an annual report of nearly 300 industries made up of 18.2 million sole proprietorships, 1.4 million corporations, and 1.2 million partnerships, which comprise the 20.7 million U.S. businesses that have no employees. This is almost 70% of the total number of U.S. businesses.
Not bad for a segment of the business world that receives little acknowledgement or attention from business writers and the general media.
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Great point, Bob. Many times the smaller companies don’t get the recognition they deserve.
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Somewhat unrelated but nonetheless important are the hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of actual unemployed/underemployed persons here in the US that go unaccounted for when they post the latest unemployment stats.