“We cannot measure what we cannot count.”
NWBC entered into an Interagency Agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau to fund the development of custom tabulations on women-owned employer and nonemployer firms. The unique custom tabulations, which utilize data from both the Annual Business Survey (ABS) and the Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics (NES-D), are featured here as raw data to serve primarily as a resource for researchers and practitioners.
To learn more about the ABS and NES-D, we encourage you to visit the U.S. Census Bureau’s website (links in Resources section, below).
Sources:
* Annual Business Survey
* Annual Nonemployer Demographics Statistics (NES-D)
Data and resources
- Table 1A: Total Number of Employer and Nonemployer Firms by Owner Sex (2020) (xlsx) - Total numbers of employer and nonemployer firms that are majority-male and majority-female owned, and equally male- and female-owned; 2021 ABS and 2020 NES-D.
- Table 1B: Total Employer and Nonemployer Firms by State and Owner Sex (2020) (xlsx) - Number and share of employer and nonemployer firms in each state that are majority-female owned; 2021 ABS and 2020 NES-D.
- Table 1C: Total Employer and Nonemployer Firms for Large MSAs by Owner Sex (xlsx) - For large MSAs, numbers of employer and nonemployer firms that are majority female-owned, majority male-owned, and equally male- and female-owned; 2021 ABS and 2020 NES-D.
- Table 1D: Number of Firms by Urban or Rural Base, Employer/Nonemployer Status, Owner Sex (xlsx) - Total numbers of employer and nonemployer firms by setting (urban or rural) and sex of firm owner(s); 2021 ABS and 2020 NES-D.
- Table 2: Total Employer and Nonemployer Firms by Industry and Owner Sex (xls) - Numbers of firms by industry grouping that are employer and nonemployer by owner(s) sex; 2021 ABS and 2020 NES-D.
- Table 3A: Total Employer and Nonemployer Firms by Owner Race and Sex (xls) - By race, total firms that are employer and nonemployer, and that are majority female-owned, majority male-owned, and equally female- and male-owned; 2021 ABS and 2020 NES-D.
- Table 3B: Total Employer and Nonemployer Firms by Owner Ethnicity and Sex (xlsx) - By ethnicity, total firms that are employer and nonemployer, and that are majority female-owned, majority male-owned, and equally female- and male-owned; 2021 ABS and 2020 NES-D.
- Table 3C: Total Employer and Nonemployer Firms by Owner Veteran Status and Sex (xls) - By veteran status, total firms that are employer and nonemployer, and that are majority female-owned, majority male-owned, and equally female- and male-owned; 2021 ABS and 2020 NES-D.
- Table 3D: Total Owners by Owner Age and Sex; Table 3E: Total Owners by Owner Citizenship and Sex (xlsx) - By age band or citizenship status, total numbers of men and women who own employer and nonemployer firms; 2021 ABS and 2020 NES-D.
- Table 4: Employer Firms by Employment Size and Owner Sex (xlsx) - Note for Table 4 from Census: Starting with 2021 ABS (Reference Year 2020), we added employment size less than 500. The goal was to categorize small business (those with less than 500) and large businesses (500+ employees) separately to make it easier for our data users.
- Table 5: Total Number of Firms by Revenue Size and Owner Sex (xlsx) - By band representing revenue size and by employer/nonemployer status, numbers of businesses that are majority female-owned, majority male-owned, and equally female- and male-owned; 2021 ABS and 2020 NES-D.
- Table 6: Total Number of Firms by Firm Age and Owner Sex (xlsx) - By firm tenure and employer/nonemployer status, numbers of businesses that are female-owned, male-owned, and equally female- and male-owned; 2021 ABS and 2020 NES-D.
Additional information
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| Publisher | U.S. Small Business Administration |
| Program | Women’s Business Centers (WBS) |
| Issue date | October 19, 2023 |
| Last modified | October 22, 2024 |
| Contact | SBA Chief Data Officer |
| License | U.S. Government Works |
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| Identifier | SBA-NWBC-2022-09-003 |