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CALIFORNIA IS NUMBER ONE:
- Women-Owned Businesses in California, 2004: A Fact Sheet
- in the number of women-owned firms-1.2 million!
- in number of employees working for women-owned firms--1.4 Million!
- n revenues generated--nearly $406 Billion!
- with greatest number of minority-owned firms--more than 300,000!
- with the greatest number of African-American, Hispanic, Native American and Asian and Pacific Islander women-owned businesses.
- Los Angeles-Long Beach corridor has more women-owned companies
than any other region in the nation!
ENVIABLE FACTS: CALIFORNIA'S
- 1,249,343 privately-held, 50% or more women-owned firms in California, accounting for 48.6% of all privately-held firms in the state.
- Among the 50 states and Washington, DC, California ranks 1 st in the number of privately held, 50% or more women-owned firms in 21004, 1 st in employment, and 1 st in sales.
- Between 1997 and 2004, the number of privately-held, 50% or more women-owned firms in California increased by 7.1%
- Employment grew by 31.8, and sales increased by 47.2%
- California ranks as the third leading state where minority women-owned firms comprise the greatest share of all women-owned firms (35%).
National:
- As of 2004, there are an estimated 10.6 million privately-held, 50% or more women-owned firms in the U.S., accounting for nearly half (47.7%) of all privately-held firms in the country.
- Privately-held, 50% or more women-owned firms in the U.S. generate $2.46 trillion in sales and employ 19.1 million people nationwide.
- Of the 10.6 million privately-held, 50% or more women-owned firms, 2.4 million are employer firms.
- The 10.6 million privately-held, 50% or more women-owned firms are comprised of 6.7 million privately-held, majority (51% or more) women-owned firms and 4.0 million privately-held, equally (50-50) women- and men-owned firms.
- These two segments account for 29.9% and 17.8% of all privately-held firms in the country.
- Of the 10.6 million privately-held, 50% or more women-owned firms, 62.6% are majority (51% or more) women-owned firms and 37.4% are equally (50-50) women- and men-owned firms.
National Statistics 2004: http://www.womensbusinessresearch.org/pressreleases/nationalstatetrends/total.htm
For more statistical information, including study methodology and charts and graphs, please click on these links below.
News releases on California statistics:
California is First in the U.S. in the Number of Women-Owned Businesses: Also first in sales and employment
Number of Minority Women-Owned Businesses Expected To
Reach 1.2 Million in 2002:
California
has greatest number of minority women-owned firms.
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