Article by Bankrate
The number of women-owned businesses in the United States has seen huge growth. In fact, women are opening an average of 849 new businesses per day.
Women-owned businesses increased a
dramatic 31 times over the past 46 years, according to the 2018 State of
Women-Owned Businesses Report commissioned by American Express.
Between 1972 and 2018, they’ve risen from 402,000 (4.6% of all firms) in
1972 to 12.3 million (40% of all firms) in 2018.
Despite the numbers and what looks like success on paper, women-owned businesses actively fail to represent a larger portion of the total employment […]