Thank you to all the Strong Women Entrepreneurs for your contribution for all you do each day and especially for leading the way in today’s economy!

Amazing statistics of Women-led businesses!

• Women are the majority owners of about 15.6 percent of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with one or more employees.
• Women control more than $20 trillion in annual spending. Predictions are that this number will go up to $28 trillion in the next few years.
• Women now own 37% of small businesses.
• 2% of self-employed indigenous people are women.
• Women are in charge of more than 46% of private businesses in Ghana.
• Uganda and Vietnam have over 30% of women-owned companies.
• Women-owned businesses statistics show that female ownership rate is under 10% in the countries of the Middle East, but these women are more likely to do international business.
• In the last 20 years, the number of businesses owned by women in the US has increased by 114%.
• The yearly growth of women in business has been 4.2% in the last 12 years.
• Women own four out of ten businesses in the US. Faster than women-owned businesses is the growing number of companies owned by women of color.
• An average rate of growth has been 163% in the last 45 years, women in business statistics estimate. In the past two years, women have started more than 1,500 new companies.
• Almost 90% of businesses owned by women generate no more than $100,000 yearly.
• COVID hit women-owned businesses the hardest. Women are the most resilient business owners in the marketplace.

Today, we are Celebrating Women Around the World!