The Survey of Business Owners (SBO) provides the only comprehensive, regularly collected source of information on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status.
News
Polish-American Heritage Month: October 2021
The 2019 American Community Survey estimated the U.S. population at 328.2M. About 9.0M (roughly 2.7%) reported Polish ancestry.
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: October 2021
The 2019 American Community Survey estimated out of a total U.S. population of 328.2 million, 16.1 million people reported Italian ancestry, or about 4.9%.
Minority Enterprise Development Week: September 19-25, 2021
The 2018 Annual Business Survey counted 1,048,323 minority firms with 9,432,081 employees and $323 billion in annual payroll.
Publications
Negocios de propiedad hispana: 1997
Este informe, basado en los datos de la Encuesta de Empresas Comerciales Minoritarias de 1997, presenta los resultados de las empresas propiedad de hispanos.
Minority-Owned Businesses: 1997
This brief, based on 1997 Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises data, presents findings on minority-owned businesses in the United States.
Hispanic-Owned Businesses: 1997
This brief, based on 1997 Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises data, presents findings on Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States.
Data
SBO - Veteran Business Owners: 2002 Tables
These Veteran Business Owners tables are from the 2002 Survey of Business Owners.
SBO - Other Asians-Owned Firms: 2002 Tables
These Other Asians-Owned Firms tables are from the 2002 Survey of Business Owners.
SBO - Veteran-Owned Businesses: 2002 Tables
These Veteran-Owned Firms tables are from the 2002 Survey of Business Owners.