Florida Has One in Ten U.S. Businesses With No Employees. It Added One in Five of the New Ones.
Florida holds 10.2% of America's no-employee businesses and added 19.9% of the 2024 increase. Add Texas and it is a third of all the growth.
Solo Businesses Shook Off 2020 in a Year. 2023 Took Six Times the Hit.
The number of sole proprietorship returns reporting a profit fell 91,950 in 2020 and was back above 2019 a year later. In 2023 it fell 555,991.
A Young Business Is About a Fifth Less Likely to Close in Any Given Year Than in the 1980s. The First Year Is Still the Hardest.
Employer firms aged one to five closed at 15.4% a year in 1983-87 and 12.2% in 2015-19. Every single year of age improved, the first year included.
Workplaces With Fewer Than 10 Staff Had Their Lowest Quit Rate in Ten Years in 2025. So Far, 2026 Is Lower Still.
At workplaces under 10 staff, the monthly quit rate fell to 1.77% in 2025, the lowest since at least 2016. January to August 2026 is lower again.
10.3% of Finance Employers Name Security as a Limit on Working From Home. In Health Care, It Outranks Managing Staff.
Census asked employers what limits remote work. Finance named security most, at 10.3%. In every trade, the firms saying it are bigger than average.
In 2005, Over a Third of New Business Filings Named a First Payday in 41 States. In 2025, the Highest State Was at 14.0%.
Census state data shows the share of business filings naming a date to pay wages fell from 2005 to 2025 in all 50 and DC. The median: 36.2% to 9.2%.
What Caitlin Clark’s Nike Deal Teaches Founders About Audience-First
Caitlin Clark's Nike shoe sold out in an hour. The real lesson for founders isn't the product - it's the audience she built first. Why audience-first wins.
Seven Trades, 76 Census Rounds, One Answer: More Owners Say Their Stock Is Too Small Than Too Big
In retail, restaurants, manufacturing and four other trades, more owners call their stock too small than too big, in all 76 Census rounds since 2023.
The Newest Census Count Added 1.56 Million Businesses With No Employees in a Year. Sixteen of 18 Sectors Shared in It.
The Census count of businesses with no employees rose by 1.56 million in 2024, to 32 million. Sixteen of 18 sectors grew, and not only the drivers.
Workplaces Under 50 People Held 43% of Private Jobs Before the 2020 Shock. They Made 53% of the Layoffs.
In March and April 2020, workplaces under 50 people made 53% of the layoffs. The smallest then made up about half of theirs in extra hiring by December.
8.6% of Finance Employers Name Managing Staff at Home as the Obstacle. In Retail, 3.0% Do — and They Employ 21.4% of the Workers.
Census asked employers what limits remote work. Finance named managing staff at home most, at 8.6%. In most trades, the bigger firms are the ones saying it.
Washington Gets 39 New Employers From Every 100 Likely-to-Hire Business Filings. Florida Gets 19. One Line on the Form Tracks the Gap.
For every 100 business filings flagged as likely to hire, Washington gets 39 new employers within two years and Florida 19. The order has held since 2006.
American Firms Aged One to 45 Created 10.8 Million Jobs in 2023. Together, They Lost Slightly More.
Firms in their first year supplied 71.0% of America's net new jobs in 2023. Every employer firm aged one to 45, combined, netted a loss of 11,230.
In All 76 Survey Rounds Since 2023, Owners Expected Their Overstock to Shrink. Most of the Shortfall, They Expect to Keep.
In all 76 Census survey rounds since 2023, businesses of every size expected their overstock to shrink within six months. The shortfall hardly moves.
At Workplaces Under Ten People, 38.2% of Departures Are the Employer’s Call. In 2023 It Was 31.6%.
At workplaces under ten, 38.2% of people who leave are laid off or discharged, up from 31.6% in 2023. The layoffs held flat. The quits fell.
Only 4.0% of Employers Say Managing People at Home Is the Problem. 60.1% Say the Work Can’t Leave the Building.
Census asked employers what stops remote work. 60.1% said the job cannot be done at home; 4.0% said managing people there is too costly or complicated.
The Average Business With No Employees Takes In $57,611. At Least Three in Four Take In Less.
America's 30.4 million businesses with no employees average $57,611 in receipts, but 60.6% take in under $25,000 and at least 75.5% fall below that average.
In Real Estate, 1.2% of Workplaces Hold 32.7% of the Jobs. In Manufacturing, 16.7% Hold 80.2%.
In real estate 1.2% of workplaces hold 32.7% of the jobs; in manufacturing 16.7% hold 80.2%. Across sectors the share at fifty-plus runs 25.5% to 89.7%.
The Smallest Employers Have 1.74 Jobs Standing Open for Every One They Fill. In 2017 It Was 1.02.
Private establishments with 1-9 employees hold 1,186,000 open jobs and fill 683,000 a month — 1.74 standing open per hire made. In 2017 it was 1.02.
14.0% of Four-Person Businesses Call Themselves Excellent Today. Asked About Six Months From Now, 9.1% Do.
14.0% of US businesses with one to four employees call themselves excellent today. Asked to describe the same business six months out, 9.1% do.
5.4% of American Employer Businesses Have Been Open Since Before 1978. They Hold 38.1% of the Jobs.
300,280 US employer businesses have been open since before 1978. They employ 52,332,869 people — more than the 4,433,985 that are under twenty-six.
The Average American Workplace That Closed Last Year Had Five People on Its Payroll. In Restaurants, Nine.
2,686,413 people were on the payroll of the 533,856 US workplaces that closed in the year to March 2023. That is 5.03 each — and 8.95 in restaurants.
A Third of American Employer Businesses Pay People Who Are Not on Their Payroll. Almost One in Five Has No Full-Time Employee.
32.4% of the 2.91M US employer businesses answering Census use contractors, 50.1% use part-timers, and 18.4% have no full-time employee.
Six in Ten American Employer Businesses Have Exactly One Owner. The Average One Has Eight Employees.
61.0% of the 2.92M US employer businesses that answered the Census owner-count question have exactly one owner, and the average one has 8.3 employees.
Half the People Who Own America’s Employer Businesses Are 55 or Older. For Seven in Ten, It Is the Only Paycheck.
Census counted 4.21M owners of U.S. employer businesses: 51.3% are 55 or older, 5.7% under 35, and 72% call the business their primary income.