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78%
78% -- small business share of us businesses for U.S. small firms (2026)
Firms owned by people who go into business for themselves account for 78 percent of U.S. businesses.
- Attributed generally to the U.S. Census Bureau without a specific survey year cited.
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78%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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75
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60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
thelavinagency.com
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http://www.thelavinagency.com/speaker-daymond-john.html ↗
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Daymond John
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thelavinagency.com
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Cited from U.S. Census Bureau in book promotional copy
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Industrymarketing
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U.S. small firms: 78% small business share of us businesses. Source: thelavinagency.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/small-firms-share-us-businesses-78pct
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