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90%
90% -- share of us companies with fewer than 20 employees for US companies (2025)
90% of all US companies have fewer than 20 employees.
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90%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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DMDatabases
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US companies: 90% share of us companies with fewer than 20 employees. Source: DMDatabases (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-companies-under-20-employees-share
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