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Women-Owned Business Statistics

in the number of women-owned firms—745,749!
in number of employees working for women-owned firms—1.4 Million!
in revenues generated—nearly $200 Billion!
with greatest number of minority-owned firms—more than 258,000!
with the greatest number of African-American, Hispanic, Native American and Asian and Pacific Islander women-owned businesses.
Los Angeles-Long Beach corridor has more women-owned companies than any other region in the nation!

CALIFORNIA'S 745,749 majority-women-owned firms account for 29% of all privately-held firms statewide.
Women-owned firms from 1997 to 2002 increased by 7%, their employment grew by 50%, and sales increased by 62%.
140,053 women-owned employer firms grew by 36% from 1997 to 2002—nine times the growth rate of all employer firms in the state.
Orange County ranks #10 for women-owned firms, and Sacramento, San Diego, Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose all rank in the top 50 nationwide.
Oakland ranks third (32.5%) and Sacramento and San Francisco (30.8%) are tied for 10th among metropolitan areas having the greatest numbers of women-owned firms.
California ranks as the third leading state where minority women-owned firms comprise the greatest share of all women-owned firms (35%).

There are 6.2 million women business owners in the US (which does not include women who own less than 51% nor companies publicly traded).
Businesses owned by women of color now represent 20% of all women-owned firms and are growing in number at rates exceeding all women-owned firms and the national average .
Highest growth of women business owners is predominantly in the larger firms.
42% of the new generation women business owners indicated that they are striving for continued growth over the next five years as they expand their businesses.