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Survey of Business Owners (SBO)
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Results from the 2007 Survey of Business Owners (SBO) are now available.
Approximately 2.3 million businesses received the 2007 SBO-1 questionnaire asking for information about characteristics of the businesses and their owners.
SBO data are presented by:
- Gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status
- Geography (U.S., states, metropolitan areas, counties, and places)
- Industry (2- through 6-digit NAICS for selected geographies)
- Firm receipts size
- Firm employment size
Please note that data are not necessarily comparable between survey periods. Refer to the survey methodology for more information.
Estimates of Business Ownership by Gender, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status: 2007
American FactFinder | Press Releases | Summary of Findings | Characteristics of Businesses | Characteristics of Business Owners-
American FactFinder (the U.S. Census Bureau's online data access tool)
- (Gender by Ethnicity by Race) (Veteran by Gender) (Veteran by Ethnicity) (Veteran by Race)
- Receipts Size: (Gender Detail) (Ethnicity Detail) (Race Detail) (Veteran Detail)
- Employment Size: (Gender Detail) (Ethnicity Detail) (Race Detail) (Veteran Detail)
- Number of NAICS Sectors: (Gender Detail) (Ethnicity Detail) (Race Detail) (Veteran Detail)
- Number of States: (Gender Detail) (Ethnicity Detail) (Race Detail) (Veteran Detail)
- ● Press Releases
- American Indian and Alaska Native
- Asian
- Black or African American (Español)
- Hispanic (Español)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- Veteran
- Women (Español)
- Company Summary (Español)
- ● Summary of Findings
- American Indian and Alaska Native
- Asian
- Black or African American
- Hispanic
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- Veteran
- Women
- Company Summary
- Characteristics of Businesses
- Data on American FactFinder (by U.S. level geography, industry, receipts size and employment size):
- Jointly Owned or Operated by Spouses
- Majority of Business Family-Owned
- Number of Owners of Business
- Year Business Originally Established
- Source(s) of Start-Up or Acquisition Capital
- Amount of Start-Up or Acquisition Capital
- Home-Based Business
- Operated as a Franchise
- Owned by a Franchise
- Source(s) of Capital to Expand Business
- Type(s) of Customer Categories
- Percent of Total Sales Exported
- Operations Established Outside United States
- Outsourced Business Function Outside United States
- Language(s) Used in Transactions
- Type(s) of Workers Employed
- Employer-Paid Benefits Offered
- Company Had a Web Site
- E-Commerce as Percentage of Total Sales
- Company Made Purchases Online
- Seasonal or Part-Time Business Status
- Business Operating or Reason Ceased
- Press Release
- Summary of Findings
- Data on American FactFinder (by U.S. level geography, industry, receipts size and employment size):
- Characteristics of Business Owners
- Data on American FactFinder (by U.S. level geography and industry):
- Press Release
- Summary of Findings
- Data on American FactFinder (by U.S. level geography and industry):
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