Women Entrepreneurs' Statistics

  • Women now own 36% of small businesses
  • The yearly growth of women in business has been 4.2% in the last 12 years
  • 47% of women started a business in the last year
  • 260 Black women open new businesses every day
  • Black SHEeo’s generate $390 billion 
  • 56% of companies have been hired in top executive roles
  • Over 200 million women are entrepreneurs
    • 114% increase, over the past 5 years
  • An average rate of growth has been 163% in the last 45 years, women in business statistics estimate
  • In the past two years, women have started more than 1,500 new companies
  • Almost 90% of businesses owned by women generate no more than $100,000 yearly
  • In the last 20 years, the number of businesses owned by women in the US has increased by 114%
  • 13% of construction, high-tech manufacturing and metal industries are SHEeo lead
  • 9 million people are employed, thanks to a SHEeo
  • Women are in charge of more than 46% of private businesses in Ghana
  • Uganda and Vietnam have over 30% of women-owned companies
  • Women owned businesses statistics show that female ownership rate is under 10% in the countries of the Middle East, but these women are more likely to do international business
  • Faster than women-owned businesses is the growing number of companies owned by women of color
  • 4 out of 10 business’ are SHEeo owned
    • 12.3 million business in the US

The future belongs to the SHEeo!