Small Business's Share Of Employment Is Shrinking

Less of the labor force is working in small businesses than in the early 1990s. After a brief resurgence from 2001 to 2004, the share of private sector employment in companies with between 1 and 249 employees has fallen.?? Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data show that the share of people working at small companies ...

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