Small businesses make a big impact

Rick Patrick  rick@greenepublishing.com According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), small businesses (defined as those with 500 employees or fewer) employ nearly half of the total private sector workers, approximately 46 percent. Of the near six million small businesses that have employees, 49 percent of those have between one and four employees, according to estimates from the 2021 U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Business Survey. This survey also stated that small businesses brou