The stats are in the thread "Number of Coworking Facilities in the US and a Few Observations."
Here is a quick summary on home-based businesses: 1. According to the Small Business Administration there are about 15 million home-based businesses in the US. This is roughly half of all businesses. This data is from 2008 - the US gov data wheels turn slowly. 2. About 6.6 million home-based businesses generate at least half of the owner's household income. This is based on work done by Emergent Research (that's us) with Network Solutions and the University of Maryland looking at home businesses that are not hobby or part-time businesses. On of the most interesting findings of this work is that about 50% of these firms have employees. The report is at: http://growsmartbusiness.com/2009/10/the-rise-of-the-homepreneur-and-network-solutions-report/ Another interesting study on home-based business was done by the Cleveland Council for Small Businesses. It is a bit older, but still useful and at: http://www.flipseekllc.com/cosehomebiz.html 3. Our on-going survey work shows the number of home-based businesses increasing and the % of all businesses being home-based growing. We think about 54% of all US businesses are currently home-based, with the recession as a key driver of this near term growth. 4. Recent academic research shows more start-ups are starting at home and staying there longer than in the past. A good example is this very hard to read study by an economist at the SBA: http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs350tot.pdf Quick summary: home is where the start-up is. Steve On Jul 30, 9:10 am, m fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey All, > > I'm trying, unsuccessfully, to find the group post from earlier this > month that had some great statistics on the number of home based > businesses in the US. > > Can anyone help me dredge this back up? > > Thanks! > Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
