Thank you Steve. On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:00 AM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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]<coworking%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- Mark Gilbreath PO Box 2830 Ketchum, ID 83340 mobile 208-720-8107 skype mfgilbreath twitter markgilbreath -- 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.
