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View Resource Characteristics of Business Owners Survey

The Census Bureau has released the results of the 1992 Characteristics of Business Owners Survey (CBO). These results provide data for comparing the "selected economic, demographic, and sociological characteristics" of business owners.

https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/sbo/tables/1992/199...
View Resource Forbes Small Business

_Forbes_ magazine presents this online version of its new Entrepreneurs section. It includes relevant articles from the magazine, access to searchable and browseable databases of the 200 Best Small Companies in America, a small business forum, and archives of articles from the magazine's Up & Comers and Starting Your Own Business sections. Though much of this content has long been available on the...

https://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/
View Resource Survey of Small Business Finances

The Federal Reserve Board has compiled information on American small businesses, defined as businesses with fewer than 500 employees. The National Survey of Small Business Finances (NSSBF) includes such information as financial characteristics, firm size, use of financial services, and income and balance sheets. Users can access the full publication data, working papers, methodology reports, and...

https://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/oss/oss3/nssbftoc.htm