You'd believe governmental figures? Well Small business is going away, not on the rise.Grumpy wrote: Small business can mean just one employee to as many as 1000 or even more employees depending on what industry. Small business's outnumber their larger counterparts by a huge margin and are spread through out the country from tiny towns to large cities, they are the hope for recovery.
Info here http://www.sba.gov/advo/stats/sbfaq.pdf
The legal definition of "small" varies by country and by industry, ranging from fewer than 15 employees under Fair Work Act 2009, 50 employees in the European Union, and fewer than 500 employees to qualify for many U.S. Small Business Administration programs. Small businesses can also be classified according to other methods such as sales, assets, or net profits.
Small businesses are common in many countries, depending on the economic system in operation. Typical examples include: convenience stores, other small shops (such as a bakery or delicatessen), hairdressers, tradesmen, lawyers, accountants, restaurants, guest houses, photographers, small-scale manufacturing, and online business, such as webdesign and programming, etc.
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