11/ 30/ 2007
NFIB announces new online source for facts and figures about American small businessesNFIB announces new online source for facts and figures about American small businesses
Did you know 27 percent of small employers fired one or more employees last year? That 22 percent of them fired one or more for unsafe work practices? Do you know that 51 percent of small businesses have their own Web site? These are just a few examples of the information available on NFIB's new resource, www.411SmallBusinessFacts.com, a searchable database of close to 2,000 facts about American small businesses and their owners, produced by NFIB's Research Foundation.
Small-business owners can use the data to support their advocacy efforts, such as gathering facts for writing letters or e-mails, making speeches or understanding policy issues. The information can also help small-business owners operate their businesses by answering the questions: How do I stack up? What are my small-business colleagues and competitors doing? How does my operation compare to theirs?
The information comes from telephone surveys of small employers with one to 250 employees. The data are gathered regularly for the NFIB Research Foundation by The Gallup Organization and are added to the database eight times annually.
One of the Web site's most useful functions is its search capability. The site has four ways to search the information, giving users the opportunity to quickly gather facts on the specific issue in which they are interested.
The next time you need facts and figures about small businesses, access www.411 SmallBusinessFacts.com and discover the wealth of information that's available.
