The data

The numbers don't lie.

Black-owned businesses are growing. But money, attention, and access still aren't being handed out evenly.

14%

Black Americans are about 14% of the U.S. population.

3%

But only about 3% of U.S. employer firms are Black-owned.

13%

Only 13% of Black-owned businesses get all the financing they ask for.

47%

Almost half of Black entrepreneurs don't even apply for funding — they expect to be turned down.

58%

More than half of Black-owned employer firms bring in under $100K a year.

97%

Most have fewer than 20 employees.

$1.6T+

Black buying power is over $1.6 trillion a year. The money is there.

The real talk
Black businesses don't need charity. They need eyeballs.

Customers.

Access.

To be easy to find.

That's what we're building.

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Sources
  • U.S. Census Bureau Annual Business Survey
  • Federal Reserve Small Business Credit Survey
  • Third Way: The State of Black Business
  • Selig Center for Economic Growth