Small businesses are major drivers in the economy, accounting for nearly 63% of new jobs. And they are growing in number. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), 1.07 million ...

The struggle to find and retain skilled workers has been an ongoing issue for small businesses, and 2025 is no exception. The labor market remains tight, with many employees seeking better ...

There are six key steps to creating a successful small business, and only one of them is actually running it. Here's how to get ready to launch.

The Small Business Administration generally defines a small business as an independent business with fewer than 500 employees.[1] Most businesses in America are small businesses, accounting for ...

Up to 15 home-services small businesses across the United States and Canada will receive $10,000 grants each. Those businesses can be at any stage in their operations, whether it's entrepreneurs ...

For some small businesses, the last week brought even more twists and turns to the past two months of President Donald Trump’s chaotic tariffs. The situation was already confusing, with stops ...

Many small businesses face hurdles when they seek traditional financing, such as credit or longevity requirements. Fintechs are using technology to assess business borrowers and make lending more ...

Small businesses make up 99.9% of all U.S. firms, and account for more than two-fifths of the nation's gross domestic product, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Investors looking for a low-cost, passively managed ETF for small-cap value exposure may like VBR, which tracks the CRSP U.S. Small Cap Value Index for a low 0.07% expense ratio.

Many of those firms are small businesses, which received a total of roughly $180 billion in federal contracts over the year ending in September, or nearly $3 of every $10 in contracts over that ...