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2023 Age 0-1 Firms: 129 Separations per 100 Average Quarter-Start Jobs
Two Census programs describe what happens to jobs at the youngest firms, and this article reports their 2023 measures side by side. The Quarterly Workforce Indicators count separations when a job...
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Ad Share of Aggregate Receipts: Sole Proprietorship Returns 2023
The IRS publishes how many dollars nonfarm sole proprietorships deducted for advertising and how many dollars of receipts they reported, by sector, but the cited table does not print the ratio. For...
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SBA 7(a) Ownership-Change 5-Year Charge-Offs & Firm Deaths, 13 Sectors
Two federal records, set side by side here: the five-year charge-off rate on non-cancelled SBA 7(a) loans coded as a change of ownership, whose borrowers can include firms with no employees, by...
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Nonfatal Workplace Injury and Illness Rates by Establishment Size: In 8 of 17...
Across private industry, BLS nonfatal injury and illness rates were lowest at the smallest workplaces and highest at 50 to 249 employees in every year from 2019 to 2024. Inside individual industries...
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New Hires at Firms Aged 0 to 1 Year Earned 79% of What New Hires at Firms...
Census administrative data show what new hires earn once they settle into a job. From mid-2024 to mid-2025, new hires into stable jobs at firms aged 0 to 1 year averaged $3,397 a month in covered...
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Separations at Young Firms: Firms Aged 0 to 1 Year Averaged 16.0 More...
Census administrative data on jobs show how often jobs end, by the age of the firm. From mid-2024 to mid-2025, firms aged 0 to 1 year averaged 30.5 separations per 100 jobs each quarter, against 14.5...
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Aggregate Net Income Was 9.0% of Receipts for S Corporation Returns With $1...
The IRS tabulates S corporation tax returns by size of business receipts. In tax year 2022, returns with $1 million to under $2.5 million in receipts reported aggregate net income equal to 9.03% of...
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Among Owners of Responding U.S. Employer Firms With a Previous Business They...
The Census Bureau asks owners of employer firms what happened to the previous business they started most recently. Among owners who reported such a business, 5.5% said another individual or company...
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Majority Family Ownership Among Employer Firms That Answered: 23.1% at 1 to 4...
Census asks employer firms whether two or more members of one family own the majority of the business. In 2023, among firms that answered, 23.1% with 1 to 4 employees said yes, against 40.8% with 250...
View ArticleAmong Disbursed SBA 7(a) Loans With a Usable Business-Age Code,...
SBA 7(a) loan records for fiscal 2018 to 2020, excluding loans that were cancelled or never disbursed and loans whose business age was blank or recorded as Unanswered, show how often loans coded as a...
View ArticleQuit Rates at Private Nonfarm Workplaces Were Highest in the 10-to-49 or...
Federal turnover data reports quit rates for private nonfarm establishments in six size classes. Over the 36 months through August 2026, quit rates rose from the smallest class to the middle classes...
View ArticleAmong US Nonfarm Employer Businesses Using AI, Those With 1 to 4 Employees...
A Census Bureau survey of US employer businesses, excluding farms, asked businesses using AI in any business function what they changed in order to use it. Those with 1 to 4 employees were less likely...
View ArticlePaid Sick Leave Access Was 16 Percentage Points Lower for Private Industry...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures which private industry workers can get common benefits, by the size of their workplace. In March 2026, the pre-registered comparison, paid sick leave, was 16...
View ArticleNo Clear Change in the Management-Score Gap Between Smallest and Largest...
The Census Bureau scores how structured management is at manufacturing establishments in the Annual Survey of Manufactures mail sample, from 0 to 1. The gap between the smallest and largest plants was...
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Employee Onboarding Process: Build It Before the Next Hire
An employee onboarding process is a documented sequence that assigns an owner to each task a new hire must complete in the first thirty days. It states what happens, who confirms it, and when each...
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Business Systems Consultant: Systems Before Headcount
A business systems consultant designs operational frameworks that increase output without adding headcount, documents processes that survive turnover, and shortens feedback loops between action and...
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What Does Post-Merger Integration Consulting Actually Do?
Post-merger integration consulting diagnoses which processes, systems, and structures to conform immediately and which to leave separate. The consultant classifies every major operational element by...
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What an Interim CMO Does in a 90 to 180 Day Engagement
A fractional COO spends the first 90 days diagnosing operational breakdowns, not executing standard tasks. This role maps process gaps, identifies bottlenecks, and builds strategic foundations that...
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When to Hire a Business Consultant for Startups
Hiring a business consultant for startups becomes necessary when internal expertise gaps hinder growth, market entry strategy needs external perspective, or operational inefficiencies drain resources....
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B2B Demand Generation When Buyers Slow Down
B2B demand generation now succeeds by matching evidence to a longer buying cycle instead of buying more traffic. Buyers are researching longer while costs rise, so sequenced proof, disciplined...
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