[link](https://www.uschamber.com/small-business/small-business-data-center) - definition: < 500 employees, privately owned - 99.9% (33.2M) of businesses in the U.S. are small businesses - 45.9% (61.6 million) of Americans are employed by a small business - 32.4% (41.5 million) by companies < 100 workers employee [link](https://sbecouncil.org/about-us/facts-and-data/) - 6% (9.7 million) self-employed. - GDP small business 5.9 trillion, large business 7.7 trillion