Entrepreneurship

"...suite of services that provides selected demographic and economic data from the Census Bureau tailored to specific types of users in a simple to access and use format." Currently includes:

• Small Business Edition - data for a single type of business and geography at a time. Demographic and consumer spending data (ESRI) at the county, city/town/place, ZIP code and neighborhood (census tract) levels.
• Regional Analyst Edition - data for all sectors of the economy and for one or more counties. Demographic and consumer spending data (ESRI) at the city/town/place and neighborhood (census tract) levels.

Includes articles about start-ups, franchises, advertising, sales, etc. Full text is available through Business Source Premier.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA). "The goal of this partnership is to assist all nations in developing the environment to allow entrepreneurs to organize and operate a business venture, create wealth, and employ people."

"...annual assessment of the entrepreneurial activity, aspirations and attitudes of individuals across a wide range of countries."

"...reports and accompanying interactive data visualizations presenting entrepreneurial trends nationally, at the state level, and for the 40 largest metropolitan areas..."

"...Learn the steps to start a small business, get financing help from the government, and more."

U.S. Small Business Administration. "The SBA helps Americans start, build and grow businesses." The Small Business Planner offers step-by-step instructions for planning, starting, managing and exiting a small business.

The inaugural ASE provides annual estimates on the number of employer firms by economic sector, gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. Data are available for the nation, states, the District of Columbia, and the 50 most populous metropolitan statistical areas. Supplements the Survey of Business Owners, which is conducted every five years as part of the Economic Census. In addition to the number of employer firms, estimates include data on sales/receipts, annual payroll, and the number of paid employees. [Census Bureau]