Business Economy

The Great Recession other side of the coin: 170,000 small businesses gone in two years

The nation lost more than 170,000 small businesses during the first two years of the recession, according to an On Numbers analysis of newly released federal data. A total of 6.79 million small businesses operated within the nation’s 938 metropolitan and micropolitan areas in 2010, the latest year for which official statistics are available. That … Continue reading →