{
    "statement": "of US small businesses have no employees (29.8 million nonemployer firms)",
    "value_display": "82.3%",
    "value_numeric": 82.3,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "2022",
    "data_period_end": "2022-12-31",
    "region": "USA",
    "size": "small",
    "source": {
        "name": "Frequently Asked Questions About Small Business; Small Business Profiles",
        "publisher": "US Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy",
        "type": "official",
        "url": "https://advocacy.sba.gov/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/FINAL_FAQsAboutSmallBusiness_2026_012826.pdf",
    "source_quote": "82.3 percent, or 29,811,495 firms, have no employees (termed “nonemployer firms”) and 17.7 percent, or 6,395,635 firms, have paid employees (termed “employer firms”).",
    "verification_note": "Read in the SBA FAQ 2026 PDF, question 2.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/small-business/small-business-nonemployer-share",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/small-business/small-business-nonemployer-share.csv"
}