by the numbers

55: Percent growth from 1997 to 2004 in the number of companies that are majority-owned (51 percent or more) by a woman — six times the rate of all privately held firms.

10.6: Number, in millions, of privately held companies in the U.S. that are majority-owned by a woman, nearly half of all privately held firms in the country.

2.46: Dollars, in trillions, generated in annual sales by privately held, woman-owned companies in the U.S.

Source: Center for Women’s Business Research