Small Business
Small businesses employ nearly half the entire American workforce and represent 43.5% of America’s GDP. As we have for over a century, the U.S. Chamber represents the full spectrum of the American business community. And like America, where most businesses are small businesses, the vast majority of our members—90%—are small businesses and state and local chambers of commerce.
How The Chamber Advocates for Small Business
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The 2024 honorees for the CO—100, an exclusive list of the 100 best and brightest small and mid-sized businesses, have been announced.
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Technology helps small businesses operate and compete. This report outlines the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI), concerns about regulatory impacts, and the need for education on the benefits of AI.
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Learn about small businesses’ contributions to the economy and the unique challenges they face.
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- Small Business Outlook: Economy, Tax Are Highest Election PrioritiesEvery week the U.S. Chamber's Vice President of Small Business Policy Tom Sullivan summarizes the latest data and what it means for the health of America's small businesses.Learn More
- How the 20% Pass-Through Deduction Impacts Businesses, Local EconomiesThe U.S. Chamber urges Congress to enact the “Main Street Tax Certainty Act,” which would make the 20% pass-through deduction permanent.Learn More
- Small Business Owners Voice Their Optimism about AIA new survey from MetLife and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce finds small businesses feel AI could give them a competitive edge.Learn More
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The Chamber’s Small Business Council supports and fights for policies that keep Main Street businesses thriving and workforce vibrant. This includes advocating for a tax and regulatory environment that helps—not hurts—small business owners to create jobs and serve our communities and economy.
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Small businesses are critical to the growth of our nation’s economy.
There's a lot riding on Washington accomplishing things on health care, tax reform, and infrastructure.
MetLife and the U.S. Chamber held its first Small Business Series in Dallas, Texas.
The first edition of the Small Business Index showed that business owners feel bullish about prospects for their own companies.
If there's progress on taxes, infrastructure, regulatory reform, and other issues, businesses will invest and grow.
The inaugural MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index (Index), released today, found that nearly two-thirds of small business owners are expecting revenue growth and looking to hire despite harboring concerns about the health of the national economy. Based on telephone interviews with 1,000 small business owners and operators, the survey found that nearly a third plan to hire more employees and 60 percent expect revenue to increase in the year ahead. Comparatively, only 6 percent plan to reduce their staff size and 9 percent are forecasting a decrease in revenue.
The MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index is a new national quarterly survey of small business owners.
On May 16, 2017,he Chamber sent a letter to Senator Johnson and Senator McCaskill offering our support for S. 584, the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today welcomed National Small Business Week, and reinforced its support for the 28 million American small businesses that make big contributions to the nation’s economy and their local communities.
By: Maxine Turner
