General Business Facts & Stats
- AllBusiness.com is an online media and e-commerce company that operates one of
the premier business sites on the Web. The site has received critical acclaim
and notoriety from The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Business 2.0, Fortune, The New York Times,
US News & World Report, USA Today, and other publications. AllBusiness.com helps
business professionals save time and money by addressing real-world business
questions and presenting practical solutions. The site offers resources
including how-to articles, business forms, contracts and agreements, expert
advice, blogs, business news, business directory listings, product comparisons,
business guides, a business association and more.
- Entrepreneur.com is a great source for business articles, tools, resources and links to other useful sites.
- Grants.gov was established as a governmental resource named the E-Grants
Initiative, part of the President's 2002 Fiscal Year Management Agenda to
improve government services to the public.
- North American Industry Classification System -The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) has replaced the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. NAICS will reshape the way we view our changing economy. NAICS was developed jointly by the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to provide new comparability in statistics about business activity across North America.
- SBA
- The U.S. Small Business Administration was created in 1953 as an
independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist
and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free
competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall
economy of our nation. We recognize that small business is critical to
our economic recovery and strength, to building America's future, and
to helping the United States compete in today's global marketplace.
Although SBA has grown and evolved in the years since it was
established in 1953, the bottom line mission remains the same. The SBA
helps Americans start, build and grow businesses. Through an extensive
network of field offices and partnerships with public and private
organizations, SBA delivers its services to people throughout the
United States, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands and Guam.
- U.S. Census includes demographic information on people & households, business & industry, geography and newsroom articles.
