Based on the findings of the Impact Study of SBA Entrepreneurial Development Resources 2007-2008, SCORE estimates that our volunteers helped create more than 25,000 new jobs nationwide in 2007, or one for every seven new clients. SCORE also helped create 19,732 new small businesses in 2007, according to an SBA report sent to Congress.
SCORE’s clients are representative of the diversity of business owners in the United States. A comparison of 2002 U.S. Census data for business owners and the SBA impact study shows the following results:
African-American Business-owned firms 5 percent
SCORE African-American clients 11 percent
Hispanic/Latino-owned firms 7 percent
SCORE Hispanic/Latino clients 6 percent
Asian-American-owned firms 5 percent
SCORE Asian-American clients 3 percent
Women-owned firms 28 percent
Women SCORE clients 48 percent
Veteran SCORE clients 12 percent
More than half of SCORE clients are between 35 and 54 years of age, while 15 percent are between ages 18 and 34 and 24 percent are ages 55 and up.
The most common types of businesses served by SCORE are in the service and retail categories, followed by manufacturing and consulting, healthcare, and wholesale and construction. |
