Fast-growing small companies. A poll of those on the 1993 Inc. 500 list shows 38% doing business globally, averaging 15% of sales from overseas. Canada and Mexico are already popular trading venues. The Commerce Department found most exporters aren't big; "very small" companies (those with fewer than 20 employees) accounted for $30 billion, or 12%, of U.S. exports in 1987.
Number of Inc. 500 exporters doing business in . . .
By continent: By country:
South America 25 Canada 84
Europe 115 Mexico 39
Asia 73 United Kingdom 59
Australia 30 Germany 41
France 27
Italy 15
Spain 9
Sweden 9
Japan 51
Source: Inc. survey of 500 companies (with median 1992 sales of $5.8 million) and "A Profile of United States Exporters," U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., September 1993.
-- Researched by Stephanie Gruner
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