Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy


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Jun 1, 1981

Legal fee reimbursement for companies who win court cases against federal regulatory agencies begins October 1. The Equal Access to Justice Act provides ...  Read story

Report: Weak Tech Sector Brought Down Small Businesses

By Matt Quinn

August 24, 2004 -- As technology goes, so goes small business, according to a new report from the Small Business Administration's Office ...  Read story

Small Businesses Have Pent-Up Hiring Needs, Says Report

By Matt Quinn

August 13, 2004 -- With output up, the stock market recovering and profits increasing, conditions were ripe for entrepreneurial activity ...  Read story

Small Businesses Lag Large Firms on Health Care

By Max Chafkin |  Aug 22, 2005

August 22, 2005 --Employees of small businesses have access to fewer benefits than employees of large companies, according to a study rele...  Read story

Study: Entrepreneurs Find Edge in Tech, Science

By Melanie Brooks |  Mar 16, 2006

A new SBA report shows where fast-growing companies have an advantage over larger competitors.  Read story

Home-Based Sole Proprietors Generate $102 Billion in Revenue

By Melanie Brooks |  Jun 6, 2006

Such business owners make less on average, but have higher return on revenues, according to a new study.  Read story

Start-Ups Key to States' Economic Success

By Angus Loten |  Feb 7, 2007

New small businesses are the most important factor in driving personal income, employment, and other factors, research shows.  Read story

Are Women More Entrepreneurial Than Men?

By Tamara Schweitzer |  Oct 2, 2007

A new study highlights the similarities -- and differences -- between male and female entrepreneurs.  Read story

Entrepreneurs Identify Bad Rules

By Angus Loten |  Jan 11, 2008

More than 80 federal regulations have been recommended for review, a government watchdog reports.  Read story

Self-Employed Women More Educated

By Laura Palotie |  Apr 28, 2008

A study finds women entrepreneurs are more likely than wage earners to have advanced degrees.  Read story

Fast-Growth Firms Boosting Economy

By Ana Patricia Ferrey |  Jun 23, 2008

Less than five percent of all businesses account for economic gains, a study finds.  Read story

Small Business Lending Up

By Michael Gadd |  Jun 13, 2008

Banks say the nation's small-business owners took out more loans last year.  Read story

College Degrees Linked to Careers

By Angus Loten |  Oct 28, 2008

A study finds social science grads are more likely than business majors to be self-employed.  Read story

Study: Entrepreneurship Unaffected by State Taxes

Nov 21, 2006

Nov. 21, 2006 -- State tax policies have only a modest impact on entrepreneurship, according to a study by the Small Business Administrat...  Read story

Fewer Disabled Vets Become Entrepreneurs

Jan 26, 2007

Jan. 26, 2007 -- Service-disabled veterans are up to 50 percent less likely to be self-employed than other veterans, according to a study...  Read story

Study: Start-Ups Help Local Competitors

Feb 2, 2007

Feb. 2, 2007 -- New businesses entering a local economy are more likely to help local competitors in the long term, rather than hurt them...  Read story

Report: Owners Spared Billions in Regulatory Costs

Feb 26, 2007

Feb. 26, 2007 -- Legislation requiring federal agencies to consider the impact of proposed regulations on small businesses saved owners a...  Read story

Study: Small Business Driving GDP

Apr 16, 2007

April 16, 2007 -- Small businesses generate fully half of private-sector gross domestic product, the Small Business Administration's Offi...  Read story

VC-Backed Tech Firms Big Exporters

Jun 21, 2007

Small technology firms that have received corporate venture capital are nearly 60 times more likely to export their products than other firms in the same ...  Read story

Small Firms Driving Job Growth

Oct 25, 2007

Small businesses have employed more than half of the nation's non-farm private-sector workforce in recent years, according to updated data from the Small ...  Read story

Tax Burden Higher for Bankrupt Businesses

By Angus Loten |  Feb 22, 2008

A study finds more small-business owners filing for bankruptcy owe tax debts.  Read story

More Small Businesses Using Credit Cards

Dec 14, 2006

Dec. 14, 2006 -- Small-business loans under $100,000 increased 25 percent between June 2004 and June 2005, according to a report released...  Read story

Study: Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship Unique

Mar 27, 2007

March 27, 2007 -- Entrepreneurship rates in Silicon Valley continued to grow faster than the national average despite the dot-com bust, s...  Read story

Feds Strengthen RegFlex Act

By Angus Loten |  Dec 17, 2007

A new bill requires agencies to gauge the indirect impact of regulations on small firms.  Read story

Visa Rules May Hurt Small Flight Schools

By Angus Loten |  May 31, 2006

A new effort to toughen security could cost schools half their revenue, according to the SBA.  Read story

Small Business to Get More FCC Consideration

By Matt Quinn

June 11, 2004 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy is making sure the Federal Communications Commission remembers th...  Read story

Minority-Owned Businesses Growing

Apr 10, 2007

April 10, 2007 -- Minority-owned businesses accounted for 18 percent of a total 23 million U.S. firms in 2002, the Small Business Adminis...  Read story

Researchers Decry Census Funding Cuts

Aug 20, 2007

Entrepreneurship researchers are urging lawmakers to reconsider proposed federal funding cuts that would eliminate surveys of the nation's small businesse...  Read story

This Week’s Economic Roundup

By Angus Loten |  Feb 9, 2006

Small businesses continue to add jobs; optimism rebounded in the fourth quarter.  Read story

Women Outpace National Start-Up Rate

By Leslie Taylor |  Aug 22, 2006

A new report shows that women are starting businesses more than twice as quickly as the general population.  Read story

Who Survives?

By M.E.M. |  Jul 1, 1988

The common wisdom has long held that four out of five new businesses fail within five years. Once again, the common wisdom is wrong, at least according t...  Read story

Tennessee Enacts Regulatory Flexibility

Jul 11, 2007

Tennessee recently joined dozens of other states in requiring lawmakers to consider the economic impact of proposed regulations on small businesses. <...  Read story

Broader Wheelchair Access Rules Proposed

By Allen P. Roberts Jr. |  Sep 1, 2005

The changes considered could affect every business in America.  Read story

Broader Wheelchair Access Rules Proposed

By Allen P. Roberts Jr.

The changes considered could affect every business in America.  Read story

Non-Latin Domain Names Bring Costs, Opportunities

By Josh Spiro |  Nov 13, 2009

What will URLs with non-Latin characters mean for your business?  Read story

Getting Out the Small-Business Vote

By Alexandra Zendrian |  Feb 20, 2008

A new partnership seeks to highlight small-business issues in the upcoming federal elections.  Read story

Questionable Rules Named

By Alexandra Zendrian |  Feb 28, 2008

The SBA Office of Advocacy has proposed ten small-business regulations for review under the Reg-Flex Act.  Read story

Bill Introduced to Expand Cash Accounting for Small Businesses

By Matt Quinn

July 21, 2004 - In an effort to lessen the accounting burden faced by small businesses, Senator Olympia J. Snowe, chair of the Senate Com...  Read story

Court Orders Evaluation of Employee Drug-Testing Policies

By Angus Loten |  Aug 31, 2007

The legal victory by aircraft-repair companies could protect small businesses against future government regulations.  Read story

Uncle Sam Doesn't Know Much About You

By Robert E. Berney |  Dec 1, 1981

Unless small businesspeople demand that the U.S. collect better information, nobody will know how important they are.  Read story

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