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U.S. Government Data Sources (Recurring)

• Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.
  • Business Employment Dynamics
  • Current Population Survey
• Census Bureau, U.S.
  • Economic Census (2002)
  • Census QuickFacts
  • 2002 Economic Census (Survey of Business Owners)
  • American FactFinder
  • Nonemployer Statistics
  • Statistics of U.S. Businesses
  • County Business Patterns
  • Survey of Income and Program Participation
• Federal Reserve System, U.S.
  • Federal Reserve Bulletin
  • Survey of Small Business Finances
  • Survey of Consumer Finances
  • Senior Loan Officer Survey on Bank Lending Practices
• Internal Revenue Service, U.S.
  • Statistics of Income Division
• Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, U.S.
  • The Small Business Economy: A Report to the President
  • Quarterly Indicators: The Economy and Small Business
  • Small Firm Lending Studies
  • State and Territory Small Business Economic Profiles
  • Regulatory Research
  • Research on Owner Demographics (women, minorities, veterans, etc.)
  • Advocacy Working Paper Series
  • Chronological List of Other Advocacy Research Reports
  • Research Resource

Non-Government Data Sources (Recurring)

• National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
  • Small Business Economic Trends

• Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
  • Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity

Small Business Journals

• Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
• International Small Business Journal
• Entrepreneurial Finance
• Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship
• Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance and Business Ventures
• Journal of Business Venturing
• Journal of Small Business Management
• Small Business Economics

Small Business Research Organizations

• Center for Women’s Business Research
• NFIB Research Foundation
• Ewing Marion Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research
• Kauffman-RAND Center for Study of Small Business and Regulation
• National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
• Papers in Economics
• Social Science Research Network
• The World Bank's Doing Business Project

See also

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• Frequently asked questions about small business in the US
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