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February 7, 2025

Rural Women Entrepreneurs: Challenges and Opportunities (NWBC)

The goal of this research is to inform and establish a baseline understanding of the dynamics of rural women entrepreneurs, comparing them to rural men entrepreneurs and non-rural women entrepreneurs.

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September 30, 2025

Growth potential of women-owned businesses by State

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December 15, 2024

Landscape Analysis of Women-Owned Businesses in Government Contracting

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Why Women-Owned Startups Are a Better Bet

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September 30, 2025

Growth potential of women-owned businesses by State

Today, women’s businesses contribute $3.3 trillion in annual revenues to our economy.

Why Women-Owned Startups Are a Better Bet

The gender pay gap is well documented: women make about 80 cents for every dollar that a man earns. Less well known: the gender investment gap.

Characteristics of Women-Owned Businesses

This fact sheet profiles typical traits, challenges, and sector distributions of women-owned businesses as of 2025.

women-owned businesses, microbusiness, undercapitalization, business tenure, sector concentration, childcare constraints

February 7, 2025

Rural Women Entrepreneurs: Challenges and Opportunities (NWBC)

The goal of this research is to inform and establish a baseline understanding of the dynamics of rural women entrepreneurs, comparing them to rural men entrepreneurs and non-rural women entrepreneurs.

rural women entrepreneurship, infrastructure gaps, capital constraints, digital divide, policy levers, rural business development

January 6, 2025

Impact of Women-Owned Businesses 2025 (Ventureneer and Wells Fargo)

The 2025 Impact of Women-Owned Businesses (Wells Fargo / Ventureneer)

women-owned firms, economic impact, revenue scale, job creation, growth barriers, scaling challenges

December 15, 2024

Landscape Analysis of Women-Owned Businesses in Government Contracting

This report examines the effectiveness of the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract Program, reviewing existing literature, federal contracting data, and program outcomes.

federal contracting, women-owned small businesses, procurement, WOSB program, government contracts, business opportunities

December 12, 2024

The Metamorphosis of a Woman Business Owner: A Focus on Age

This study examines how women's business ownership changes over time by age.

2012 and 2022, younger employer, owned by women, ownership rates, declined, recently started businesses

October 4, 2024

Engineering Change: The Blueprint for Strengthening Women's STEM Entrepreneurship (NWBC)

We found that women are underrepresented in the STEM and STEM-adjacent fields.

women in STEM entrepreneurship, technology startups, barriers in STEM, patenting, venture capital, structural support

August 31, 2024

Women in the Gig Economy (NWBC)

The gig economy is on the rise, and women account for an outsized share of the increase in the temporary self-employed workforce over the past 20 years.

gig economy, women freelancers, pay gap, independent work, self-employment, support services

October 2, 2023

Fair Pay, Ownership, and Valuation: Women's Lived Experiences (Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center)

Combining quantitative and qualitative methods, this research explores how social, cultural, and environmental factors shape women’s business success and why access to capital remains the top barrier.

women business owners, access to capital, Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center research, Penn State entrepreneurship, UC Berkeley entrepreneurship, cash flow break-even, funding barriers, women entrepreneurs lived experiences, childcare and healthcare costs, food insecurity and business, entrepreneurship success factors

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$31.7bn+

In federal public contracts awarded to certified women-owned small businesses in FY24