研究 Scaling to $1 Million: How Small Businesses Fare by Owner Race and Gender

We tracked firm revenues for the first five years of business (or fewer, if they ended their banking relationship prior to completing five years of business.) and recorded initial annual revenues and whether they attained $1 million in revenue in that time span.

This figure has two panels stacked vertically, each of which is a vertical grouped bar chart. The title reads “Incidence of $1 million firms by initial revenues.” In the top panel, subtitled “Owner race,” firms are grouped by initial year revenue and owner race. Initial year revenues are bucketed into five groups: less than $100,000; $100,000-$249,999; $250,000-$499,999; $500,000-$749,999; and $750,000-$999,999. Bars represent the share of firms in the given initial revenue bucket and owner race that attain $1 million in revenues. Across all races, firms with lower initial revenues are less likely to attain $1 million in revenues, but within initial revenue buckets, 黑色- - - - - -owned firms are consistently less likely to attain $1 million in revenue than 亚洲-, 西班牙- - -, and White-owned firms. Among firms with initial revenues less than $100,000, 2 percent of 亚洲-owned firms, 0.3 percent of 黑色- - - - - -owned firms, 0.7 percent of 西班牙- - -owned firms, and 1.3 percent of White-owned firms attain $1 million in revenue. Among firms with initial revenues between $750,000元及999元,999, 51 percent of 亚洲-owned firms, 42 percent of 黑色- - - - - -owned firms, 55 percent of 西班牙- - -owned firms, and 53 percent of White-owned firms reach $1 million in revenue.

In the bottom panel, subtitled “Owner gender,” firms are grouped by initial year revenue and owner gender. Initial year revenues are bucketed into five groups: less than $100,000; $100,000-$249,999; $250,000-$499,999; $500,000-$749,999; and $750,000-$999,999. Bars represent the share of firms in the given initial revenue bucket and owner gender that attain $1 million in revenues. Across both genders, firms with lower initial revenues are less likely to attain $1 million in revenues, but within initial revenue buckets, female-owned firms had consistently lower shares of reaching $1 million. Among firms with initial revenues less than $100,000, 0.6 percent of female-owned firms and 1.4 percent of male-owned firms attain $1 million in revenues. Among firms with initial revenues between $100,000 and $249,999, 2.8 percent of female-owned firms and 4.4 percent of male owned firms reach $1 million in revenue. Among firms with initial revenues between $250,000元及499元,999, 10 percent of female-owned firms and 13 percent of male-owned firms reach $1 million in revenue. Among firms with initial revenues between $500,000美元和749美元,999, 28 percent of female-owned firms and 31 percent of male-owned firms reach $1 million in revenue. Among firms with initial revenues between $750,000元及999元,999, 52 percent of both female-owned and male-owned firms reach $1 million in revenue. The chart note reads, “Firms with unknown race or gender or no classifiable majority ownership by race or gender are not shown in their respective charts. Source: JP摩根 追逐 研究所.”

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小麦,克里斯.陈,斯泰西. Tremper,Nicholas. 2024. “Scaling to $1 Million: How Small Businesses Fare by Owner Race and Gender.” JP摩根 追逐 研究所 http://ay35.joyerianicaragua.com/institute/research/small-business/1-million-annual-revenues-as-a-small-business-milestone