Minority and Women Owned Business Establishments (MWBE)

Race 1992 1997 2002 2009*

Asian 967 2,452 2,377
Black 378 664 702
Hispanic 386 686 849
Minority-Owned 1,731 3,802 3,928 3,492
Women-owned 3,144 4,192 3,922 5,686
MWBE 4,875 7,994 7,850 9,178
All Establishments 14,517 20,612 21,813 28,174

5-Year Growth Rates

1992-97 1997-02
Asian -3.1%
Black 5.7%
Hispanic 23.8%
Minority-Owned 2 0
Women-owned 75.7% -6.4%
MWBE 77.7% -1.8%
All Establishments 5.8%

Share of all Establishments

1992 1997 2002 2009*
Minority-Owned 11.9% 18.4% 18.0% 12.4%
Women-Owned 21.6% 20.3% 18.0% 20.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners -- 1992, 1997, 2002
http://ww2.census.gov/econ/sbo
Source: Dun & Bradstreet Selectory Online, 2009
Minority and Women-Owned Business Statistics, 2002
Firms with paid employees
Montgomery County

Number of Receipts Number of Payroll

Business Firms Workers
All Firms 21,813 $74,447,502,000 388,694 $16,434,134,000
Women-Owned 3,922 $3,424,853,000 34,601 $1,111,135,000
Minority-Owned 4,045 $3,351,267,000 27,801 $999,308,000
Black 702 $702,752,000 6,632 $249,238,000
Hispanic 849 $582,175,000 5,719 $177,576,000
Asian 2,377 $2,306,281,000 14,731 $538,205,000
Native American 117 $75,634,000 719 $34,289,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Survey of Business Owners

Link: http://www.census.gov/econ/sbo/
Updated: July 30, 2009
Minority and Women-Owned Business Statistics, 2002
Firms without paid employees
Montgomery County

Number of Receipts
Business Firms
All Firms 76,681 $3,764,349,000
Women-Owned 28,043 $993,039,000
Minority-Owned 26,793 $914,793,000
Black 10,715 $325,311,000
Hispanic 6,566 $226,706,000
Asian 8,409 $315,575,000
Native American 1,103 $47,201,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Survey of Business Owners

Link: http://www.census.gov/econ/sbo/
Updated: July 30, 2009