Georgia Small Businesses: Five Fast Facts

March 21, 2024

Delaney Sexton
Contributing Editor

Georgia Small Businesses: Five Fast Facts

  • Georgia has 1.2 million small businesses that employ 1.7 million people.
  • From March 2021 to March 2022, 43,472 small businesses opened.
  • Georgia small business employment grew by 24.3% between 1996 and 2020.
  • Small businesses in the Accommodation and Food Services industry employed the greatest number of employees at almost 267,000.
  • Racial minorities owned 38.4% of Georgia’s small businesses, and women owned 46.4% of Georgia’s small businesses.

Source:
SBA Office of Advocacy 2023 Georgia Small Business Profile