Consider these facts:

There are 3.7 million Microbusinesses with less than 10 employees.

Small businesses provide work for 55% of the American workforce. (SBA)

Over 627,000 new businesses open each year, according to SBA estimates.

Small businesses created 1.9 million net jobs in 2015 (SBA)

Firms employing fewer than 20 employees experienced the largest gains, adding 1.1 million net jobs.(SBA)

Firms with fewer than 20 workers made up 89.0 percent. Add in the number of Sole Proprietor businesses – there were 24.8 million in 2016 (latest data) – then the share of U.S. businesses with less than 20 workers increases to 98.0 percent.