New York City's "MWBE" program, enacted by the City Council and signed by the Mayor as Local Law 129 of 2005, is designed to promote government contracting opportunities for businesses owned by minorities and women. Our "Emerging Business Enterprise" program, enacted by the City Council and signed by the Mayor as Local Law 12 of 2006, is designed to promote such opportunities for businesses owned by persons who are "socially and economically disadvantaged." Together, the programs establish the following Citywide goals for contracts and subcontracts in amounts under $1 million.

In 2019, the leading obstacle faced by women in business in the United States was balancing business and family life. That year, ** percent of female business owners said that this was the biggest obstacle they faced that their male counterparts do not.

In 2021, the United States was the leading country in the world in terms of supporting female entrepreneurship. The country scored **** index points, with New Zealand and Canada close behind. Of the ** countries included in the index, Bangladesh was given the lowest score with ****, followed by Egypt and Malawi.The Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) rates women's conditions based on three components: women’s advancement outcomes, knowledge assets and financial access, and entrepreneurial supporting conditions.

Data provided by the Office of Finance as of December 2021. This dataset reflects the percentage of women and minority-owned businesses that are registered with the City of Los Angeles.

“We cannot measure what we cannot count.” NWBC entered into an Interagency Agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau to fund the development of custom tabulations on women-owned employer and nonemployer firms. The unique custom tabulations, which utilize data from both the Annual Business Survey (ABS) and the Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics (NES-D), are featured here as raw data to serve primarily as a resource for researchers and practitioners. To learn more about the ABS and NES-D, we encourage you to visit the U.S. Census Bureau’s website at: https://www.census.gov/. Sources: Annual Business Survey--https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs.html Annual Nonemployer Demographics Statistics--https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/abs/data/nesd.html

Chile had the highest share of female entrepreneurs among the OECD countries in 2023 and 2024 with ** percent of women having started or in the process of starting their own business. Colombia followed with a share of ** percent. By comparison, the lowest rates of female entrepreneurship in the countries included were found in Poland and Denmark.

Women's Business Centers (WBCs) represent a national network of nearly 100 educational centers throughout the United States and its territories, which are designed to assist women in starting and growing small businesses. WBCs seek to "level the playing field" for women entrepreneurs, who still face unique obstacles in the business world. SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership (OWBO) oversees the WBC network, which provides entrepreneurs (especially women who are economically or socially disadvantaged) comprehensive training and counseling on a variety of topics in several languages

Women, Business and the Law (WBL) is a World Bank Group project collecting data on the laws and policy mechanisms that measure the enabling environment for women's economic opportunity. Since 2009, Women, Business and the Law has been enhancing the study of gender equality and informing discussions on improving women's economic opportunities and empowerment. The dataset offers objective and measurable benchmarks for global progress toward gender equality. Comparable across economies, the data is useful for research and policy discussions on improving women's economic opportunities. This year, the study presents two sets of data: Women, Business and the Law 1.0 and an expanded version, Women, Business and the Law 2.0. Women, Business and the Law 1.0 covers 190 economies and eight topics relevant to women's economic participation. Women, Business and the Law 2.0 introduces a new framework for measuring the implementation gap. It analyzes laws—de jure— and examines the existence of frameworks supporting implementation of the law and gauges experts’ opinions on the outcome of the law for women—de facto. Women, Business and the Law 2.0 introduces two new indicators – Safety and Childcare – and revises its ongoing indicators.

Women, Business and the Law measures legal differences between men's and women's access to economic opportunities in 190 economies. Thirty-five aspects of the law are scored across eight indicators of four or five binary questions. Each indicator represents a different phase of a woman's career. The methodology was designed as an easily replicable measure of the legal environment for women as entrepreneurs and employees. We update the data based on feedback from respondents with expertise in family, labor and criminal law. Indicator-level scores are obtained by calculating the unweighted average of the questions within that indicator and scaling the result to 100. Overall scores are then calculated by taking the average of each indicator, with 100 representing the highest possible score.

For more information about the methodology for data collection, scoring and analysis, and to use a new data visualization tool, visit http://wbl.worldbank.org.

Graph and download economic data for Women Employees, Professional and Business Services (CES6000000010) from Jan 1964 to Sep 2025 about professional, females, establishment survey, business, services, employment, and USA.

Comprehensive dataset containing 1,524 verified Women's organization businesses in United States with complete contact information, ratings, reviews, and location data.

ABSTRACT Purpose: The aim of this research is to describe the main reasons and difficulties for women to establish businesses and to identify possible differences between those that go into industry and those that establish commerce or service businesses. Originality/gap/relevance/implications: The establishment of business is highly important for Entrepreneurship and its understanding is relevant to pinpoint the reasons and identify the difficulties that entrepreneurs have to establish their companies. Key methodological aspects: A quantitative study of 102 industry women entrepreneurs and 96 commerce/services entrepreneurs was carried out. Data were collected by a structured questionnaire and by two Likert scales, which measured reasons and difficulties in the establishment of companies. A cluster analysis was undertaken to identify possible groups of attributes related to reasons and difficulties in the establishment of enterprises to group variables. The Mann-Whitney test was employed to compare reasons and difficulties in the establishment of enterprises between the two groups (industry and commerce/service) to identify statistically significant differences. Summary of key results: Results by the Mann-Whitney test revealed that the two groups assigned the same level of importance to the reasons for business establishment: improvement difficulty in the previous job; desire to financially help offspring; re-entry into the labor market; earning lot of money. The same test showed no significant difference in importance level assigned to eight difficulties for the establishment of business: I did not believe in my own capacity; I had never had any link with other companies; I did not have any access to industry information; People did not believe in my potential; I was afraid to quit my job; I was never acquainted with a business plan; I had no money for advertising my business; I found it difficult to choose the location of the company. Key considerations/conclusions: Results show that women entrepreneurs are not a homogenous group and that there is a need for public policies that would minimize difficulties in the setting up of companies to increase women´s participation as entrepreneurs.

As of 2020, women participated in the ownership of around ** percent of the businesses in Tunisia. However, the share declined to nearly ***** percent when considering firms with majority female ownership. Moreover, some ** percent of Tunisian firms had a female as top manager as of the same period. Female participation in ownership in the country was higher than the global average, set at **** percent according to the same survey. Nevertheless, the proportion of women as the majority shareholders of businesses was significantly higher worldwide, around ** percent.

This statistic displays the women business owners share in Europe in 2019, by country. In 2019, the largest percentage of European women business owners could be found in Russia, at nearly ********* of the total business owners. In Ireland, on the other hand, only **** percent of the business owners were female. The highest score worldwide was visible in Uganda, at **** percent.

Average percentage of women and men in management positions, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity and majority ownership, first quarter of 2025.

By measuring where the law treats men and women differently, this book shines a light on how women's incentives or capacity to work are affected by the legal environment and provides a basis for improving regulation. The fourth edition in a series, this book examines laws and regulations affecting women’s prospects as entrepreneurs and employees in 173 economies, across seven areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit, going to court, and protecting women from violence. The report's quantitative indicators are intended to inform research and policy discussions on how to improve women's economic opportunities and outcomes.

Citation
“World Bank Group. 2015. Women, Business and the Law 2016 : Getting to Equal. Washington, DC: World Bank. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22546 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22546

Comprehensive dataset containing 14 verified Women's organization businesses in RS with complete contact information, ratings, reviews, and location data.

This dataset represents a list of Minority and Women owned businesses as well as locations, services, and contact information. To leave feedback or ask a question about this dataset, please fill out the following form: Minority and Women's Business Enterprises (MBE/WBE) Certification Data feedback form.

Women, Business and the Law 2021 is the seventh in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. The project presents eight indicators structured around women’s interactions with the law as they move through their lives and careers: Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension. This year’s report updates all indicators as of October 1, 2020 and builds evidence of the links between legal gender equality and women’s economic inclusion. By examining the economic decisions women make throughout their working lives, as well as the pace of reform over the past 50 years, Women, Business and the Law 2021 makes an important contribution to research and policy discussions about the state of women’s economic empowerment. Prepared during a global pandemic that threatens progress toward gender equality, findings on government responses to COVID-19 and pilot research related to childcare and women’s access to justice.

Citation
“World Bank. 2021. Women, Business and the Law 2021. Washington, DC: World Bank. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35094 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35094

Payment totals, by quarter, for Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) and Women Business Enterprises (WBE). This information provides a snapshot in time and is subject to change based on available data. Also, please note that this information is related solely to contracts awarded through the Department of Procurement Services. For more information on the MBE/WBE Program, see https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dps/provdrs/cert.html. The data for the initial launch combined the first two quarters of 2019. Subsequent data generally cover individual quarters but occasionally may also be combined.

Women, business and the law focuses on this critical piece of the puzzle, objectively highlighting differentiations on the basis of gender in 141 economies around the world, covering six areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit and going to court. Women, business and the law describes regional trends and shows how economies are changing across these six areas, tracking governments' actions to expand economic opportunities for women. For men and women throughout the developing world, the chance to start and run a business or get a good job is the surest hope for a way out of poverty. It also requires good business regulation, suited to the purpose, streamlined and accessible, so that the opportunity to build a business or have a good job is dependent not on connections, wealth or power, but on an individual's initiative and ability. The doing business report has led the way in providing data to countries about creating a sounder and more streamlined business environment. Women, Business, and the Law 2012 are the second in this series of reports. This edition retains the same basic structure of the 2010 pilot edition, while significantly expanding the depth of data covered. While the number of topics covered is the same, there has been a significant expansion of the data collected within these topics, thus addressing some of the initial shortcomings of the pilot edition. The number of economies covered has also been expanded from 128 to 141.

Citation
“World Bank; International Finance Corporation. 2011. Women, Business and the Law 2012 : Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion. World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/27444 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27444