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recent study, women-owned businesses now account for 38 percent of all U.S. firms, employ 8 percent of the private-sector workforce and account for 4 percent of the nation’s business revenues. Between 2007 and 2016, the number of women-owned firms in the U.S. rose five times as fast as the total number of companies.

A woman-owned business is a specific designation used by American government agencies and industry associations to set aside special programs to encourage and empower female business owners