Small Business
Small businesses employ nearly half the entire American workforce and represent 43.5% of America’s GDP. As we have for over a century, the U.S. Chamber represents the full spectrum of the American business community. And like America, where most businesses are small businesses, the vast majority of our members—90%—are small businesses and state and local chambers of commerce.
How The Chamber Advocates for Small Business
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Your guide to shopping small on Small Business Saturday—and every day—to support and celebrate our nation’s small businesses this holiday season.
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The 2024 CO—100 Top Honorees offer their insights on the importance of free enterprise and economic growth.
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Learn about small businesses’ contributions to the economy and the unique challenges they face.
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Showcase: Small Business Profiles
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- Small Business Outlook: Optimism for 2025 Continues to GrowEvery week the U.S. Chamber's Vice President of Small Business Policy Tom Sullivan summarizes the latest data and what it means for the health of America's small businesses.Learn More
- How the 20% Pass-Through Deduction Impacts Businesses, Local EconomiesThe U.S. Chamber urges Congress to enact the “Main Street Tax Certainty Act,” which would make the 20% pass-through deduction permanent.Learn More
- Small Business Owners Voice Their Optimism about AIA new survey from MetLife and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce finds small businesses feel AI could give them a competitive edge.Learn More
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Our Work
The Chamber’s Small Business Council supports and fights for policies that keep Main Street businesses thriving and workforce vibrant. This includes advocating for a tax and regulatory environment that helps—not hurts—small business owners to create jobs and serve our communities and economy.
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This Hill letter was sent to Representatives Young Kim, Jason Crow, Dean Phillips, and Elise Stefanik, thanking them for sponsoring and cosponsoring H.R. 7552, the "Golden-preneurship Act."
This letter was sent to the Members of the United States Congress as well as to the National Governors Association, National Conference of State Legislatures, and the National District Attorneys Association, on retail theft and organized retail crime.
Our new Small Business Index with MetLife shows 37% of small businesses surveyed plan to increase staff this year. To attract workers amid a shortage of talent, small businesses are offering new benefits and opportunities to recruit and retain workers.
Two in three small businesses have raised prices to cope with inflation
Alexis McSween, founder and CEO of Bottom Line Construction and Development in New York, shares how her company is providing opportunities in underserved communities and building the next generation of construction leaders.
The latest Small Business Index findings from the U.S. Chamber and MetLife show that concern for inflation is soaring. Concerns around supply chain disruptions has intensified, too.
Inflation is, by far, the top concern for small businesses in Q1 2022, according to new data from a MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce report.
This Hill letter was sent to Senator Mazie K. Hirono supporting S. 2657, the “Northern Mariana Islands Entrepreneurship Act of 2021.”
This Hill letter was sent to Delegate Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, Representative Andrew Garbarino, Representative Kaiali'i Kahele, and Delegate Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, supporting H.R. 3438, the “Northern Mariana Islands Entrepreneurship Act of 2021.”
The Chamber signed on to this Coalition letter, which was sent to Congressional leadership urging reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
