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.
Advocating for Small Business
Cost of Tariffs on U.S. Small Businesses
Utilizing the Department of Commerce’s recent report on Small Business exports and imports, the Chamber applied the 10% tariffs announced on April 2, the 145% IEEPA tariffs imposed on China, and the 25% tariffs imposed on non-USMCA compliant imports from Canada and Mexico to value level of goods imported by small businesses for 2023. For Canada and Mexico, the Chamber assumed one-third of imports are non-USMCA compliant. Annual imports were assumed to be static and calculated on an equal per-second basis and applied from April 2 forward.
Small Business Spotlight
U.S. Chamber Foundation Programs
Stand Up for Free Enterprise
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Showcase: Small Business Profiles
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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.
Events
- Security and ResilienceBuilding Resilience Conference 2025Tuesday, May 06 - Wednesday, May 071615 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20062Learn More
- EnergyThe Energy Future ForumMonday, May 1908:00 AM EDT - 06:00 PM EDT1615 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20062Learn More
- FinanceU.S. Chamber Capital Markets SummitTuesday, June 0308:30 AM EDT - 02:30 PM EDT1615 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20062Learn More
Latest Content
Jordan Crenshaw talks about the new report Empowering Small Business
Report finds that technology is a driver of economic success for small businesses and that policymakers must encourage an environment that enables all businesses to succeed with digital tools.
Additional taxes cut into a small business’s needed cash reserves—the No. 1 source of funding for small businesses and entrepreneurs during challenging times.
Discover the driving factors behind the rising threat of organized retail crime — and how the private and public sectors can collaborate to stop it.
This Coalition letter was sent by the Associated General Contractors, opposing a potential expansion of the 3.8 percent Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) to include the incomes of S corporations and partnerships where the owners actively manage the business. This increase would specifically target small and family-owned Main Street businesses.
