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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

$25,244,310,005
(Increasing by $9,379 every second since April 2, 2025)

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

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Stand Up for Free Enterprise

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Showcase: Small Business Profiles

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U.S. Chamber members range from small businesses and chambers of commerce across the country to startups in fast-growing sectors, leading industry associations, and global corporations.

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