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.
U.S. Chamber Foundation Programs
Stand Up for Free Enterprise
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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.
Latest Content
American banks are ready and willing to offer lending for mid-sized businesses under the Fed's Main Street Lending Program.
By Joe Shamess, Co-Founder and Owner,
The series will offer practical solutions, actionable insights from knowledgeable leaders, and real-world advice for small business owners as they return to work, rebuild, and grow their companies.
The latest Small Business Coronavirus Impact poll indicates guarded optimism among American entrepreneurs.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Small Business Policy released the following statement in response to the Senate’s passage of the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act.
Joe Shamess, Co-Founder and Owner of Flags of Valor, provides remarks from the perspective of Main Street regarding the coronavirus pandemic and its effect on small businesses.
The June MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Coronavirus Impact Poll showed that most small businesses are open in some capacity and are showing some signs of optimism about the future.
Most small businesses are open in some capacity and are increasingly optimistic about the future, even while facing continued challenges from the coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest poll taken May 21 – 27, 2020 and released today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and MetLife.
This Key Vote Alert! letter was sent to the U.S. House of Representatives, supporting H.R. 7010, the "Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act."
This Coalition letter was sent to Congressional leadership as well as to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza, urging legislative and administrative fixes to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
