Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Local Business Owners Getting Better with Age?

The intrepid Greg Sterling recently posted a summary of stats drawn from a recent NY Times article.  This stat really stood out: "the number of self-employed people ages 55 to 64 is soaring...climbing 52 percent from 2000 to 2007."  



Our most recent analysis of MerchantCircle's local business members reveals interesting demographic data about our members:


Broken out by age:









Broken out by gender:






MerchantCircle members -- what do you think?  Are local business owners "getting older"?  I prefer the term "aged to perfection".


Darren
MerchantCircle






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5 comments:

  1. Lindy AsimusMarch 10, 2010 at 1:28 PM

    Hmm. Should I should be targeting r women to work with? ;-)

    Let's hope the percentage of businessses which succeeds goes up too.

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  2. TinaMarch 10, 2010 at 5:26 PM

    This news is very encouraging. Especially during these times. Thanks for the good news.

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  3. GaryMarch 27, 2010 at 11:38 AM

    Great Stats! anything on average income?

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  4. herbalifeMarch 28, 2010 at 5:51 PM

    The percentage of Women in business today is very encouraging to other women who want to start a business but was skeptical.

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  5. SallyMarch 30, 2010 at 5:30 PM

    Well, I'm 49, I'm a woman, and I recently started my own business and I'm on Merchant Circle! So,yeah, I think that a lot of baby boomers are starting, or have started, their own businesses.

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