• The U.S. had 5.8 million small business employers in 2009, representing over 99 percent of the nation’s employers.
  – Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, 2010.
• In 2009, outstanding small business loans (under $1 million) were valued at over $685.4 billion for more than 23 million loans.
  – Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, 2010.
• Half of business owners do not have any disability plans in place for either themselves or their key employees (50%). 
  – The Principal Financial Group Business Priorities Market Research, January 2009
• Nearly three quarters of business owners indicated that they or their key employees are limited in the amount they are allowed to contribute to their qualified retirement plan (73%). Yet, very few business owners offer supplemental retirement plans (83% do not offer any plans) that can help overcome this limitation. 
  – The Principal Financial Group Business Priorities Market Research, January 2009
• About 43% of wealthy business owners (almost double the percentage of other affluent Americans questioned) said they would work to age 70 or later, but only one-third of these owners said they have written succession plans in place.
  – Private Wealth magazine, April-May 2008; survey by PNC Wealth Management, Philadelphia, PA

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