I've had tremendous success finding stats through government agencies. they do extensive researcha nd the results are public, though sometimes you have to reque

I've had tremendous success finding stats through government agencies. they do extensive researcha nd the results are public, though sometimes you have to request the information be send to you. Anyway, the obvious place to look for that kind of data is the U.S Census Bureau I found this table (from 2002-2004). If you poke around long enough, you'll find newer data-sets I'm sure. http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/smallbus.html http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/smallbus.html Make sure to check this one also http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/ http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/