Although this blog is centered in Portland, Oregon I work diligently to provide information and resources that pertain to education and small businesses from around the United States. However, I found a list of statistics that are specifically about PDX and felt that this was an opportunity to shine a line on Oregon.
PDX Index for Small Businesses by Ariel Bleicher, printed in Portland Monthly Magazine
17 Age of Paresh Patel in 1992, when he started Courtesy Vending with one machine; today the company has 1,500 machines.
26 percent of small businesses owned by women in Oregon.
73 percent of small businesses in Oregon with no employees other than the owner (in other words, sole proprietorship).
95 percent of businesses in the metro area with fifty or less employees.
500 maximum number of employees a magazine publisher can hire and still qualify as a small business.
1,000 is the maximum number of employees a cereal manufacturer can hire and still qualify as a small business.
1,239 number of loans (totaling $273 million) the Small Business Administration granted to Portland businesses in 2008.
259,023 number of Oregonians employed by small businesses in Portland.
Do you know how your city or state compares?
