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Utilize our comprehensive library containing research reports, fact sheets, and publications addressing key issues affecting minority business enterprises (MBEs). Our collection includes original and commissioned research, as well as insights from external sources, tailored for entrepreneurs, service providers, policymakers, and stakeholders. Access the latest business data on MBEs easily with quick links, empowering informed decision-making and driving positive change in the entrepreneurial community.

Economics

  • Published by: Minority Business Development Agency The report looks at the current and potential future contributions of employer minority firms and the key underlying drivers in their contribution to the U.S. macroeconomy. By using simple linear trends in the historical and current contributions of employer minority firms to the U.S. economy and projecting these trends forward, a baseline is established for the path of minority business economic growth. The report underscores the importance of...
  • Published by: Minority Business Development Agency The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) first tackled the question of an opportunity gap approximately twenty years ago and proposed the concept of parity as an approach to answering it. This publication provides the reader with the Agency’s current methodology for calculating entrepreneurial parity which is used to illustrate the gap between current facts about minority business enterprises and an ideal state of affairs. For MBDA, the...

Fact Sheets

MBDA conducts studies on the state of minority business enterprises (MBEs), trends impacting MBEs, their performance, and challenges and opportunities for minority business growth.  MBDA shares its research with academia and government agencies to expand the knowledge of MBEs and to provide additional information that can shape programs in support of MBEs.