SCORE’s clients are representative of the diversity of business owners in the United States. A comparison of U.S. Census data for business owners and an SBA impactstudy shows the following results:
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African-American Business-owned firms 5 percent
SCORE African-American clients 11 percent
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Hispanic/Latino-owned firms 7 percent
SCORE Hispanic/Latino clients 6 percent
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Asian-American-owned firms 5 percent
SCORE Asian-American clients 3 percent
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Women-owned firms 28 percent
Women SCORE clients 48 percent
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Veteran SCORE clients 12 percent
Types of businesses
e most common types of businesses served by SCORE is in the service category, followed by retail,manufacturing and consulting, healthcare, andwholesale and construction.
FY08 Total Clients: 357,637
According to an SBA report to Congress, last yearSCORE helped• Create 25,000 new jobs representing over$100 million in additional payroll in communities• Start nearly 20,000 new businesses
Your investment impacts a significantoutcome.
A recent SBA study shows that small businesses that useSCORE have business survival rates 16% higher than theindustry average. SCORE clients are still in business oneyear aer inception more oen than other businesses.
Target Markets Investment Benefits
Your sponsorship investment allows you to become apartner with a trusted business resource partner incommunities across America. SCORE has been linkingdiverse business expertise with entrepreneurial spirit forover 45 years.
Access to
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SCORE network of 1,100+ locations (370 markets inall 50 states)
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e nation’s largest network of business mentors —12,400 volunteers — backed by more than 300,000years of business experience
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e nation’s only online volunteer business counselingnetwork of 1,200 volunteers serving more than 125,000small businesses annually
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A network offering over 7,000 community-basedbusiness workshops reaching an audience of over184,000 entrepreneurs
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A Web site with over 310,000 unique visitors amonth — www.score.org
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Over 185,000 monthly subscribers to two smallbusiness monthly newsletters
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Over 50,000 online workshop attendees
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A new online community of SCORE clients growingby 125 members per day
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A community of 12,400 volunteer small businesscounselors of current and former business owners andcorporate executives who last year donated more than1.3 million hours of service to their communities
SCORE Client Profile
• 60% in-business• 40% nascent or start-up• 7.4 years in business• Under $100K in annual revenue• 2-3 employees• 50% are between 35 and 54 years of age• 15% are between ages 18 and 34• 24% are ages 55 and up
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