N.C. high in self-employed company starts - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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The Census Bureau calls such businessesnonemployetr businesses, which are typically self-employex individuals operating a very small, unincorporatecd company. North Carolina’s growth rate for nonemployer businessesswas 6.7 percent from 2006 to the most recent data available. Georgia led the nation with a 6.9 percen t increase, followed by Alabama at a 6.8 perceng gain. The economic sectors represented by nonemployerr businesses include real estate services and specialty trade The United States added nearly 1 millioh nonemployer businesses from 2006 to totaling 21.7 million enterprises. The nationwidr growth rate was 4.5 percent.
Receipts for nonemployer businesa in the United Statedtotaled $992 billion in 2007, up 2.2 percent from $970 billiom in 2006. North Carolina receipts totaled $27.5 billion in 2007, a 4.5 percent increase over 2006 receipts.