Georgia Business Owner Statistics
Figures about Georgia businesses and their owners, most worked out by The Hive Law from published government and survey data, with sources and math shown.
These pages share figures about Georgia businesses and their owners. Most are figures The Hive Law worked out itself. We build them from data published by government agencies, such as the U.S. Census Bureau, and by national surveys of business owners. Every page lists its sources, shows how we got its main figures, and says plainly what we had to assume. Each page also says whether a figure counts businesses or people. They are not the same, because one person can own several businesses and one business can have several owners.
These pages are written for two kinds of readers. If you own a business in Georgia, they give you the numbers in plain words, and each page links to our guides on the questions it raises. If you are a journalist or researcher, each page shows its sources and how we got its main figures. Near the top of each page, a Key findings list names where each figure’s data comes from and links to the section that shows how we got it. Near the end of each page, under “How to cite this page,” there is a ready-made line.
Business succession
We estimate how many Georgia businesses have no plan to be sold or handed on, and look at it by the owner's age, by industry, and by whether the business has employees.
Own a business in Georgia? These numbers raise real questions about what happens to a business when its owner dies or retires. Read our guides for Georgia business owners.
Frequently Asked Questions
They come from data published by U.S. government agencies and by national surveys. The page on Georgia’s business succession gap uses data from the U.S. Small Business Administration, the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, and a Gallup survey of business owners. The Hive Law used these sources to work out the figures. Each page lists its sources at the end.
Mostly Georgia. Many figures come straight from Georgia data, such as Census counts of Georgia businesses and their owners. Some apply a national figure to Georgia, such as a national survey rate or U.S. death rates. A few national figures are shown on their own, such as Gallup’s survey results, and they are labelled as national. When a page does any of this, it says so.
Each page shows the year each set of data describes. That year is often earlier than the year the page was published. For example, the page on Georgia’s business succession gap uses business counts from 2022, the most recent the SBA publishes, owner data from 2023, and a Gallup survey carried out in 2024.
Near the end of each page, under “How to cite this page,” there is a ready-made line. It gives The Hive Law, the page title, the year, and the page’s web address. Each figure in a page’s Key findings list also names where its data comes from and links to the section that shows how we got it.
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