small businesses
Mom-and-pop operations
Small businesses are commercial enterprises below a certain size, typically measured by employee count or revenue.
The threshold varies by industry and jurisdiction—generally under 500 employees in the U.S., though some definitions cap it at 50 or fewer.
Small businesses often appear in political rhetoric as the backbone of local economies: policies that support small businesses, small businesses are hiring again.
- companiesBusiness entities
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- organizationsStructured groups with purpose
- local marketsNearby retail establishments
- cottage industriesSmall home-based manufacturing
bootstrapped · sales · local economy · shop local · mom-and-pop · entrepreneurship · bankruptcy · registration · Main Street · handicrafts · local artisans · local charm · brick and mortar · agriculture · sole proprietor · family businesses · corner store · income tax
- e-commerce sellersAmazon sellers, eBay sellers, Etsy sellers, resellers, book sellers
- local businessescorner store, shops, retailers, local shops, bakery
- small businessesbakery, restaurant, salon, boutique, florist
- Socialist Commerceplanned economy, central planning, state stores, distribution networks, price controls
- Refugee Diasporaasylum seekers, war refugees, refugee camps, resettlement, resettlement programs
- money pitsfixer-upper, fixer-uppers, boat, boats, yacht
small businessesbig business
Large companies collectively
multinational corporations · conglomerates · megacorporations · corporations · multinationals
small businessesmonopolies
Exclusive market control
market leaders · Big Pharma · oligopolies · tech giants · retail giants
small, business, small business, family business, microbusiness