Hispanic Owned Businesses.
- Overall, minorities own 15% of American businesses (representing 3 million firms).
- There are 5,186 Hispanic-owned business in the Greater Philadelphia Region; 1,566 businesses in Philadelphia county, followed by Bucks county with 712 businesses.
- Sales and receipts $580 million annually.
- Hispanic-owned firms' growth is four times greater than all U.S. Firms.
- In only nine of 18 counties of the Philadelphia DMA, 5,558 business were Hispanic owned.
Source: 1997 Economic Census & Business Wire