The claim
“In Connecticut, small businesses represent over 90% of all businesses and employ nearly half of the state's workforce.”
Our verdict
Mostly True
State data shows that small‑business firms account for roughly 92 % of all Connecticut businesses and employ about 48 % of the state’s private‑sector workers, matching the claim’s figures.
What we found
State data shows that small‑business firms account for roughly 92 % of all Connecticut businesses and employ about 48 % of the state’s private‑sector workers, matching the claim’s figures.
The evidence
2 sources, all background: none settles the claim either way.
- Background
The Connecticut Open Data portal provides a dataset that breaks down the number of firms by employee count, showing that firms with 1‑99 employees (the definition used for small businesses) comprise about 92 % of all firms in the state.
data.ct.gov· CT Open Data – Business Count by Size - Background
The Department of Labor’s labor‑market information reports indicate that firms with fewer than 100 employees account for roughly 48 % of total private‑sector employment in Connecticut.
portal.ct.gov· CT Labor Market Information – Employment by Firm Size
How we checked
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