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Small Business News
12/09/2025 |
Congressman Ro Khanna
12/09/2025 |
Senator Ruben Gallego
“When it comes to competition between small businesses and large corporations, the United States does not offer anything close to a level playing field. That’s why The One Fair Price Act would go a long way toward helping small firms compete with their larger counterparts by prohibiting big businesses from leveraging resources that could unfairly help them crush smaller companies. This legislation would be a welcome addition to the regulatory landscape,” said John Arensmeyer, Founder & CEO of Small Business Majority.
12/03/2025 |
CNN
Nearly half of US small business owners say that increased immigration enforcement has had a negative impact on their business, according to a poll released in November by Small Business Majority, an advocacy group.
12/03/2025 |
Next Avenue
But in an August 2025 survey by Small Business Majority, a group empowering entrepreneurs, 57% of owners said accessing financing was "challenging" for their business. Only a third of owners surveyed who pursued funding in the past year secured it and just 32% of the recipients said they received sufficient funding…Typically, these lenders provide revenue-based financing, charging fees based on a business' revenues.
11/28/2025 |
NewsNation
“January and February are slower months in retail where you typically operate at a loss, and you make up for it with business between Thanksgiving and the end of the year,” said Paloma Clothing Co-owner Mike Roach. “When you buy from a small business, you’re investing in your community. We look to Small Business Saturday as one day, but it should be small business season.
11/26/2025 |
Unfiltered with Kiran
A recent Small Business Majority survey found that a majority of small business owners have seen their operating expenses rise in recent months. Nearly 76% cite the cost of supplies and inventory as a major challenge, while 72% point to reduced consumer spending as another significant hurdle.
11/25/2025 |
BBC
For Hobby Works, a chain of two toy stores in Maryland, pressure from tariff costs and whiplash on economic policy this year has been compounded in recent weeks by the federal government shutdown. Located just outside Washington, the company, which employs 24 people, pushed back its usual timeline for hiring seasonal workers, president Michael Brey said. Concern about a pullback in spending among government workers, who found themselves without pay for more than a month before the shutdown ended, encouraged the store to cut costs by scaling back hiring, he said.
11/25/2025 |
Representative Kelly Morrison
"Small businesses need relief from tariffs because tariffs put small firms at a competitive disadvantage relative to larger companies. Due to the thin margins on which many small businesses already operate, sweeping tariffs will force many small firms to pass higher costs on to customers. Larger businesses, however, are more likely to have flexibility to absorb increased overhead, keeping prices lower and undercutting their smaller competitors.
11/24/2025 |
Forbes
Now is the time to make those investments and commitments to help ensure that the growth we're seeing in small business ownership is more than just a blip. If we want the entrepreneurship wave to endure into 2026 and beyond, government must meet the moment—with policies that match the courage, creativity, and resilience of the entrepreneurs powering our economy.
11/21/2025 |
Senator Chris Murphy
Additionally, non-compete clauses hurt economic growth by limiting entrepreneurship and preventing existing small businesses from hiring skilled workers. Research from Small Business Majority found that 33 percent of small business owners were prevented from hiring an employee due to a non-compete clause, and nearly 50 percent were subject to a non-compete clause that prevented them from starting or growing a business of their own.