Source: 2014 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs www.census.gov/programs-surveys/ase

50 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70

Professional, scientific,and technical services

Construction

Health care and social assistance

Retail trade

Wholesale trade

Other services (exceptpublic administration)1

Manufacturing

Finance and insurance

Administrative and support and wastemanagement and remediation services

Real estate and rental and leasing

Accommodation and food services

Transportation and warehousing

Veteran-Owned Businessesin the U.S.

(Sectors With at Least 10,000 Businesses)

All businesses: 5.4 millionVeteran-owned: 405,235

Thousands of businesses

1 "Other services" includes repair and maintenance (automotive, consumer electronics, etc.) and personal/laundry services (hair/nail salons, dry cleaning, pet care, etc.).

Note: The Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs includes firms with paid employees only.

90 percentconfidence interval