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Small & SDO Business





              Did you know we had more than 50 Small & SDO Designated

              businesses exhibit at the 2018 MHEC EXPO?















                             2018 Small Business Statistics (U.S.)

                                                Source: U.S. Small Business Association










                 30.2 Million Small
                                               58.9 Million Small Business              Created 1.9 Million

             Businesses = 99.9% of all
                                                        Employees                          Net New Jobs
                   U.S. Businesses









              BE an active catalyst for local and                                            SBE’s

              regional business participation,                   313

              including small, women, minority                                                Small

              and veteran owned companies.                                                 Businesses



                     DBE’s                   VBE’s                   WBE’s                   MBE’s


                     18                        7                      64                      30


                 Disadvantaged              Veteran                        Women                    Minority
               Business Enterprise     Business Enterprise     Business Enterprise
   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19