Entrepreneurs Thrive in Pandemic That Was Supposed to Crush Them
- Most U.S. counties now have more businesses than in 2019
- Manhattan is the biggest exception with loss of 5,300 firms
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It was supposed to crush small businesses. Instead, the pandemic seems to have incubated them in the U.S.
The number of business locations increased in almost three-quarters of U.S. counties over the two years through September 2021, according to new research from the Economic Innovation Group, a Washington think tank. The fastest growth was in the Southeast of the country and inland western regions.