Small Businesses Create Big Impact: NIST Celebrates 2025 National Small Business Week
5 May 2025 at 08:00
This week weβre celebrating National Small Business Weekβwhich recognizes and celebrates the small and medium-sized business (SMB) communityβs significant contributions to the nation. SMBs are a substantial and critical part of the U.S. and global economic and cybersecurity infrastructure. According to the U.S. Small Business Administrationβs Office of Advocacy, [1] there are 34.8 million SMBs in the United States (making up 99% of all U.S. businesses). Of those, 81.7% are non-employer firms with no paid employees other than the owners of the business. These businesses, though small in size