The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach metropolitan statistical area ranks fourth in the nation, with 170,762 small businesses, according to a Business First breakdown of 2008 federal data, the latest year for which official statistics are available.
Fifty-one metro areas have at least 25,000 small businesses, led by the New York City area, which sprawls across downstate New York and into parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with 526,063 small businesses.
The runners-up are Los Angeles (331,479 small businesses), Chicago (235,700), Miami-Fort Lauderdale (170,762) and Philadelphia (144,593).
The Census Bureau also tabulates the combined annual payrolls of all private-sector businesses of all sizes. The South Florida area had a combined payroll of $80.7 billion.
By G. Scott Thomas , Buffalo Business First
From: http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2011/01/06/51-areas-have-more-than-25000-small.html?ed=2011-01-06&s=article_du&ana=e_du_pub
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