Business
Black Enterprise releases the 2013 list of the Top 100 Black Businesses In The United States
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Black Enterprise magazine has compiled a list of the top 100 black businesses in the United States for the year 2013.
In 1973, the first year that Black Enterprise magazine compiled it’s top 100 black businesses, the combined gross income totaled US$470 million. Over years black businesses have witnessed growth, and by the end of last year the combined gross income of the top 100 black businesses totaled US$19 billion and employed 54,000 people.
It has been reported elsewhere that African American purchasing power will total US$1.1 trillion by 2015 – this type of market does offer more growth opportunities for black businesses.
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