For the first time in U.S. history, the number of Black-owned employer businesses topped 200,000 firms. These are the 25 ...

A video of a Black man being tasered by a Texas police officer for trespassing outside of a store he co-founded is going viral. Marcus Bowser, co-founder of She’s Happy Hair, was livestreaming on ...

The discourse surrounding Black entrepreneurship has intensified dramatically in recent years, highlighting a critical component of America’s evolving economic framework. As market dynamics continue ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I tell stories about creating environments that empower everyone. Angel Gregorio built Black and Forth, the first Black-owned ...

The maps in this piece were updated on March 12, 2026, to exclude metro areas that did not report data for Black-owned employer businesses in 2023. In 2023, the number of Black-owned employer ...

Black Business Month just passed and if I’m being honest, it feels much different from previous years—and not in a good way. I noticed fewer in-person celebrations, fewer marketing campaigns and ...

What would your local economy look like if the share of Black-owned businesses was at parity with the share of Black residents? The Black Business Parity Dashboard is a data tool to help answer this ...

Black small business owners are facing economic conditions similar to those they dealt with as a result of COVID-19. And to help, state and federal lawmakers are calling on more Black business owners ...

Black economic life in America has continually been buffeted by external forces — slavery, Jim Crow, racial violence, redlining, urban renewal, and economic exclusion. But in the latter half of the ...

"Black in Business" is an award-winning series started by Knox News in 2021 to put a spotlight on Black entrepreneurs throughout Knoxville who offer unique products and services to the community. Knox ...