One-in-14 new business owners in 2025 identified as LGBTQ
LGBTQ entrepreneurs represent a small but distinctive slice of the 2025 small business founders. While they account for roughly 7% of new business owners overall, their concentration in Community Services, their skew toward younger and female founders, and their above-average representation among Hispanic entrepreneurs point to a group whose entry into entrepreneurship is shaped as much by who they are as by what they sell.
