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  "id": "small-businesses-created-9-of-10-net-new-jobs-2023-2024",
  "slug": "small-businesses-created-9-of-10-net-new-jobs-2023-2024",
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  "claim": "US small businesses created about 9 out of every 10 net new jobs from March 2023 to March 2024",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Small businesses create most new jobs\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy",
    "title": "2025 Small Business Profiles (press release, June 30, 2025)",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "From March 2023 to March 2024, U.S. small businesses created approximately 9 out of every 10 net new jobs.",
  "method": "Office of Advocacy analysis of federal employment data for one 12-month period.",
  "drift": [
    "One year's net figure; the share swings widely year to year"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (federal statistical agency).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "The SBA Office of Advocacy reports that small businesses created about 9 in 10 net new US jobs from March 2023 to March 2024.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "SBA Office of Advocacy — 2025 Small Business Profiles",
      "url": "https://advocacy.sba.gov/2025/06/30/new-advocacy-report-shows-the-number-of-small-businesses-in-the-u-s-exceeds-36-million/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "March 2023 – March 2024",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}