America’ssmallbusinesses:Timetothinkbig

OliviaWhite

AnuMadgavkarAdiKumar

AsutoshPadhi

KanmaniChockalingam

October2024

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Contents

Ataglance3

Introduction5

1.SmallbusinessesarethebedrockoftheUSeconomy7

2.USsmallbusinessesstrugglewithproductivity11

3.Smallbusinesseconomicimpactandproductivityvariesbyregion16

4.MoreproductivesmallbusinesseswillboostUScompetitiveness24

5.Apathtohigherproductivity:Networksandinteractions30

6.WhatstakeholderscandotodriveMSMEproductivity35

Acknowledgments37

Endnotes38

America’ssmallbusinesses:Timetothinkbig1

Ataglance

—Micro-,small,andmedium-sizeenterprises(MSMEs)arethebedrock

oftheUSeconomy.Theyemploynearlysixintenworkers,producealmost

40percentofvalueaddednationally,andgrowintoameaningfulshareofverylargecorporations.

—MSMEsintheUnitedStatesareonlyhalfasproductiveaslargecompanies,comparedwith60percentinotheradvancedeconomies.Narrowingthe

productivitygap,whichisequivalentto5.4percentoftheUSGDP,isparticularlyvitalinaneraofshiftingglobalproduction.

—MSMEperformancevariesacrossUSstatesandmetroareas.Someofthe

variationisduetosectormix,butoverall,theperformanceoflargeandsmall

businessestendstogohandinhand,aslocalvariationsinfluencetheproductivityofallbusinesses,regardlessofsize.

—Interactionsbetweensmallandlargebusinessesarekeytoboosting

collectiveproductivity.Strengtheningnetworksandcollaborationwith

largecompanies—insupplychains,industryclusters,andcustomer–providerinteractions—couldhelpUSMSMEsgainadvantagesofscaleintechnology,humancapital,marketaccess,andfinance.

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Introduction

California’sNapaValleywineindustryisworld-renowned,generating$50billionannuallyin

economicimpact.1

Thewinesproducedamongthe700wineriesintheregionrivalthoseofanyotherregionacrosstheglobe.

ThestoryoftheNapawineindustryisafamiliarone.Onlyafewdecadesago,theregionwasaruraloutpostwithasmallcommunityofmostlyindependentvineyards.Itboomedafterinvestorsand

entrepreneursworkedtogether,puttheirproducttothetest,andwonawardsagainsttheworld’sbestinthe1970s.

Napaisjustoneexampleofplacesandindustriesspringingupfromhumblebeginningstobecomeglobalsuccesses.Dalton,Georgia,isconsideredaglobalcarpetcapital.

2

Eighty-fivepercentof

thecarpetssoldintheUnitedStatesand45percentsoldgloballyaremadeintheregion.Similarly,HighPoint,NorthCarolina,isaglobalhubforfurniture—atonepointtheregionwasresponsibleforproducing60percentofallfurnituresoldintheUnitedStates.

3

Itsbiannualmarketshostexhibitorsfromaroundtheworld.

Today,Napawineries,Daltoncarpetcompanies,andHighPointfurniturefactoriesareamixofbig

andsmallbusinesses,andinmanycasesstillincludefamily-runoperations.Theysucceedednotonlybecauseoftheirproductbutalsobecauseoftheirabilitytoefficientlyproduceitatscale.Theregions’

successillustrateshow,undertherightconditions,micro-,small,andmedium-sizeenterprises(MSMEs)inanyindustrycanexpandtheirglobalreach.

Togetthere,USMSMEsshouldlooktorampingupproductivity,amovethatwillbevitaltoAmericancompetitivenessinthecomingyears(seesidebar“Measuringproductivity”).Smallbusinesses

canreachthenextlevelofgrowthbytakingadvantageofnewtechnology,includinggenerativeAI

(genAI),andpartneringwithbiggercompanies,andtheywillneedtheinfrastructureandsystemstosupportthem.

Measuringproductivity

Productivityisameasureofhow

efficientlygoodsandservices,oroutput,areproduced,comparedwiththeamountofinputsused.1Inmacroeconomicterms,itisdefinedasthevalueofthegoodsandservicesproduced,dividedbytheamountoflabor,capital,andotherresources

requiredforitsproduction.Forthisreport,wefocusonlaborproductivity,measured

1“Investinginproductivitygrowth,”McKinseyGlobalInstitute,March27,2024.

2“Stateandmetroareaemployment,hours,&earnings,”USBureauofLaborStatistics,April2023.

3Wefocusonnational-orsector-levelproductivityfromagrowtheconomicsperspective.Organizational-productivityresearchoftenstudiesissuesrelatedtoattrition,

disengagement,skillsmismatch,ortimeinefficiency.See,forexample,AaronDeSmet,MarinoMugayar-Baldocchi,AngelikaReich,andBillSchaninger,“Someemployeesaredestroyingvalue.Othersarebuildingit.Doyouknowthedifference?,”McKinseyQuarterly,September11,2023.

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asvalueaddedperworker(inUSdollars

atpurchasing-powerparity).Themore

accuratemeasureoflaborproductivity

isvalueaddedperhourworked—asthe

numberofweeklyhoursworkedvaries

substantiallyamongUSstates.Forexample,theaverageweeklyhoursworkedby

productionemployeesonmanufacturingpayrollsintheUnitedStatesvariedfrom

27.7hoursinAlaskato44.3hoursin

Louisianain2023.2Weusetheper-workermetric,asitismorecommonlyavailable

acrosssizecategoriesandsectors.Due

tothelackofcomprehensivedataattheindividualcompanylevelformicro-,small,andmedium-sizeenterprises,werelyonsubsector-levelaverageproductivityto

makeinferences.3

1.Smallbusinessesarethebedrockofthe

USeconomy

TheMcKinseyGlobalInstituteaggregatedarichlygranulardatasetofMSMEsandlargecompaniesacross12broadsectors,68level-twosubsectors,andmorethan200level-threesubsectorsin

16countrieswithdifferentincomelevels,accountingformorethan50percentofglobalGDP.Inthisgroup(listedbypercapitaGDPin2021inpurchasing-power-parityterms)aretenadvanced

economies(theUnitedStates,Germany,Australia,theUnitedKingdom,Italy,Israel,Japan,Spain,

Poland,andPortugal)andsixemergingeconomies.MSMEsplayalargeroleacrosstheboard—intheadvancedeconomies,theyaverage66percentofemploymentand54percentofvalueadded.

TheUnitedStateshasanamplesmallbusinessengine.MSMEs,definedasbusinessesemploying

upto500people,areamajorfoundationofeconomicactivity,responsiblefor58percentofjobsand39percentofvalueaddedinthebusinesseconomy(Exhibit1).

Exhibit1

Micro-,small,andmedium-sizeenterprisesarethebackboneoftheUSeconomy.

ShareofUSeconomy,bybusinesssize,%

26

42

Businesssectoremployment

15

17

Microenterprises(1–9employees)

Smallenterprises(10–49employees)

13

8

Businesssectorvalueadded

6118

Mediumenterprises(50–499employees)

Largecompanies(>500employees)

11

4

Businesses

95

Note:Yearforwhichdataareavailableis2017.Micro-,small,andmedium-sizeenterprisesarethosewithfewerthan500employees.Analysisexcludesthe

followingsectorsduetoinconsistentdata:agriculture,?nancialandinsuranceactivities,realestate,publicadministrationanddefense,education,humanhealthandsocialwork,artsandentertainment,activitiesofhouseholds,andactivitiesofextraterrestrialorganizations.

Source:“Nonemployerstatistics,”USCensusBureau;“Updatedandexpandedsmallbusinessstatistics,”SurveyofCurrentBusiness,USBureauofEconomicAnalysis;McKinseyGlobalInstituteanalysis

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InsomeUSbusinesssectors,MSMEshaveanoutsizeimpact.Theyaccountformorethanthree-

fourthsofworkersandvalueaddedintheconstructionsector,forexample.Andtheyaccountfor

morethanhalfofallworkersandvalueaddedintheprofessionalservicesandaccommodationandfoodsectors(Exhibit2).

MSMEsalsohelpfueltheUSeconomicengine.CompaniesthatwereMSMEsatsomepointsince

2000nowrepresent17percentofpubliclytradedcompaniesvaluedat$10billionormoreasof

2023(Exhibit3).Smalltechnologycompanieshavemadethebiggestbreakthroughs—nearlya

quarteroflargepublictechcompanieswereMSMEsinthepast25years,MetaandZoomVideo

Communicationsamongthem.Manyoftoday’sbigmanufacturingcompaniesalsostartedassmallfactories.MonsterBeverageandTeslaarerecentexamples.Innovationhasbeenabigfactorinfast-scalingcompanies.Smallcompaniesinthetechsectorhaveproducedmorepatentsperemployeethantheirbiggercompetitors

.4

Exhibit2

USmicro-,small,andmedium-sizeenterprisesplayasizablerolein

construction,professionalservices,andaccommodationandfoodsectors.

Micro,small,andmediumenterprises’shareofcontributioninUSbusinesses,%

ValueaddedEmployment

Construction

Professionalservices

Accommodationandfood

Other1

TransportationRetailandwholesaletrade

ManufacturingICT2

75

56

53

44

38

34

24

23

87

64

62

64

54

46

44

44

Average:39Average:58

Note:Yearforwhichdataareavailableis2017.Micro-,small,andmedium-sizeenterprisesarethosewithfewerthan500employees.Analysisexcludesthe

followingsectorsduetoinconsistentdata:agriculture,?nancialandinsuranceactivities,realestate,publicadministrationanddefense,education,humanhealthandsocialwork,artsandentertainment,activitiesofhouseholds,andactivitiesofextraterrestrialorganizations.

1“Other”includesmining,utilities,administrativeandsupportservices,otherserviceactivities.2Information,communication,andtechnology.

Source:“Nonemployerstatistics,”USCensusBureau;“Updatedandexpandedsmallbusinessstatistics,”SurveyofCurrentBusiness,USBureauofEconomicAnalysis;McKinseyGlobalInstituteanalysis

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Exhibit3

Small?rmscontributetodynamism.

LargeUSpubliccompaniesthatwereMSMEs1atsomepointsince2000,2%

Totalscaled

companies,number

ICT3

Manufacturing

Mining

Retailandwholesaletrade

Transportation

12

24

45

4

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12

9

3

USaverage:17

Note:Analysisexcludesthefollowingsectorsduetoinconsistentdata:agriculture,?nancialandinsuranceactivities,realestate,publicadministrationand

defense,education,humanhealthandsocialwork,artsandentertainment,activitiesofhouseholdsandactivitiesofextraterrestrialorganizations.Fourother

sectorswereexcludedfromthisanalysisduetolimitedavailabilityofcompany-leveldata:accommodationandfoodservices,professionalservices,

administrativeservices,andotherpersonalservices.

1Micro-,small,andmedium-sizeenterprises.

2Shareoflargepubliccompaniesin2022thatwereMSMEsatsomepointsince2000.Largecompaniesde?nedaspubliccompanieswithmarketcapitalization>$10billion(asofDec2022);numberoflargecompanies=403,ofwhich67wereMSMEsatsomepointsince2000.Thelistedsectorsinclude361large

companies,ofwhich65wereMSMEsatsomepointsince2000.3Information,communication,andtechnology.

Source:S&PCapitalIQ;McKinseyGlobalInstituteanalysis

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2.USsmall

businessesstrugglewithproductivity

TheUnitedStatesenjoysastatusasagloballeaderinbusiness,with621ofthe2,000largestglobalpubliclytradedcompanies,accordingtoForbes,andishometoadisproportionatelyhighnumberofverylarge,highlyproductivecompaniesorsuperstars.

5

However,whenitcomestosmallbusinessproductivityonaglobalscale,USMSMEsare

comparativelyaverage.USsmallbusinesses,inpurchasing-power-parityterms,areroughlyonpar

withthoseintheUnitedKingdom,Japan,Germany,andItaly.Amongthetenadvancedeconomieswestudied,smallcompaniesare,onaverage,60percentasproductiveasbigbusinesses—butUSsmallcompaniesarejust47percentasproductive(Exhibit4).

Amongthetenadvanced

economieswestudied,smallcompaniesare,onaverage,60percentasproductive

asbigbusinesses—butUSsmallcompaniesarejust47percentasproductive.

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Exhibit4

USmicro-,small,andmedium-sizeenterprisesareonlyhalfasproductiveaslarge?rms—awidergapthaninotheradvancedeconomies.

MSMEproductivity,valueaddedperworker,1MSMEproductivityLarge-companyproductivity

$thousand(purchasingpowerparity)

MSMEMSME

productivityratio,2productivitygap,3

Portugal

Poland

Israel

Spain

Australia

Italy

Germany

Japan

US

UK

Advancedeconomiesaverage

66

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69

40

60

48

52

45

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39

61

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47

84

16

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Note:Micro-,small,andmedium-sizeenterprises(MSMEs)arethosewithfewerthan500employees.Analysisexcludesthefollowingsectorsacrossallcountries

duetoinconsistentdata:agriculture,?nancialandinsuranceactivities,realestate,publicadministrationanddefense,education,humanhealthandsocialwork,artsandentertainment,activitiesofhouseholdsandactivitiesofextraterrestrialorganizations.Analysisalsoexcludesadditionalsectorsvaryingbycountry

becausedataarenotavailable,namelyotherserviceactivitiesinItalyandPortugal.

1Yearforwhichdataareavailableandrepresentedvariesbycountryfrom2016to2019;MSMEandlargecategorydefinitionsmatcheachcountry’snationaldefinition.

2DefinedasratioofMSMEproductivitytolarge-companyproductivity.3Measuredas1minusMSMEproductivityratio.

Source:Country-leveleconomicandbusinesscensuses;Eurostat;InternationalLaborOrganizationDepartmentofStatistics;laborsurveys;MSMEsurveys;OECD;S&PGlobalMarketIntelligence;McKinseyGlobalInstituteanalysis

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Smallbusinessproductivityvariesbysector.While,onaverage,USMSMEsareonparwiththoseintheUnitedKingdom,Japan,Germany,andItaly,theylaginafewsectors—mining,transportationandstorage,andadministrativeservices.Additionally,theytrailinsometechnologysubsectorssuchas

computerprogrammingandsomemanufacturingsubsectorssuchasbasicmetals,machineryandequipment,andfurniture.

Theproductivityratiorelativetolargecompaniesalsovariesbysector.IntheUnitedStates,it

rangesfrom35percentinminingto88percentintheadministrative-servicessector(Exhibit5).Inotherwords,MSMEsintheminingsectorfacethewidestgapinproductivityrelativetotheirlarge

peersinthesamesector,closelyfollowedbyinformationandcommunicationstechnology(ICT)andmanufacturing.Ontheotherend,MSMEsinadministrativeservicescomeclosesttoperformingasproductivelyastheirlargepeers.

Exhibit5

USmicro-,small,andmedium-sizeenterpriseproductivitylevelsvaryacrosssectorsandsizecategoriesrelativetolarge?rms.

Productivity,valueaddedperworker,1$thousand(purchasingpowerparity),

Microenterprise

Large

enterprise

Smallenterprise

Medium-sizeenterprise」

Accommodationandfood

Administrationservices

Otherservices

Transportation

Wholesaletrade

Professionalservices

Construction

Manufacturing

ICT2

Utilities

Mining

0100200300400500

600

Note:Micro-,small,andmedium-sizeenterprises(MSMEs)arethosewithfewerthan500employees.Analysisexcludesthefollowingsectorsdueto

inconsistentdata:agriculture,?nancialandinsuranceactivities,realestate,publicadministrationanddefense,education,humanhealthandsocialwork,artsandentertainment,activitiesofhouseholds,andactivitiesofextraterrestrialorganizations.

1OrderedbyoverallMSMEproductivity.Yearforwhichdataareavailable/representedvariesfrom2016to2019.2Information,communication,andtechnology.

Source:“Nonemployerstatistics,”USCensusBureau;“Updatedandexpandedsmallbusinessstatistics,”SurveyofCurrentBusiness,USBureauofEconomicAnalysis;McKinseyGlobalInstituteanalysis

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TheMSMEproductivityratiotendstobelowerand

theproductivitygapwiderin

sectorswherecompetenciessuchastechnology,humancapital,

marketaccess,andfinanceplayasignificantroleindriving

businesscompetitiveness.

Infact,inafewsectors—administrativeservices,professionalservices,transportationandstorage,andretailandwholesaletrade—medium-sizebusinesseswith50to499employeesperformatthesamelevelorevenbetterthanlargecompanies(withmorethan500employees).

But,apartfromaccommodationandfood,microenterpriseswithtenemployeesorlessandsmall

enterpriseswithtento49employeesarelessproductivethanmedium-sizeenterprises,whichareonaveragetwiceasproductive.Overall,thegapwidensasthecompanysizegetssmaller.

Thevastproductivitygapcanbepartiallyexplainedbydifferencesinthekindofworkundertakenbysmallandlargebusinesses.Smallbusinessesplayacrucialroleinenablingtheproductivityoflarge

companies,whichtendtofocusoncorecompetenciesandoutsourcelessessentialactivitiestootherbusinesses,aphenomenoncalledworkfissuring.

6

Thisresultsingreaterconcentrationofhigher-

value-addedactivitiesinlargecompanies,withsmallerbusinessestakingonlower-valuework.

Butultimately,theproductivityratiodependsonadvantagesofscaleinareassuchastechnology,humancapital,marketaccess,andfinance.MSMEsstruggletoaccessthesecompetenciesatthesamelevelaslargercompanies.Forexample,theshareofMSMEsthatadopttechnologiessuch

ascustomerrelationshipmanagementsystemsandartificialintelligenceisonlyhalftheshareof

largecompanies.7

Largecompaniesaretwiceaslikelytoprovideformalskillingprogramsandaremoreactiveinmonitoringperformanceandawardingperformancebonuses.

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MSMEsderivejust

5percentoftheirtotalsalesfromdirectexports,whichisone-thirdofthesalesmadeoverseasby

largeenterprises.Theshareoflargebusinessesusingbanksforworkingcapitalfinancingis1.5times

thatofsmallbusinesses.Consequently,theMSMEproductivityratiotendstobelowerandtheproductivitygapwiderinsectorswherethesecompetenciesplayasignificantroleindriving

businesscompetitiveness.

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3.Smallbusinesseconomicimpactandproductivity

variesbyregion

MSMEsareubiquitousacrossallstates,buttheireconomiccontributionisuneven.Ononeendare

statessuchasNevadaandSouthCarolina,wheresmallbusinessesemployaroundhalftheworkersandrepresentabout35percentofreceiptsinthebusinesseconomy.Ontheotherend,instates

suchasMontanaandVermont,aboutthree-fourthsofemploymentisinsmallbusinesses,generatingabout55percentofthosestates’receipts(seesidebar“Howsmallbusinessesfaredduringthe

COVID-19pandemic”).

Amongthetop40metropolitanstatisticalareas(MSA)byemployment,smallbusinessesaccountforbetween25and50percentofreceiptsandbetween50and70percentofemploymentinthebusinesssector(Exhibit6).

HowsmallbusinessesfaredduringtheCOVID-19pandemic

ThenumberofnewbusinessesregisteredeachyearintheUnitedStatesincreased

dramaticallyduringthepandemic.Over

2019to2021,thenumberofnewbusinessesregisteredincreasedby54percent.

However,whilenewbusinesseswere

registered,existingbusinessesclosed—andtheirnumbersappeartobeinbalance.Thenetnumberofmicro-,small,andmedium-

sizeenterprises(MSMEs)increasedbyonly6percentbetween2019and2021(exhibit).Ontheotherhand,despitethenumberof

newbusinessregistrationsgrowingonlyby

10percentintheprepandemicperiodfrom2017to2019,thenetnumberofMSMEs

grewby4percent,andtheiremploymentalsoincreasedby3percent.ArelativelyhighernumberofMSMEsappeartohavesurvivedduringthisperiod.

Despitethesignificantincreaseinnew

businessregistrationsduringthepandemic,thesebusinessesdidnotgenerate

proportionateemployment,withthenet

workforceinMSMEsfallinginhalfthestatesover2019to2021.Onaverage,thenumber

ofMSMEworkersfellby1percentintheUnitedStates.TheproportionofworkersemployedbyMSMEsstayedstagnant

forthemostpart.Thissuggeststhattheindustrystructuremightbegradually

changing,withsomesmallbusinesses

growingintolargecompanies,ormore

employeesmovingfromsmallertolarger

companies,transitioningtomoreproductivework.Overall,thisistherightdirectionof

movementfortheUnitedStates.

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Howsmallbusinessesfared

duringtheCOVID-19

pandemic(continued)

Exhibit

Whilethenumberofmicro-,small,andmedium-sizeenterprisecompaniesgrewquicklyfrom2019to2021,theiremploymentratesremainedlat.

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Note:Yearforwhichdataareavailableis2017.Micro-,small,andmedium-sizeenterprises(MSMEs)arethosewithfewerthan500employees.Analysisexcludesthefollowing

sectorsduetoinconsistentdata:agriculture,?nancialandinsuranceactivities,realestate,publicadministrationanddefense,education,humanhealthandsocialwork,artsandentertainment,activitiesofhouseholds,andactivitiesofextraterrestrialorganizations.

Source:“Nonemployerstatistics,”USCensusBureau;“Updatedandexpandedsmallbusinessstatistics,”SurveyofCurrentBusiness,USBureauofEconomicAnalysis;McKinseyGlobalInstituteanalysis

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ThecontributionsofMSMEstoemploymentandbusinessrevenuevarieswidely.Amongstates,thebiggestcontributionsareintheUSNortheastandthelowercontributionsareintheSouth.

Amongthetop40USMSAs,thecontributionofemploymentandrevenuevariesevenmorethanamongstates,butthereisnoconcentrationbyregionorstate.NewYorkandMiamiareoutlierswhereMSMEsplayabiggerroleintheeconomy.

ThecontributionsofMSMEsto

employmentandbusinessrevenuevarieswidely.Amongstates,

thebiggestcontributionsareintheUSNortheastandthelowercontributionsareintheSouth.

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Exhibit6

Micro-,small,andmedium-sizeenterprisesplayasizableroleacrossallUSstatesandmetropolitanstatisticalareas,butwithvariation.

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