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data-layer-region="downloads-right-rail"><h3 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-c-heading--title___5qyOB_2734c4f mdc-c-heading--border___K8dj3_2734c4f"></h3><div><div data-component="mdc-c-link-container" class="mdc-c-link-container___xefGu_2734c4f"><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="#/download/%2F~%2Fmedia%2Fmckinsey%2Findustries%2Fpublic%20and%20social%20sector%2Four%20insights%2Fbuilding%20supportive%20ecosystems%20for%20black%20owned%20us%20businesses%2Fbuilding-supportive-ecosystems-for-black-owned-us-businesses-nov2.pdf%3FshouldIndex%3Dfalse" class="DownloadsSidebar_mck-c-downloads-sidebar__download-link__fPqFQ mdc-c-link___lBbY1_2734c4f" target="_self" data-layer-event-prefix="Download Link" data-layer-action="click" data-layer-report-type="" data-layer-file-name="building-supportive-ecosystems-for-black-owned-us-businesses-nov2" data-layer-report-name="building-supportive-ecosystems-for-black-owned-us-businesses-nov2>"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--size-md___yi5fA_2734c4f mck-download-icon"></span><span class="mdc-c-link__label___Pfqtd_2734c4f"> (24 pages)</span></a></div></div></div></div> <p><strong>Entrepreneurship and business ownership</strong>—particularly of community-based businesses—are crucial ways to develop community wealth, for both business owners and the people they employ. Healthy Black-owned businesses could be a critical component for closing the United States’ <a href="/industries/public-sector/our-insights/the-economic-impact-of-closing-the-racial-wealth-gap">Black–white wealth gap</a>, which we project will cost the economy $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion (in 2018 dollars) per year by 2028. The COVID-19 crisis, however, has further stressed Black-owned businesses and may cause the racial wealth gap to widen. This gap includes a $290 billion—and growing—opportunity to grow overall wealth by achieving revenue parity between Black- and white-owned businesses in addition to providing aid to small and medium-size businesses (SMBs)—those with up to 500 employees—with nonwhite owners.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="f6a793ac-c17e-4bcc-9c55-5cff133ab4e0"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">1</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="f6a793ac-c17e-4bcc-9c55-5cff133ab4e0" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">Our estimate of the wealth-building opportunity is based on an additional $200 billion per year in revenue for Black-owned businesses that attain revenue parity. We assumed that US private companies’ enterprise value is 2.54 times annual revenue and applied a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43. These assumptions translate the $200 billion revenue increase to $290 billion in additional business equity. André Dua, Deepa Mahajan, Ingrid Millán, and Shelley Stewart, “<a href="/industries/public-sector/our-insights/covid-19s-effect-on-minority-owned-small-businesses-in-the-united-states">COVID-19’s effect on minority-owned small businesses in the United States</a>,” May 27, 2020; Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Part 121—Small Business Size Regulations, October 5, 2020, sba.gov. </span></span></span></a></span></p> <!-- --> <p><a href="/industries/social-sector/our-insights/covid-19-investing-in-black-lives-and-livelihoods">Black business owners</a> have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic-linked economic downturn, partly because they were more likely to already be in a precarious position, including more likely to be located in communities with business environments that are more likely to produce poor business outcomes. Indeed, about 58 percent of Black-owned businesses were at risk of financial distress before the pandemic, compared with about 27 percent of white-owned businesses.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="7992f148-4f7c-40f6-9dd5-0cf956f940ab"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">2</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="7992f148-4f7c-40f6-9dd5-0cf956f940ab" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">Claire Kramer Mills and Jessica Battisto, “Double jeopardy: COVID-19’s concentrated health and wealth effects in Black communities,” Federal Reserve Bank of New York, August 2020, newyorkfed.org. </span></span></span></a></span> The pandemic contributed to tipping 41 percent of Black-owned US businesses into closure from February to April 2020.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="9df6c1d9-d684-44d7-8957-436039a8fe76"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">3</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="9df6c1d9-d684-44d7-8957-436039a8fe76" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">Robert Fairlie, “The impact of COVID-19 on small business owners: Evidence of early-stage losses from the April 2020 current population survey,” Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, working paper 20-022, May 2020, siepr.stanford.edu. </span></span></span></a></span> More than 50 percent of the owners of surviving Black businesses surveyed in May reported being very or extremely concerned about the viability of their businesses. This concern may be linked to having a more difficult time accessing credit since the COVID-19 crisis began; 36 percent of Black business owners responding to the survey said they had experienced this, compared with 29 percent of all respondents.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="a8c85c4e-9b41-4a01-9d88-ad3e9eb90af0"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">4</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="a8c85c4e-9b41-4a01-9d88-ad3e9eb90af0" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">McKinsey & Company COVID-19 US SMB Financial Pulse Survey, n = 1,004; responses collected May 8–13, 2020, from small and medium-size businesses with less than $500 million in annual revenue. </span></span></span></a></span></p> <p>Black Americans have never had an equal ability to reap the benefits of business ownership. While about 15 percent of white Americans hold some business equity, only 5 percent of Black Americans do. Among those with business equity, the average Black American’s business equity is worth about 50 percent of the average American’s and a third of the average white American’s (Exhibit 1).<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="685772a9-9d41-4e41-8e12-4917f8ae21a9"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">5</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="685772a9-9d41-4e41-8e12-4917f8ae21a9" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">McKinsey Survey of Consumer Finances, 2019. </span></span></span></a></span></p> <div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="default" data-module-background="transparent" data-module-category="" class="mck-c-inline-module-container mck-o-md-center"><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-lg mdc-u-grid-col-sm-1 mdc-u-grid--align-start mdc-u-mb-3 GenericItem_mck-c-generic-item__sGwKL"><div data-component="mdc-c-content-block" class="mdc-c-content-block___7p6Lu_2734c4f mdc-u-grid-gutter-xs GenericItem_mck-c-generic-item__content__gq1m0"><div class="mck-c-eyebrow mdc-u-ts-10"><span> 1</span></div></div></div><div class="mck-u-inline-module-border-top mck-u-inline-module-border-bottom"><picture data-component="mdc-c-picture" class="Exhibit_mck-c-exhibit__image__pyIDm"><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="/~/media/mckinsey/industries/public%20and%20social%20sector/our%20insights/building%20supportive%20ecosystems%20for%20black%20owned%20us%20businesses/svgz_mck_blackbusinesses_ex1.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center"/><img alt="Black Americans hold significantly less business equity than their white counterparts." src="/~/media/mckinsey/industries/public%20and%20social%20sector/our%20insights/building%20supportive%20ecosystems%20for%20black%20owned%20us%20businesses/svgz_mck_blackbusinesses_ex1.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center" loading="lazy"/></picture></div><div class="mck-u-sr-only"></div></div> <p><a href="/industries/public-sector/our-insights/covid-19s-effect-on-minority-owned-small-businesses-in-the-united-states">Black-owned businesses</a> also tend to earn lower revenues in most industries and are overrepresented in low-growth, low-revenue industries such as food service and accommodations.</p> <p>This <a href="/industries/public-sector/our-insights/the-economic-impact-of-closing-the-racial-wealth-gap">gap in business activity</a> contributes to an overall lower level of prosperity for Black families: the median white family’s wealth is more than ten times the wealth of the median Black family’s. This disparity is also a lost opportunity for the US economy as a whole. If existing Black-owned businesses reached the same average revenue as their white-owned industry counterparts (excluding publicly held companies), the result would be an additional $200 billion in recurring direct revenues, which could equal about $190 billion in additional GDP, or a roughly 1 percent increase in 2017 GDP. (For our analytical approach, see sidebar “Quantifying the impact of revenue parity.”)</p> <div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="lightest-grey" data-module-category="" data-module-gradient-position="bottom-right" class="mck-c-inline-module-container SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__bgimg-wrapper__Qj4Dt mck-o-sm-left-span SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__sidebar-wrapper__Dpjw2 SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__sidebar-wrapper--istablet__IQ6ii mck-u-screen-only mck-c-module-wrapper" data-layer-region="sidebar"><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__epoAm mck-o-md-center"><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__share-icons-wrapper__9gB_c"><div data-component="mdc-c-link-container" class="mdc-c-link-container___xefGu_2734c4f mdc-c-link-container--display-column___X0HDD_2734c4f SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__share-icons___eQy6"><div data-component="mdc-c-dropdown-menu" class="mdc-c-drop-down"><button data-component="mdc-c-button" aria-label="" type="button" id="button_id" class="mdc-c-button___U4iY2_2734c4f mdc-c-button--ghost mdc-c-button--size-medium mdc-c-drop-down__rootmenu___yJzvz_2734c4f" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="menu"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--default___f-hQM_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--size-md___yi5fA_2734c4f mck-share2-icon"></span></button><div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="white" data-module-category="" class=""></div></div><button data-component="mdc-c-button" aria-label="Expandable Sidebar" type="button" id="button_id" class="mdc-c-button___U4iY2_2734c4f mdc-c-button--ghost mdc-c-button--size-medium SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__toggle-btn__EL8iE" aria-expanded="false" data-layer-event-prefix="UI Item" data-layer-action="click" data-layer-category="sidebar" data-layer-subcategory="open" data-layer-text="open sidebar"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--radial___y3csX_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--size-xxl___cL3ZT_2734c4f mck-plus-no-circle-icon"></span></button></div></div><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__content-outer__UdWCq"><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__eyebrow__5GSEq"></div><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__content__raEwe"><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-3 SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__content-heading__NJekY"><div>Quantifying the impact of revenue parity</div></h2><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__content-description__4p9iI mdc-u-ts-7"><div class="mdc-o-content-body"><p><strong>To quantify the economic impact</strong> of achieving revenue parity between Black-owned and white-owned US small and medium-size businesses (SMBs), we used the most recent results of the US Census Bureau’s Survey of Business Owners, from 2007 and 2012. We first estimated the rate of new-business formation and revenue growth for businesses owned by Black and white US residents. Then we used those growth rates to estimate the number of companies owned by Black and white Americans in each industry as well as to estimate the revenues of those businesses.</p> <p>Our analysis shows that if Black-owned companies were to attain the same average revenue in their industries as white-owned companies, their revenue gains would be about $200 billion. These revenue gains would be concentrated in the healthcare, retail, and wholesale sectors, which would account for 51 percent of Black-owned SMBs’ total new revenue. This estimate does not account for the higher revenue’s multiplier effects, which would represent the impact of the change on the overall economy. </p> <p>To estimate the macroeconomic effects of revenue parity between Black- and white-owned businesses, we used a model that draws on data from about 141 countries and 60 sectors to translate disruptions, shocks, and policy changes into cross-industry and macroeconomic effects. A $200 billion increase in revenues is worth about $190 billion in additional annual GDP, or a roughly 1 percent increase in 2017 GDP.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="dc33536c-0f99-4cc3-a51d-3a88983f5208"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">1</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="dc33536c-0f99-4cc3-a51d-3a88983f5208" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">For our analysis, we assumed that the economy can absorb most of the revenue increases, so any cannibalization of revenues from Black-owned firms’ revenue growth (to attain parity with white-owned firms) is not offset by losses in white-owned firms.</span></span></span></a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Before the pandemic, the average American held 15.3 percent of his or her wealth in business equity, with a mean value of $147,000. SMBs constituted 99 percent of US businesses and were responsible for 62 percent of the net increase in private-sector jobs from 1993 to 2017.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="04cd1974-a1fd-4c0e-9913-57afc95b9365"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">6</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="04cd1974-a1fd-4c0e-9913-57afc95b9365" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">“Frequently asked questions,” US Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, October 2017, sba.gov. </span></span></span></a></span> Entrepreneurship and an ability to start new businesses matter significantly here, as more than 50 percent of this net increase was the result of the formation of new businesses, defined as those less than 3.5 years old.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="a23db2d9-4b4b-41f5-8ded-ba072e87903a"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">7</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="a23db2d9-4b4b-41f5-8ded-ba072e87903a" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">For more on what constitutes an SMB and for a data set on US SMBs, see “Size standards tools,” US Small Business Administration, sba.gov; and “Frequently asked questions,” US Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, August 2017, sba.gov. </span></span></span></a></span></p> <p>Our analysis mapped barriers throughout the entrepreneurial pathway: ideation and starting up, sustaining, scaling, and exiting (see sidebar “Entrepreneurial pathway: Building a business, from ideation to exit”).</p> <div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="lightest-grey" data-module-category="" data-module-gradient-position="bottom-right" class="mck-c-inline-module-container SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__bgimg-wrapper__Qj4Dt mck-o-sm-left-span SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__sidebar-wrapper__Dpjw2 SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__sidebar-wrapper--istablet__IQ6ii mck-u-screen-only mck-c-module-wrapper" data-layer-region="sidebar"><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__epoAm mck-o-md-center"><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__share-icons-wrapper__9gB_c"><div data-component="mdc-c-link-container" class="mdc-c-link-container___xefGu_2734c4f mdc-c-link-container--display-column___X0HDD_2734c4f SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__share-icons___eQy6"><div data-component="mdc-c-dropdown-menu" class="mdc-c-drop-down"><button data-component="mdc-c-button" aria-label="" type="button" id="button_id" class="mdc-c-button___U4iY2_2734c4f mdc-c-button--ghost mdc-c-button--size-medium mdc-c-drop-down__rootmenu___yJzvz_2734c4f" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="menu"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--default___f-hQM_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--size-md___yi5fA_2734c4f mck-share2-icon"></span></button><div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="white" data-module-category="" class=""></div></div><button data-component="mdc-c-button" aria-label="Expandable Sidebar" type="button" id="button_id" class="mdc-c-button___U4iY2_2734c4f mdc-c-button--ghost mdc-c-button--size-medium SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__toggle-btn__EL8iE" aria-expanded="false" data-layer-event-prefix="UI Item" data-layer-action="click" data-layer-category="sidebar" data-layer-subcategory="open" data-layer-text="open sidebar"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--radial___y3csX_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--size-xxl___cL3ZT_2734c4f mck-plus-no-circle-icon"></span></button></div></div><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__content-outer__UdWCq"><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__eyebrow__5GSEq"></div><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__content__raEwe"><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-3 SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__content-heading__NJekY"><div>Entrepreneurial pathway: Building a business, from ideation to exit</div></h2><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__content-description__4p9iI mdc-u-ts-7"><div class="mdc-o-content-body"><p><strong>Entrepreneurship generally follows</strong> a five-step process that culminates in an exit for the founder (exhibit).</p> <p>During <em>ideation</em>, prospective entrepreneurs research and assess business ideas before developing business plans in preparation for launch. Foundational activities at this stage include obtaining the relevant patents, participating in business incubators, and securing funding and support, often from the entrepreneur’s networks.</p> <p>In the <em>start-up</em> stage, which lasts about three and a half years, entrepreneurs focus on establishing the business and ensuring its survival. They may hire employees, raise additional capital, and develop a financial cushion for the business.</p> <p>While <em>sustaining </em>the business, entrepreneurs focus on increasing revenue and reaching profitability. In this stage, entrepreneurs develop growth strategies, further develop their companies’ sales and marketing efforts, expand their teams, and scale business functions. Businesses may continue to raise venture capital.</p> <p>Once businesses attain annual revenues of at least $1 million, they can <em>scale</em>. The focus of this stage is on increasing working capital to support growth and expanding into new geographic or product markets. Businesses in this phase may also acquire or merge with another company.</p> <p>Finally, entrepreneurs can <em>exit </em>their businesses through an acquisition or an initial public offering (IPO) that enables them to receive a one-time realization of the business’s value.</p> <div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="default" data-module-background="transparent" data-module-category="" class="mck-c-inline-module-container mck-o-md-center"><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-lg mdc-u-grid-col-sm-1 mdc-u-grid--align-start mdc-u-mb-3 GenericItem_mck-c-generic-item__sGwKL"><div data-component="mdc-c-content-block" class="mdc-c-content-block___7p6Lu_2734c4f mdc-u-grid-gutter-xs GenericItem_mck-c-generic-item__content__gq1m0"><div class="mck-c-eyebrow mdc-u-ts-10"><span> </span></div></div></div><div class="mck-u-inline-module-border-top mck-u-inline-module-border-bottom"><picture data-component="mdc-c-picture" class="Exhibit_mck-c-exhibit__image__pyIDm"><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="/~/media/mckinsey/industries/public%20and%20social%20sector/our%20insights/building%20supportive%20ecosystems%20for%20black%20owned%20us%20businesses/svgz_mck_blackbusinesses_ex2.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center"/><img alt="Entrepreneurship follows five stages." src="/~/media/mckinsey/industries/public%20and%20social%20sector/our%20insights/building%20supportive%20ecosystems%20for%20black%20owned%20us%20businesses/svgz_mck_blackbusinesses_ex2.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center" loading="lazy"/></picture></div><div class="mck-u-sr-only"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <p>We focus here on the systemic barriers that hinder Black entrepreneurs’ efforts to ideate and start and sustain local businesses—that is, community-based SMBs that are part of existing supply chains.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="2ea30ae2-00e4-4daf-bc11-fe0efe5d64aa"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">8</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="2ea30ae2-00e4-4daf-bc11-fe0efe5d64aa" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">The same systemic obstacles affect Black entrepreneurs who lead potentially high-growth start-ups, which merit their own future discussion. </span></span></span></a></span> We then outline interventions that can counteract the effects of these obstacles, particularly opportunities for coordinated efforts. Indeed, US institutions need to repair Black business owners’ trust in the business ecosystem—particularly in companies in financial and business services.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="ea1c5e77-8944-4b7e-bd1a-58bf4b1eaf21"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">9</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="ea1c5e77-8944-4b7e-bd1a-58bf4b1eaf21" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">A business ecosystem is a network of entities that collaborate and compete to produce a product or service. </span></span></span></a></span> This historic lack of trust may be slowing business creation; research shows that Black business owners may believe that they need to be better qualified than their white counterparts: 30 percent of Black owners of employer firms (businesses with at least one paid employee) hold an advanced degree, which is true of 22 percent of their white peers.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="6e52d11a-cd82-4486-a1f5-3b12f73e21ac"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">10</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="6e52d11a-cd82-4486-a1f5-3b12f73e21ac" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"><em>2016 annual survey of entrepreneurs</em>, US Census Bureau, census.gov. </span></span></span></a></span></p> <p>A silver lining of COVID-19 and the racially charged violence in 2020 may end up being that some large companies have now launched programs to support Black-owned businesses: a major social media company dedicated $40 million in grants to support Black-owned US businesses with 50 or fewer employees<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="001e80ba-577b-497f-b658-246a42d6c116"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">11</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="001e80ba-577b-497f-b658-246a42d6c116" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">Sheryl Sandberg, “How we’re supporting Black-owned businesses,” Facebook, August 19, 2020, fb.com. </span></span></span></a></span>; a financial services firm pledged $1.15 billion, including $350 million in procurement spending on Black-owned businesses, to close the racial wealth gap.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="02a147a8-14f2-4471-baa5-3d84cff9cf6a"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">12</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="02a147a8-14f2-4471-baa5-3d84cff9cf6a" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">Chauncey Alcorn, “Citi is spending $1.15 billion to help close America’s racial wealth gap,” CNN Business, September 23, 2020, cnn.com. </span></span></span></a></span> However, these individual actions will not in themselves be enough to effect the needed change. For this work to have a systemic impact, entire business ecosystems will need to be involved. Once successful, however, this effort would benefit not only the US economy but US society as a whole.</p> <div data-module-category="" class="PullQuote_mck-c-pullquote__DbaQ5 mck-o-lg-center"><blockquote data-component="mdc-c-blockquote" class="PullQuote_mck-c-blockquote__6n21p PullQuote_mck-c-blockquote--hide-quotes__CpGpg mdc-c-blockquote mdc-c-blockquote--is-quotes___TozKo_2734c4f"><p>A silver lining of COVID-19 and the racially charged violence in 2020 may end up being that some large companies have now launched programs to support Black-owned businesses.</p></blockquote></div> <h2>Barriers to business building for Black entrepreneurs</h2> <p>Throughout the business-building process, Black business owners face economic, market, sociocultural, and institutional barriers, which are all linked to racial discrimination in the United States. Economic barriers relate to disempowerment and the costs of low starting levels of capital—for individuals, families, and communities. Market barriers result from unaddressed needs, often related to challenges of access—to capital, expertise, and services. Sociocultural barriers encompass the biased and exclusionary ways in which Black entrepreneurs are more likely to be blocked from gaining social capital, such as helpful relationships that make up business networks. Finally, institutional barriers are supported by the systems in which Black-owned businesses operate and include factors as basic as their locations.</p> <h3>Ideating</h3> <p>Black entrepreneurs tend to make decisions in the business-ideation stage that are likely to keep their businesses small. Black entrepreneurs generally pursue businesses in less lucrative sectors. Only five industries represent employer businesses (that is, businesses that employ paid employees) owned by 74 percent of Black women business owners and 62 percent of Black male business owners: healthcare and social assistance; professional, scientific, and technical services; administrative support and waste management services; construction; and transportation and warehousing (Exhibit 2).<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="f4181d79-ec2f-4179-a4d7-3ab284c5b7e4"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">13</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="f4181d79-ec2f-4179-a4d7-3ab284c5b7e4" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"><em>2012 survey of business owners</em>, US Census Bureau, census.gov; 2016 annual survey of entrepreneurs, US Census Bureau, census.gov. </span></span></span></a></span></p> <div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="default" data-module-background="transparent" data-module-category="" class="mck-c-inline-module-container mck-o-md-center"><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-lg mdc-u-grid-col-sm-1 mdc-u-grid--align-start mdc-u-mb-3 GenericItem_mck-c-generic-item__sGwKL"><div data-component="mdc-c-content-block" class="mdc-c-content-block___7p6Lu_2734c4f mdc-u-grid-gutter-xs GenericItem_mck-c-generic-item__content__gq1m0"><div class="mck-c-eyebrow mdc-u-ts-10"><span> 2</span></div></div></div><div class="mck-u-inline-module-border-top mck-u-inline-module-border-bottom"><picture data-component="mdc-c-picture" class="Exhibit_mck-c-exhibit__image__pyIDm"><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="/~/media/mckinsey/industries/public%20and%20social%20sector/our%20insights/building%20supportive%20ecosystems%20for%20black%20owned%20us%20businesses/svgz_mck_blackbusinesses_ex3_alt.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center"/><img alt="Black-owned employer businesses are concentrated in only five industries." src="/~/media/mckinsey/industries/public%20and%20social%20sector/our%20insights/building%20supportive%20ecosystems%20for%20black%20owned%20us%20businesses/svgz_mck_blackbusinesses_ex3_alt.svgz?cq=50&cpy=Center" loading="lazy"/></picture></div><div class="mck-u-sr-only"></div></div> <p>These sectors represent only 20 percent of business revenues overall. Meanwhile, although wholesale businesses represent 24 percent of business revenues, only 1 percent of Black women and 2 percent of Black men who are entrepreneurs are in the sector (see sidebar “Uphill climb for Black women in entrepreneurship”).<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="70752532-41d6-46da-a653-a528412e54d1"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">14</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="70752532-41d6-46da-a653-a528412e54d1" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"><em>2012 survey of business owners</em>, US Census Bureau, census.gov; 2016 annual survey of entrepreneurs, US Census Bureau, census.gov. </span></span></span></a></span></p> <div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="lightest-grey" data-module-category="" data-module-gradient-position="bottom-right" class="mck-c-inline-module-container SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__bgimg-wrapper__Qj4Dt mck-o-sm-left-span SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__sidebar-wrapper__Dpjw2 SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__sidebar-wrapper--istablet__IQ6ii mck-u-screen-only mck-c-module-wrapper" data-layer-region="sidebar"><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__epoAm mck-o-md-center"><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__share-icons-wrapper__9gB_c"><div data-component="mdc-c-link-container" class="mdc-c-link-container___xefGu_2734c4f mdc-c-link-container--display-column___X0HDD_2734c4f SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__share-icons___eQy6"><div data-component="mdc-c-dropdown-menu" class="mdc-c-drop-down"><button data-component="mdc-c-button" aria-label="" type="button" id="button_id" class="mdc-c-button___U4iY2_2734c4f 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class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="62020a4b-5ad0-4df3-a4d4-5e34946f62d6" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"><em>The 2018 state of women-owned business report</em>, American Express, americanexpress.com.</span></span></span></a></span> Indeed, Black women were the first to exceed 50 percent of business ownership within their racial or ethnic group.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="260d0070-1c59-4dac-a474-a63b3d775864"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">2</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="260d0070-1c59-4dac-a474-a63b3d775864" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">Dell Gines, “Black women business startups,” Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 2018, kansascityfed.org.</span></span></span></a></span> However, Black women encounter cross-cutting economic and institutional barriers because of their race and gender.</p> <p>Black women’s high rates of entrepreneurship may reflect economic necessity rather than opportunity; 64 percent of Black women spend less than 40 hours a week on their businesses, which suggests that the business may be one of several sources of income or that they are unable to focus on entrepreneurship. What’s more, 68 percent of Black women entrepreneurs with paid employees are in three industries that make up only 13 percent of overall business revenues<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="27353a7f-24fe-4478-b7b4-d268f8101a2c"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">3</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="27353a7f-24fe-4478-b7b4-d268f8101a2c" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"><em>2016 annual survey of entrepreneurs</em>, US Census Bureau, 2016, census.gov.</span></span></span></a></span>: healthcare and social assistance, professional services, and administrative, support, and waste-management services.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="5798b4c3-363b-4b56-8a17-2d98b12c843c"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">4</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="5798b4c3-363b-4b56-8a17-2d98b12c843c" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"><em>2016 annual survey of entrepreneurs</em>, US Census Bureau, 2016, census.gov.</span></span></span></a></span></p> <p>Black women also tend to have fewer employees than Black men do, even though Black women own 50 percent more businesses.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="2980e58f-b70d-4b6e-ba1e-784b9c2b2490"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">5</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="2980e58f-b70d-4b6e-ba1e-784b9c2b2490" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">“Statistics for all U.S. firms by industry, gender, ethnicity, and race for the U.S., states, metro areas, counties, and places: 2012,” US Census Bureau, 2012, data.census.gov.</span></span></span></a></span> As a result of these disparities, employer businesses owned by Black men earn an average of $660,000 more per year than Black women–owned employer businesses.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="55a218d9-d143-4cc8-aa78-45934163073c"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">6</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="55a218d9-d143-4cc8-aa78-45934163073c" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">“Annual business survey: Statistics for employer firms by industry, sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status for the U.S., states, metro areas, counties, and places: 2017,” US Census Bureau, 2017, data.census.gov.</span></span></span></a></span> Worse, Black women’s business revenues actually declined by 11 percent, or an average of $3,000 per year, from 2012 to 2018.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="f9783797-6197-4af0-b410-57c9a7fcd12f"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">7</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="f9783797-6197-4af0-b410-57c9a7fcd12f" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">“The state of women-owned businesses,” American Express, 2018, womenentrepreneurscharleston.com.</span></span></span></a></span></p> <p>Black women are also disproportionately shut out of venture-capital funding, which can rapidly fuel business growth. Women of color receive less than 0.2 percent of venture-capital funding, and at 4 percent of funded US start-ups,<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="c6fa9187-39e5-468d-9b38-53e1e0d79e3f"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">8</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="c6fa9187-39e5-468d-9b38-53e1e0d79e3f" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">projectdiane.com.</span></span></span></a></span> Black women founders are underrepresented and underfunded. Indeed, the average Black woman–led start-up that received funding raised $42,000.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Location can also limit Black entrepreneurs’ business potential. Sixty-five percent of Black Americans live in 16 states that are below the US average on indicators of economic opportunity.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="f72cf250-ba14-4b09-a401-95eb409a47c3"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">15</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="f72cf250-ba14-4b09-a401-95eb409a47c3" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"><em>2017 American community survey</em>, US Census Bureau, census.gov; Leading States Index, 2018, McKinsey.com.</span></span></span></a></span> Within their communities, Black Americans are also disproportionately concentrated in <a href="/industries/public-sector/our-insights/the-economic-impact-of-closing-the-racial-wealth-gap">economically disadvantaged neighborhoods</a>. Black entrepreneurs from these communities are less likely than their white peers to have exposure and access to lucrative business opportunities.</p> <p>Black entrepreneurs might also lack access to the networks and relationships that could help them make optimal business decisions. Research on New York–based start-ups shows that founders who are mentored by top-performing entrepreneurs are three times more likely than their co-located peers without mentors to become top performers themselves.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="1eb74740-2133-42cb-9acf-ea9bd187149e"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">16</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="1eb74740-2133-42cb-9acf-ea9bd187149e" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">Rhett Morris, “Mentors are the secret weapons of successful startups,” TechCrunch, March 22, 2015, techcrunch.com.</span></span></span></a></span> Outside the start-up world, a knowledgeable contact may help a prospective entrepreneur make decisions such as whether to buy a franchise for up-front capital or to build an independent business.</p> <p>Crucially, Black entrepreneurs struggle more to secure capital and access to credit. Even with strong personal credit, Black business owners and other entrepreneurs from marginalized groups are about half as likely as their white counterparts to receive full financing.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="efcfbb72-1a02-4051-8e14-43d104516c67"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">17</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="efcfbb72-1a02-4051-8e14-43d104516c67" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"><em>2016 small business credit survey: Report on minority-owned firms</em>, Federal Reserve, November 30, 2017, fedsmallbusiness.org. Minority population includes Black, Hispanic, and Asian-American business owners. “Based on self-reported business credit score or personal credit score, depending on which is used to obtain financing for their business. If the firm uses both, the highest risk rating is used. ‘Low credit risk’ is an 80–100 business credit score or 720+ personal credit score.”</span></span></span></a></span> Friends and family may not be able to contribute capital either. Most Black families surveyed said that they didn’t know anyone who could lend them $3,000.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="c46a159c-b55b-4401-aacd-609b5858d9ff"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">18</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="c46a159c-b55b-4401-aacd-609b5858d9ff" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"><em>What resources do families have for financial emergencies? The role of emergency savings in family financial security</em>, Pew Charitable Trusts, November 2015, pewtrusts.org; and Lisa J. Dettling et al., “Recent trends in wealth-holding by race and ethnicity: Evidence from the survey of consumer finances,” Federal Reserve Board, September 27, 2017, federalreserve.gov.</span></span></span></a></span></p> <h3>Starting up and sustaining</h3> <p>The focus of the start-up and sustain phases of entrepreneurship should be on ensuring the business’s survival and increasing its profitability. However, Black entrepreneurs’ mistrust of institutions—based on their experiences and knowledge of the United States’ history of discrimination—can make them wary of using potential resources outside their communities. Combined with a lack of informal and geographic connections to such resources—including venture-capital networks—this tendency can isolate Black entrepreneurs from potential sources of support.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="d260473f-1e0f-437c-9b06-10b744c28b87"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">19</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="d260473f-1e0f-437c-9b06-10b744c28b87" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">Venture networks can be especially geographically concentrated. See also Michael S. Barr, <em>Minority and women entrepreneurs: Building capital, networks, and skills</em>, Policy Proposal 2015-031, The Hamilton Project, March 9, 2015, ww.hamiltonproject.org.</span></span></span></a></span> (For an overview of the public sector’s attempts at closing the gap between Black- and white-owned businesses—and their pitfalls—see sidebar “Legislating for more equitable business outcomes.”)</p> <div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="lightest-grey" data-module-category="" data-module-gradient-position="bottom-right" class="mck-c-inline-module-container SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__bgimg-wrapper__Qj4Dt mck-o-sm-left-span SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__sidebar-wrapper__Dpjw2 SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__sidebar-wrapper--istablet__IQ6ii mck-u-screen-only mck-c-module-wrapper" data-layer-region="sidebar"><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__epoAm mck-o-md-center"><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__share-icons-wrapper__9gB_c"><div data-component="mdc-c-link-container" class="mdc-c-link-container___xefGu_2734c4f mdc-c-link-container--display-column___X0HDD_2734c4f SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__share-icons___eQy6"><div data-component="mdc-c-dropdown-menu" class="mdc-c-drop-down"><button data-component="mdc-c-button" aria-label="" type="button" id="button_id" class="mdc-c-button___U4iY2_2734c4f mdc-c-button--ghost mdc-c-button--size-medium mdc-c-drop-down__rootmenu___yJzvz_2734c4f" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="menu"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--default___f-hQM_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--size-md___yi5fA_2734c4f mck-share2-icon"></span></button><div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="white" data-module-category="" class=""></div></div><button data-component="mdc-c-button" aria-label="Expandable Sidebar" type="button" id="button_id" class="mdc-c-button___U4iY2_2734c4f mdc-c-button--ghost mdc-c-button--size-medium SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__toggle-btn__EL8iE" aria-expanded="false" data-layer-event-prefix="UI Item" data-layer-action="click" data-layer-category="sidebar" data-layer-subcategory="open" data-layer-text="open sidebar"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--radial___y3csX_2734c4f mdc-c-icon--size-xxl___cL3ZT_2734c4f mck-plus-no-circle-icon"></span></button></div></div><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__content-outer__UdWCq"><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__eyebrow__5GSEq"></div><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__content__raEwe"><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-3 SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__content-heading__NJekY"><div>Legislating for more equitable business outcomes</div></h2><div class="SideBar_mck-c-sidebar__content-description__4p9iI mdc-u-ts-7"><div class="mdc-o-content-body"><p><strong>Since 1974,</strong> legislation has partially closed the gap between Black- and white-owned businesses. As a result of many of these advancements, the Small Business Administration backed about $210 million in loans and helped award $2.3 billion in federal contracts to disadvantaged businesses in 2019.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="454cb349-b648-4688-b48c-7874ea98b1eb"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">1</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="454cb349-b648-4688-b48c-7874ea98b1eb" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">Ashley D. Bell, “Opportunities for black-owned businesses are thriving,” press release, February 21, 2020, US Small Business Administration, sba.gov.</span></span></span></a></span> However, the laws and programs are often imperfectly implemented, with gaps such as a lack of information on how to apply to programs that may benefit Black entrepreneurs.</p> <p>In 1974, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act was passed. It prohibits credit issuers from discriminating on the basis of traits such as race, gender, and marital status. The Community Reinvestment Act followed, in 1977. A tool to discourage redlining, the act encourages financial institutions to meet the credit needs of customers in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. However, “credit redlining” persists: consumers who live in mostly white neighborhoods are more likely to be approved for credit cards than those in mostly Black neighborhoods.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="066616dc-d5e5-4ce3-8079-534e941d04bc"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">2</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="066616dc-d5e5-4ce3-8079-534e941d04bc" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">Connie Prater, “Who gets credit cards may be a matter of black and white,” CreditCards.com, June 4, 2008, creditcards.com. The rules that govern the Community Reinvestment Act’s implementation are under revision by the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Federal Reserve Board.</span></span></span></a></span></p> <p>In response to the savings and loan crisis, Congress passed the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, which increased the ability of third-party watchdogs to analyze bank records and identify discriminatory lending practices. However, loan originators also shifted from denying loans to Black residents to targeting Black communities for higher-cost, higher-risk loans.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="0524bf66-0a01-4f30-bdfd-1f9a009f4ccb"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">3</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="0524bf66-0a01-4f30-bdfd-1f9a009f4ccb" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">Justin P. Steil et al., “The social structure of mortgage discrimination,” <em>Housing Studies</em>, Volume 33, Issue 5, 2018, pp. 759–76, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.</span></span></span></a></span> Later, in 1998, the Small Business Administration directly targeted small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) from marginalized communities by creating the Mentor-Protégé Program. Designed to pair SMBs from communities with relatively few resources with experienced government contractors, the program was later found to lack effective controls to ensure that the application review process was consistent with its intention. This oversight may have impeded Black-owned businesses’ participation, especially if they were already skeptical of the program.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="ec26f83a-c6ed-4b89-aac7-3a6d05ac4927"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">4</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="ec26f83a-c6ed-4b89-aac7-3a6d05ac4927" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"><em>Evaluation of SBA’s All Small Mentor-Protégé Program</em>, US Small Business Administration, September 17, 2019, buildsmartbradley.com.</span></span></span></a></span></p> <p>In 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act required some federal agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, to establish Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion. However, the difficulty of enforcing the spirit of the act often put Black-owned businesses behind. During the most recent—and ongoing—crisis, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act aimed to provide emergency relief to SMBs but failed to reach many Black-owned businesses. Part of the gap came from a failure to include many community-development funding institutions in its program. The act also fails to provide information and training on how to apply for the programs and access funds.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="73abca27-53da-4aa1-9b27-c7eeac3e193c"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">5</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="73abca27-53da-4aa1-9b27-c7eeac3e193c" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">Ben Popken, “Why are so many black-owned small businesses shut out of PPP loans?” NBC News, April 29, 2020, nbcnews.com.</span></span></span></a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Only 4 percent of Black American businesses survive the start-up stage, even though 20 percent of Black Americans start businesses.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="31c4564f-643f-4d17-8e35-bf742bccdf03"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">20</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="31c4564f-643f-4d17-8e35-bf742bccdf03" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, 2017, gemconsortium.org; Dow Jones VentureSource, 2018.</span></span></span></a></span> Even if they survive the start-up stage, Black-owned businesses still disproportionately struggle with debt and raising capital in addition to challenges such as a lack of helpful relationships in the business community. Indeed, participants in focus groups said that they feel that their race—and sometimes age and gender—makes loan officers hesitant to lend to them.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="0a8ccd1a-5c8e-4aeb-b8d1-1a8d563b9a81"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">21</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="0a8ccd1a-5c8e-4aeb-b8d1-1a8d563b9a81" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">Sponsored by a major US financial institution, the focus groups were conducted in May 2019. Researchers recruited both Black and non-Black entrepreneurs in Atlanta, Detroit, New York, and Oakland. The entrepreneurs’ reported business revenues were $100,000 to $1 million.</span></span></span></a></span> Such obstacles make Black-owned businesses less likely to survive and grow.</p> <p>Start-up capital is associated with better business performance,<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="9d64011c-816e-4668-9cf5-ef5416b6eb1a"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">22</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="9d64011c-816e-4668-9cf5-ef5416b6eb1a" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"> Brian Headd, “Redefining business success: distinguishing between closure and failure,” Small Business Economics, Volume 21, Number 1, August 2003, pp. 51–61, springer.com.</span></span></span></a></span> but Black entrepreneurs have less of it. Black entrepreneurs start their businesses with about $35,000 of capital, white entrepreneurs $107,000.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="1dfeebc4-ebce-4bae-9713-6b7926480ad2"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">23</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="1dfeebc4-ebce-4bae-9713-6b7926480ad2" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">Robert Fairlie, Alicia Robb, and David T. Robinson, “Black and white: Access to capital among minority-owned startups,” Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, working paper 17-003, February 2017, siepr.stanford.edu.</span></span></span></a></span> As a partial consequence, Black-owned businesses report higher levels of debt relative to revenues. Almost 30 percent of Black-owned businesses spent more than 50 percent of their revenues to service their debt in 2019.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="de8f12dc-57cc-4655-90e6-9a4d85198a5b"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">24</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="de8f12dc-57cc-4655-90e6-9a4d85198a5b" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"> McKinsey & Company COVID-19 US SMB Financial Pulse Survey, n = 1,004; responses collected: May 8–13, 2020, from small and medium-size businesses with less than $500 million in annual revenue.</span></span></span></a></span> Indeed, Black entrepreneurs are three times as likely as white entrepreneurs to say that a lack of access to capital negatively affects their businesses’ profitability and almost twice as likely to cite the cost of capital.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="db90a33c-283d-4f64-ad5b-548bb74e8cbb"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">25</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="db90a33c-283d-4f64-ad5b-548bb74e8cbb" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"> Alicia Robb and Arnobio Morelix, <em>Startup financing trends by race: How access to capital impacts profitability</em>, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, October 2016, kauffman.org.</span></span></span></a></span> This lack of capital occurs even though the requirements for Black applicants are more stringent. In one study, 73 percent of Black loan applicants were asked to provide financial statements for their businesses, compared with 50 percent of white applicants with comparable profiles. In addition, 31 percent of Black applicants were asked to provide their personal W-2 forms. No white applicants received such a request.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="2e119ca2-8570-443e-aee2-25e18880c372"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">26</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="2e119ca2-8570-443e-aee2-25e18880c372" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"> Sterling A. Bone et al., “Shaping small business lending policy through matched-pair mystery shopping,” <em>Journal of Public Policy & Marketing</em>, February 26, 2019, journals.sagepub.com.</span></span></span></a></span></p> <div data-module-category="" class="PullQuote_mck-c-pullquote__DbaQ5 mck-o-lg-center"><blockquote data-component="mdc-c-blockquote" class="PullQuote_mck-c-blockquote__6n21p PullQuote_mck-c-blockquote--hide-quotes__CpGpg mdc-c-blockquote mdc-c-blockquote--is-quotes___TozKo_2734c4f"><p>Black entrepreneurs are three times as likely as white entrepreneurs to say that a lack of access to capital negatively affects their businesses’ profitability and almost twice as likely to cite the cost of capital.</p></blockquote></div> <p>These interactions with financial institutions are consistent with findings that nonwhite ownership of a business is a strong predictor of loan denial outside of majority-nonwhite communities.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="96b73b2e-24a4-4cb1-b327-efaae4fae7a1"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">27</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="96b73b2e-24a4-4cb1-b327-efaae4fae7a1" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">Timothy Bates and Alicia Robb, <em>Loan availability among small businesses operating in urban minority communities</em>, Reserve System Community Development Research Conference, April 11, 2013. frbatlanta.org.</span></span></span></a></span> However, simply being located in a co-ethnic market—where community members, customers, and business owners are of the same ethnicity—results in lower revenue, even for businesses of comparable quality.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="9e7fc381-f434-4641-a3e2-c983fbafb2c9"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">28</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="9e7fc381-f434-4641-a3e2-c983fbafb2c9" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"> Rachel S. Shinnar, Michael B. Aguilera, and Thomas S. Lyons, “Co-ethnic markets: Financial penalty or opportunity?” <em>International Business Review</em>, Volume 11, Issue 6, December 2002, pp. 646–58.</span></span></span></a></span> Indeed, research shows that even when they have better Yelp reviews, businesses in majority-Black communities have lower revenues than those outside majority-Black communities. Black-owned businesses are in a double bind that results in missing revenues.</p> <p>Black entrepreneurs can also have difficulty accessing expertise and business services. Black owners of employer firms, which are more likely to benefit from services such as legal and financial advisory, are less likely to seek them out. Only 58 percent of Black owners sought professional services, for reasons including expense, inaccessibility, and mistrust, compared with 70 percent of white owners.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="aa04eaab-0bd1-407d-911a-3df796214c59"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">29</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="aa04eaab-0bd1-407d-911a-3df796214c59" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"> 2016 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, “Providers of Business Advice or Mentoring,” US Census Bureau, census.gov. For more on Black entrepreneurs’ higher levels of mistrust, see “The tapestry of Black business ownership in America: Untapped for success,” Association for Enterprise Opportunity, 2016, aeoworks.org.</span></span></span></a></span></p> <p>Business networks can support Black entrepreneurs, but Black entrepreneurs are less likely to know and hear about relevant networks that can help support and promote their businesses. Indeed, Black entrepreneurs are likely to be excluded from receiving information about high-potential opportunities, even though focus-group participants said that they would like to connect with a variety of business professionals and mentors. This <a href="/industries/public-sector/our-insights/the-economic-impact-of-closing-the-racial-wealth-gap">exclusion</a> translates into fewer connections to formal hubs,<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="c00c79fe-6a9e-401d-ac74-ba3d0114393d"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">30</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="c00c79fe-6a9e-401d-ac74-ba3d0114393d" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"> Robb and Morelix, <em>Startup financing trends by race: How access to capital impacts profitability</em>; Transparent Collective, transparentcollective.com.</span></span></span></a></span> such as banks and venture-capital funds, and from informal networks. One sign of this disconnection is that corporate and government procurement programs that target Black-owned businesses tend to be underused. The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) found in 2016 that Black-owned businesses saw less utilization relative to their availability than white-owned businesses did in the same industries. The median share of contract dollars awarded to Black-owned businesses across five key industries—architecture and engineering, construction, goods and supplies, professional services, and other services—was 4 to 44 percent of contractors’ availability, compared with 49 to 61 percent for white-owned businesses.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="fc3eaf21-07ce-4300-92bc-a806f6d74334"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">31</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="fc3eaf21-07ce-4300-92bc-a806f6d74334" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"> “Contracting barriers and factors affecting minority business enterprises: A review of existing disparity studies,” Minority Business Development Agency, mbda.gov.</span></span></span></a></span></p> <p>The aggregate barriers to starting and sustaining a Black-owned business translate structural bias into less access to capital, lower revenue, and dimmer prospects for business growth. The mainstream financial system’s role in those barriers has helped to maintain Black Americans’ distrust of the financial sector as well as fear of debt.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="e501c329-f912-4251-b90a-8d9b52e93e47"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">32</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="e501c329-f912-4251-b90a-8d9b52e93e47" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"> 2018 Annual Business Survey, US Census Bureau, census.gov. For more on inclusion in the financial services sector, see Aria Florant, JP Julien, Shelley Stewart, Nina Yancy, and Jason Wright, “<a href="/industries/social-sector/our-insights/the-case-for-accelerating-financial-inclusion-in-black-communities">The case for accelerating financial inclusion in black communities</a>,” February 25, 2020.</span></span></span></a></span></p> <h2>Interventions</h2> <p><strong>Insufficient access to capital, knowledge, and support</strong> ultimately leaves many Black entrepreneurs less economically mobile and limits the potential of entrepreneurship to grow wealth for Black families and communities. Interventions to tackle these barriers will require public-, private-, and social-sector stakeholders to evaluate current business ecosystems and rebuild them to be equitable and more supportive for Black business owners. In particular, local anchor institutions such as hospitals and universities can take the lead on collaborating with the public and social sectors to coordinate the work of disparate organizations. Local economic-development institutions, community development financial institutions, chambers of commerce, and other government agencies such as the Small Business Administration or MBDA are already engaged in these activities. But because anchor institutions are tethered to their communities, they stand to reap long-term benefits from investing in more equitable—and healthier—business communities.</p> <p>Indeed, this work requires instituting policies that create more equitable outcomes in addition to assuring equitable access to capital. Black leaders’ input can help create positive experiences and build Black entrepreneurs’ trust in institutions and ecosystems that have felt exclusionary. In addition, the private and social sectors should help Black-owned businesses build capabilities and facilitate knowledge sharing. Expanded opportunities for mentorship (advisory) and sponsorship (advocacy) can further solidify bonds between Black entrepreneurs and other stakeholders in business ecosystems.</p> <h3>Implement policies that produce equitable outcomes</h3> <p>The public, private, and social sectors can all participate in removing institutional barriers for Black-owned businesses. Stakeholders could ensure that laws, policies, and practices are designed to produce equitable opportunities and outcomes.</p> <p>Policy makers, industry groups, affinity groups, and coalitions of stakeholders could enforce laws and policies aimed at preventing inequitable processes and outcomes. After a review of the current laws and policies and their effects, stakeholders could consider updating antidiscrimination policies. Crucially, stakeholders could set up—or support—internal and external watchdog groups dedicated to creating research on equity in processes and policy outcomes.</p> <p>In addition, procurement practices, especially at anchor institutions and large organizations, can evolve to be more inclusive of Black-owned businesses. Besides dedicating funds to procurement from Black-owned businesses, large organizations could simplify their minority-supplier certification processes so that they can take on new suppliers more quickly. Organizations should also dedicate funding to supplier-development programs that can help Black-owned suppliers better participate in supply chains.</p> <p>Once their supplier programs are established, organizations should track their procurement spending with important categories of suppliers and make the data more widely available to track progress and promote accountability. For instance, one North American bank committed to tracking its spending with diverse suppliers, the number of minority-certified suppliers it engages, and the number of requests for information and proposals to these suppliers.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="a9a2f0c2-a375-42c0-9be1-4d43a4564463"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">33</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="a9a2f0c2-a375-42c0-9be1-4d43a4564463" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"> “Supplier diversity at RBC,” Royal Bank of Canada, rbc.com.</span></span></span></a></span> This work is especially urgent during the pandemic-linked economic crisis, and entities that have an interest in keeping business ecosystems vibrant may be able to lead the effort.</p> <h3>Enable equitable access to capital</h3> <p>To overcome economic barriers, Black-owned SMBs need direct investment or in-kind equity contributions, including grants, subsidies, loans, and revenue-participation agreements. Direct investment is especially important during the COVID-19 crisis. Our analysis suggests that an additional $7.6 billion to $15.4 billion in liquidity for Black-owned SMBs in the 2020–21 time frame—less than 3 percent of the $659 billion authorized under the Paycheck Protection Program—could preserve 460,000 to 815,000 jobs,<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="b9601734-4e35-49db-9034-61de893fff1a"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">34</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="b9601734-4e35-49db-9034-61de893fff1a" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"> “The CARES Act provides assistance to small businesses,” US Department of the Treasury, treasury.gov.</span></span></span></a></span> for an average of $9,325 to $33,478 per job.</p> <div data-module-category="" class="PullQuote_mck-c-pullquote__DbaQ5 mck-o-lg-center"><blockquote data-component="mdc-c-blockquote" class="PullQuote_mck-c-blockquote__6n21p PullQuote_mck-c-blockquote--hide-quotes__CpGpg mdc-c-blockquote mdc-c-blockquote--is-quotes___TozKo_2734c4f"><p>An additional $7.6 billion to $15.4 billion in liquidity for Black-owned SMBs in the 2020–21 time frame—less than 3 percent of the $659 billion authorized under the Paycheck Protection Program—could preserve 460,000 to 815,000 jobs, for an average of $9,325 to $33,478 per job.</p></blockquote></div> <p>The public and private sectors’ immediate priority during the COVID-19 economic crisis has been to provide SMBs with grants and loan deferrals. However, increasing the availability of financial resources, particularly start-up and expansion capital, for Black entrepreneurs, will be crucial to improving business owners’ experience and replenishing the pipeline of growing businesses. For example, banks, conventional and social-impact investors, foundations, and public programs could make more capital available to Black-owned businesses. Possible programs include ones that make extending capital to Black-owned businesses less risky through measures such as guaranteeing funds and programs that help entrepreneurs from marginalized backgrounds acquire more capabilities. A short-term counterweight to the effects of bias in the loan process could be conducting fewer in-person transactions. Indeed, Black entrepreneurs are already more likely to borrow online, where their race may be less salient.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="719ee4e9-e307-4a02-be92-d4602ac343ee"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">35</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="719ee4e9-e307-4a02-be92-d4602ac343ee" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"> Cameron Costa, “Minority entrepreneurs at a tipping point as Black-owned banks dwindle in the U.S.” CNBC, August 25, 2020, cnbc.com.</span></span></span></a></span> A program for small-business investment companies that provides high-growth small businesses with capital and R&D funding could also accelerate the growth of Black-owned businesses that hold intellectual property and may foster Black entrepreneurship in high-growth industries.</p> <p>A network of volunteer professional services providers and coaches could help Black-owned businesses navigate the process of attaining loans, grants, and other affordable capital, including from large corporations and nonprofit organizations.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="ded12900-703b-47bf-849d-ab297bfe245d"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">36</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="ded12900-703b-47bf-849d-ab297bfe245d" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline">“Verizon small business recovery fund,” Local Initiatives Support Corporation, 2020, lisc.org.</span></span></span></a></span></p> <p>In addition to continuing the long-term project of cultivating Black leaders in positions of influence on capital funding, cross-sector entities could convene and support a consortium of Black fund managers to participate in issuing and managing debt and equity investments in small businesses. The SBA already licenses small-business investment companies that guarantee funds that invest in SMBs. Increasing the share of Black fund managers in this program and simultaneously investing in Black managers—and the pipeline of Black leaders—in the private sector could have compounding effects.</p> <h3>Build business capabilities and facilitate knowledge sharing</h3> <p>To overcome market barriers, Black-owned SMBs need support for building capabilities and sharing a greater amount of knowledge. Black service providers, compensated by organizations working to support equity in entrepreneurship, can lead these capability-building efforts. This work would protect and strengthen Black-owned businesses and build business networks with Black-owned SMBs as hubs.</p> <p>The private and social sectors—particularly anchor institutions—could provide resources, including help with reskilling and upskilling Black-owned businesses’ workers, to make Black-owned SMBs nimbler. For instance, a major social-media platform built a resource hub to provide businesses with industry-specific information they could use during the pandemic. Similarly, on-the-job training and free web-based courses are both resources that can be easily shared among multiple—indeed, many—businesses. Business-services providers could also facilitate digital transformations to help businesses identify new market opportunities.</p> <p>Finally, digital capabilities will increase Black entrepreneurs’ share of opportunities, but the corresponding business services are long-unmet needs. Many Black-owned businesses lack the resources to hire service providers that can help them digitize their businesses, but private-sector and social-sector organizations can provide free technology services and managerial assistance. Free or subsidized installation, tech support, and staff training can help Black-owned businesses acquire more digital capabilities and become more able to share this knowledge with other Black-owned businesses in their communities.</p> <h3>Expand opportunities for mentorship and sponsorship</h3> <p>Representation and participation in networking, mentorship, and sponsorship programs can help Black entrepreneurs overcome some sociocultural barriers. The private sector should take the lead by building more inclusive teams. Managers at every level should consciously develop—and sponsor the careers of—more Black leaders to counteract the effects of structural bias. Indeed, only about 3 percent of current Fortune 100 company CEOs are Black, and fewer than 4 percent of leaders with responsibility for departments’ profit and loss—roles that tend to accelerate career progression—are Black.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="a9907a0c-6897-4b13-a62e-5ca5a7d9b5eb"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">37</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="a9907a0c-6897-4b13-a62e-5ca5a7d9b5eb" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"> David F. Larcker and Brian Tayan, <em>Fortune 100 C-suite organizational charts</em>, Corporate Governance Research Initiative, Stanford Graduate School of Business, February 2020, gsb.stanford.edu.</span></span></span></a></span> Moreover, unconscious bias can affect mentorship and sponsorship, because humans tend to gravitate toward mentoring people they view as similar to themselves.<span class="FootNote_footnote-holder__tjRqy"><a aria-label="footnote" href="javascript:void(0);" class="FootNote_footnote-wrapper__AIRwL undefined FootNote_inactive__VZfCp" aria-describedby="947266aa-1fc7-4892-ac75-8f403e9e55d0"><sup class="FootNote_footnotesup__e73z_">38</sup><span class="FootNote_notch-wrapper__b_5NS"><span class="FootNote_notch__omKtY"></span></span><span class="FootNote_tooltip__QtrbA mdc-u-mt-2"><span class="FootNote_footnote-content__r2OVl"><span id="947266aa-1fc7-4892-ac75-8f403e9e55d0" aria-hidden="true" data-module-theme="light" class="FootNote_footnote-text__VjKgO mck-u-links-inline"> Alexandra E. Petri, “When potential mentors are mostly white and male,” Atlantic, July 7, 2017, theatlantic.com.</span></span></span></a></span></p> <p>Community programs can help Black entrepreneurs connect with role models and commercial networks that can help Black prospective entrepreneurs pursue business ownership with more confidence and support. For instance, the private and social sectors could facilitate networking and partnerships between established businesses and compatible start-ups.</p> <hr/> <p>An investment in more business ecosystems that provide Black business owners equitable access to resources and opportunities can unlock part of the $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion in annual GDP that would come from closing the racial wealth gap. More important, by making social and economic institutions supportive of a wider swath of people, stakeholders can rectify the mistrust that has developed between Black entrepreneurs and institutions. That restorative effect, along with economic gains, could be a step forward for US society.</p></div><div class="container-placeholder"></div></div></div><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-xl"><section role="contentinfo" data-layer-region="article-about-authors" class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12 AboutAuthor_mck-c-about-author__nRJzu"><div class="mdc-u-grid-col-md-start-2 mdc-u-grid-col-md-end-12 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-start-3 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-end-11"><h5 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-c-heading--title___5qyOB_2734c4f mdc-c-heading--border___K8dj3_2734c4f mdc-u-align-center"></h5><div data-component="mdc-c-description" class="mdc-c-description___SrnQP_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-8 mck-u-links-inline mck-u-links-inline--secondary mdc-u-mt-5"><div><p><strong>David Baboolall</strong> and <strong>Nina Yancy</strong> are consultants in McKinsey’s New York office; <strong>Kelemwork Cook</strong> is a consultant in the Cleveland office; <strong>Nick Noel</strong> is a consultant in the Washington, DC, office; and <a href="/our-people/shelley-stewart"><strong>Shelley Stewart</strong></a> is a partner in the New Jersey office. </p> <p>The authors wish to thank Katie Chen, Michael Chui, JP Julien, Mike Kerlin, Michael Lazar, Ricardo Pena, and Duwain Pinder for their contributions to this article.</p></div></div></div></section><section class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-12 mck-u-screen-only"><div class="mdc-u-grid-col-md-start-2 mdc-u-grid-col-md-end-12 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-start-5 mdc-u-grid-col-lg-end-9"><h5 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-c-heading--title___5qyOB_2734c4f mdc-c-heading--border___K8dj3_2734c4f mdc-u-align-center">Explore a career with us</h5><div data-component="mdc-c-link-container" class="mdc-c-link-container___xefGu_2734c4f mdc-c-link-container--align-center___ar3mu_2734c4f"><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="/careers/search-jobs" class="mdc-c-button___U4iY2_2734c4f mdc-c-button--secondary___Boipq_2734c4f mdc-c-button--size-large___jwpUy_2734c4f" aria-label="Search Openings" data-layer-event-prefix="CTA Link" data-layer-action="click" data-layer-category="careers" data-layer-subcategory="search" data-layer-text="Search Openings"><span class="mdc-c-link__label___Pfqtd_2734c4f">Search Openings</span></a></div></div></section></div></main></div><div data-component="mdc-c-module-wrapper" data-module-theme="light" data-module-background="lightest-grey" data-module-category="StandalonePromo" class="RelatedArticle_mck-c-article-related__GGA76 mck-u-screen-only" data-layer-region="related-articles"><div class="mdc-o-container__wrapper is-wrapped mdc-u-spaced-mobile"><h5 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-c-heading--title___5qyOB_2734c4f mdc-u-align-center">Related Articles</h5><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-col-md-2 RelatedArticle_items-container__s2uD0"><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-lg Card_card__diA2r Card_hover-effect__RGb9b"><div class="Card_wrapper-image__8b4P6"><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="/about-us/new-at-mckinsey-blog/what-will-it-take-to-build-more-black-owned-businesses" class="mdc-c-link___lBbY1_2734c4f"><picture data-component="mdc-c-picture" class="Card_wrapper-image__8b4P6"><style>.picture-uniqueKey-what-0 { aspect-ratio: 16/9 }</style><img alt="Shelley Stewart" class="picture-uniqueKey-what-0" src="/~/media/mckinsey/about%20us/mckinsey%20blog/what%20will%20it%20take%20to%20build%20more%20black-owned%20businesses/shelley-stewart_hero_1536x864.jpg?cq=50&mw=767&car=16:9&cpy=Center" loading="lazy"/></picture></a></div><div class="Card_wrapper-text__U6Y3k"><div data-component="mdc-c-content-block" class="mdc-c-content-block___7p6Lu_2734c4f Card_content-block__pF6Z1"><span>Blog post - 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<i>McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility</i></span><h6 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_2734c4f mdc-u-ts-6"><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="/industries/social-sector/our-insights/covid-19-investing-in-black-lives-and-livelihoods" class="mdc-c-link-heading___Zggl8_2734c4f mdc-c-link___lBbY1_2734c4f"><div>COVID-19: Investing in Black lives and livelihoods</div></a></h6></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></main></div><script id="__NEXT_DATA__" type="application/json">{"props":{"pageProps":{"locale":"en","dictionary":{},"sitecoreContext":{"route":{"name":"Building supportive ecosystems for Black owned US businesses","displayName":"Building supportive ecosystems for Black owned US businesses","fields":null,"databaseName":"web","deviceId":"fe5d7fdf-89c0-4d99-9aa3-b5fbd009c9f3","itemId":"be36a2f4-3ce2-4fac-a76e-d0f44dc7ba2a","itemLanguage":"en","itemVersion":3,"layoutId":"ae753eb4-a035-40b4-83bf-4b4438df6742","templateId":"683910db-02ba-40ba-92e7-726c880160a9","templateName":"ArticleJSS","placeholders":{"jss-main":[{"uid":"232bb7e9-289f-492d-a916-2b6185e44a84","componentName":"ArticleTemplate","dataSource":"","fields":{"data":{"articleTemplate":{"title":{"jsonValue":{"value":"Building supportive ecosystems for Black-owned US businesses"}},"sEOTitle":{"value":""},"description":{"jsonValue":{"value":"The right business ecosystems can mitigate or negate the effects of structural obstacles to business building for Black business owners\u0026mdash;and add $290 billion in business equity."}},"sEODescription":{"value":""},"displayDate":{"jsonValue":{"value":"2020-10-29T00:00:00Z"}},"body":{"value":"[[DownloadsSidebar]]\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEntrepreneurship and business ownership\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026mdash;particularly of community-based businesses\u0026mdash;are crucial ways to develop community wealth, for both business owners and the people they employ. Healthy Black-owned businesses could be a critical component for closing the United States\u0026rsquo; \u003ca href=\"/industries/public-sector/our-insights/the-economic-impact-of-closing-the-racial-wealth-gap\"\u003eBlack\u0026ndash;white wealth gap\u003c/a\u003e, which we project will cost the economy $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion (in 2018 dollars) per year by 2028. The COVID-19 crisis, however, has further stressed Black-owned businesses and may cause the racial wealth gap to widen. This gap includes a $290 billion\u0026mdash;and growing\u0026mdash;opportunity to grow overall wealth by achieving revenue parity between Black- and white-owned businesses in addition to providing aid to small and medium-size businesses (SMBs)\u0026mdash;those with up to 500 employees\u0026mdash;with nonwhite owners.[[Footnote 1]]\u003c/p\u003e\n[[MostPopularArticles 5]]\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"/industries/social-sector/our-insights/covid-19-investing-in-black-lives-and-livelihoods\"\u003eBlack business owners\u003c/a\u003e have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic-linked economic downturn, partly because they were more likely to already be in a precarious position, including more likely to be located in communities with business environments that are more likely to produce poor business outcomes. Indeed, about 58 percent of Black-owned businesses were at risk of financial distress before the pandemic, compared with about 27 percent of white-owned businesses.[[Footnote 2]] The pandemic contributed to tipping 41 percent of Black-owned US businesses into closure from February to April 2020.[[Footnote 3]] More than 50 percent of the owners of surviving Black businesses surveyed in May reported being very or extremely concerned about the viability of their businesses. This concern may be linked to having a more difficult time accessing credit since the COVID-19 crisis began; 36 percent of Black business owners responding to the survey said they had experienced this, compared with 29 percent of all respondents.[[Footnote 4]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack Americans have never had an equal ability to reap the benefits of business ownership. While about 15 percent of white Americans hold some business equity, only 5 percent of Black Americans do. Among those with business equity, the average Black American\u0026rsquo;s business equity is worth about 50 percent of the average American\u0026rsquo;s and a third of the average white American\u0026rsquo;s (Exhibit 1).[[Footnote 5]]\u003c/p\u003e\n[[Exhibit 1]]\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"/industries/public-sector/our-insights/covid-19s-effect-on-minority-owned-small-businesses-in-the-united-states\"\u003eBlack-owned businesses\u003c/a\u003e also tend to earn lower revenues in most industries and are overrepresented in low-growth, low-revenue industries such as food service and accommodations.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003ca href=\"/industries/public-sector/our-insights/the-economic-impact-of-closing-the-racial-wealth-gap\"\u003egap in business activity\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;contributes to an overall lower level of prosperity for Black families: the median white family\u0026rsquo;s wealth is more than ten times the wealth of the median Black family\u0026rsquo;s. This disparity is also a lost opportunity for the US economy as a whole. If existing Black-owned businesses reached the same average revenue as their white-owned industry counterparts (excluding publicly held companies), the result would be an additional $200 billion in recurring direct revenues, which could equal about $190 billion in additional GDP, or a roughly 1 percent increase in 2017 GDP. (For our analytical approach, see sidebar \u0026ldquo;Quantifying the impact of revenue parity.\u0026rdquo;)\u003c/p\u003e\n[[Sidebar 1]]\n\u003cp\u003eBefore the pandemic, the average American held 15.3 percent of his or her wealth in business equity, with a mean value of $147,000. SMBs constituted 99 percent of US businesses and were responsible for 62 percent of the net increase in private-sector jobs from 1993 to 2017.[[Footnote 6]] Entrepreneurship and an ability to start new businesses matter significantly here, as more than 50 percent of this net increase was the result of the formation of new businesses, defined as those less than 3.5 years old.[[Footnote 7]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur analysis mapped barriers throughout the entrepreneurial pathway: ideation and starting up, sustaining, scaling, and exiting (see sidebar \u0026ldquo;Entrepreneurial pathway: Building a business, from ideation to exit\u0026rdquo;).\u003c/p\u003e\n[[Sidebar 2]]\n\u003cp\u003eWe focus here on the systemic barriers that hinder Black entrepreneurs\u0026rsquo; efforts to ideate and start and sustain local businesses\u0026mdash;that is, community-based SMBs that are part of existing supply chains.[[Footnote 8]] We then outline interventions that can counteract the effects of these obstacles, particularly opportunities for coordinated efforts. Indeed, US institutions need to repair Black business owners\u0026rsquo; trust in the business ecosystem\u0026mdash;particularly in companies in financial and business services.[[Footnote 9]] This historic lack of trust may be slowing business creation; research shows that Black business owners may believe that they need to be better qualified than their white counterparts: 30 percent of Black owners of employer firms (businesses with at least one paid employee) hold an advanced degree, which is true of 22 percent of their white peers.[[Footnote 10]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA silver lining of COVID-19 and the racially charged violence in 2020 may end up being that some large companies have now launched programs to support Black-owned businesses: a major social media company dedicated $40 million in grants to support Black-owned US businesses with 50 or fewer employees[[Footnote 11]]; a financial services firm pledged $1.15 billion, including $350 million in procurement spending on Black-owned businesses, to close the racial wealth gap.[[Footnote 12]] However, these individual actions will not in themselves be enough to effect the needed change. For this work to have a systemic impact, entire business ecosystems will need to be involved. Once successful, however, this effort would benefit not only the US economy but US society as a whole.\u003c/p\u003e\n[[PullQuote 1]]\n\u003ch2\u003eBarriers to business building for Black entrepreneurs\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the business-building process, Black business owners face economic, market, sociocultural, and institutional barriers, which are all linked to racial discrimination in the United States. Economic barriers relate to disempowerment and the costs of low starting levels of capital\u0026mdash;for individuals, families, and communities. Market barriers result from unaddressed needs, often related to challenges of access\u0026mdash;to capital, expertise, and services. Sociocultural barriers encompass the biased and exclusionary ways in which Black entrepreneurs are more likely to be blocked from gaining social capital, such as helpful relationships that make up business networks. Finally, institutional barriers are supported by the systems in which Black-owned businesses operate and include factors as basic as their locations.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIdeating\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack entrepreneurs tend to make decisions in the business-ideation stage that are likely to keep their businesses small. Black entrepreneurs generally pursue businesses in less lucrative sectors. Only five industries represent employer businesses (that is, businesses that employ paid employees) owned by 74 percent of Black women business owners and 62 percent of Black male business owners: healthcare and social assistance; professional, scientific, and technical services; administrative support and waste management services; construction; and transportation and warehousing (Exhibit 2).[[Footnote 13]]\u003c/p\u003e\n[[Exhibit 2]]\n\u003cp\u003eThese sectors represent only 20 percent of business revenues overall. Meanwhile, although wholesale businesses represent 24 percent of business revenues, only 1 percent of Black women and 2 percent of Black men who are entrepreneurs are in the sector (see sidebar \u0026ldquo;Uphill climb for Black women in entrepreneurship\u0026rdquo;).[[Footnote 14]]\u003c/p\u003e\n[[Sidebar 3]]\n\u003cp\u003eLocation can also limit Black entrepreneurs\u0026rsquo; business potential. Sixty-five percent of Black Americans live in 16 states that are below the US average on indicators of economic opportunity.[[Footnote 15]] Within their communities, Black Americans are also disproportionately concentrated in \u003ca href=\"/industries/public-sector/our-insights/the-economic-impact-of-closing-the-racial-wealth-gap\"\u003eeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods\u003c/a\u003e. Black entrepreneurs from these communities are less likely than their white peers to have exposure and access to lucrative business opportunities.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack entrepreneurs might also lack access to the networks and relationships that could help them make optimal business decisions. Research on New York\u0026ndash;based start-ups shows that founders who are mentored by top-performing entrepreneurs are three times more likely than their co-located peers without mentors to become top performers themselves.[[Footnote 16]] Outside the start-up world, a knowledgeable contact may help a prospective entrepreneur make decisions such as whether to buy a franchise for up-front capital or to build an independent business.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrucially, Black entrepreneurs struggle more to secure capital and access to credit. Even with strong personal credit, Black business owners and other entrepreneurs from marginalized groups are about half as likely as their white counterparts to receive full financing.[[Footnote 17]] Friends and family may not be able to contribute capital either. Most Black families surveyed said that they didn\u0026rsquo;t know anyone who could lend them $3,000.[[Footnote 18]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStarting up and sustaining\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe focus of the start-up and sustain phases of entrepreneurship should be on ensuring the business\u0026rsquo;s survival and increasing its profitability. However, Black entrepreneurs\u0026rsquo; mistrust of institutions\u0026mdash;based on their experiences and knowledge of the United States\u0026rsquo; history of discrimination\u0026mdash;can make them wary of using potential resources outside their communities. Combined with a lack of informal and geographic connections to such resources\u0026mdash;including venture-capital networks\u0026mdash;this tendency can isolate Black entrepreneurs from potential sources of support.[[Footnote 19]] (For an overview of the public sector\u0026rsquo;s attempts at closing the gap between Black- and white-owned businesses\u0026mdash;and their pitfalls\u0026mdash;see sidebar \u0026ldquo;Legislating for more equitable business outcomes.\u0026rdquo;)\u003c/p\u003e\n[[Sidebar 4]]\n\u003cp\u003eOnly 4 percent of Black American businesses survive the start-up stage, even though 20 percent of Black Americans start businesses.[[Footnote 20]] Even if they survive the start-up stage, Black-owned businesses still disproportionately struggle with debt and raising capital in addition to challenges such as a lack of helpful relationships in the business community. Indeed, participants in focus groups said that they feel that their race\u0026mdash;and sometimes age and gender\u0026mdash;makes loan officers hesitant to lend to them.[[Footnote 21]] Such obstacles make Black-owned businesses less likely to survive and grow.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStart-up capital is associated with better business performance,[[Footnote 22]] but Black entrepreneurs have less of it. Black entrepreneurs start their businesses with about $35,000 of capital, white entrepreneurs $107,000.[[Footnote 23]] As a partial consequence, Black-owned businesses report higher levels of debt relative to revenues. Almost 30 percent of Black-owned businesses spent more than 50 percent of their revenues to service their debt in 2019.[[Footnote 24]] Indeed, Black entrepreneurs are three times as likely as white entrepreneurs to say that a lack of access to capital negatively affects their businesses\u0026rsquo; profitability and almost twice as likely to cite the cost of capital.[[Footnote 25]] This lack of capital occurs even though the requirements for Black applicants are more stringent. In one study, 73 percent of Black loan applicants were asked to provide financial statements for their businesses, compared with 50 percent of white applicants with comparable profiles. In addition, 31 percent of Black applicants were asked to provide their personal W-2 forms. No white applicants received such a request.[[Footnote 26]]\u003c/p\u003e\n[[PullQuote 2]]\n\u003cp\u003eThese interactions with financial institutions are consistent with findings that nonwhite ownership of a business is a strong predictor of loan denial outside of majority-nonwhite communities.[[Footnote 27]] However, simply being located in a co-ethnic market\u0026mdash;where community members, customers, and business owners are of the same ethnicity\u0026mdash;results in lower revenue, even for businesses of comparable quality.[[Footnote 28]] Indeed, research shows that even when they have better Yelp reviews, businesses in majority-Black communities have lower revenues than those outside majority-Black communities. Black-owned businesses are in a double bind that results in missing revenues.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack entrepreneurs can also have difficulty accessing expertise and business services. Black owners of employer firms, which are more likely to benefit from services such as legal and financial advisory, are less likely to seek them out. Only 58 percent of Black owners sought professional services, for reasons including expense, inaccessibility, and mistrust, compared with 70 percent of white owners.[[Footnote 29]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBusiness networks can support Black entrepreneurs, but Black entrepreneurs are less likely to know and hear about relevant networks that can help support and promote their businesses. Indeed, Black entrepreneurs are likely to be excluded from receiving information about high-potential opportunities, even though focus-group participants said that they would like to connect with a variety of business professionals and mentors. This \u003ca href=\"/industries/public-sector/our-insights/the-economic-impact-of-closing-the-racial-wealth-gap\"\u003eexclusion\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;translates into fewer connections to formal hubs,[[Footnote 30]] such as banks and venture-capital funds, and from informal networks. One sign of this disconnection is that corporate and government procurement programs that target Black-owned businesses tend to be underused. The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) found in 2016 that Black-owned businesses saw less utilization relative to their availability than white-owned businesses did in the same industries. The median share of contract dollars awarded to Black-owned businesses across five key industries\u0026mdash;architecture and engineering, construction, goods and supplies, professional services, and other services\u0026mdash;was 4 to 44 percent of contractors\u0026rsquo; availability, compared with 49 to 61 percent for white-owned businesses.[[Footnote 31]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe aggregate barriers to starting and sustaining a Black-owned business translate structural bias into less access to capital, lower revenue, and dimmer prospects for business growth. The mainstream financial system\u0026rsquo;s role in those barriers has helped to maintain Black Americans\u0026rsquo; distrust of the financial sector as well as fear of debt.[[Footnote 32]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eInterventions\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInsufficient access to capital, knowledge, and support\u003c/strong\u003e ultimately leaves many Black entrepreneurs less economically mobile and limits the potential of entrepreneurship to grow wealth for Black families and communities. Interventions to tackle these barriers will require public-, private-, and social-sector stakeholders to evaluate current business ecosystems and rebuild them to be equitable and more supportive for Black business owners. In particular, local anchor institutions such as hospitals and universities can take the lead on collaborating with the public and social sectors to coordinate the work of disparate organizations. Local economic-development institutions, community development financial institutions, chambers of commerce, and other government agencies such as the Small Business Administration or MBDA are already engaged in these activities. But because anchor institutions are tethered to their communities, they stand to reap long-term benefits from investing in more equitable\u0026mdash;and healthier\u0026mdash;business communities.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndeed, this work requires instituting policies that create more equitable outcomes in addition to assuring equitable access to capital. Black leaders\u0026rsquo; input can help create positive experiences and build Black entrepreneurs\u0026rsquo; trust in institutions and ecosystems that have felt exclusionary. In addition, the private and social sectors should help Black-owned businesses build capabilities and facilitate knowledge sharing. Expanded opportunities for mentorship (advisory) and sponsorship (advocacy) can further solidify bonds between Black entrepreneurs and other stakeholders in business ecosystems.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eImplement policies that produce equitable outcomes\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe public, private, and social sectors can all participate in removing institutional barriers for Black-owned businesses. Stakeholders could ensure that laws, policies, and practices are designed to produce equitable opportunities and outcomes.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePolicy makers, industry groups, affinity groups, and coalitions of stakeholders could enforce laws and policies aimed at preventing inequitable processes and outcomes. After a review of the current laws and policies and their effects, stakeholders could consider updating antidiscrimination policies. Crucially, stakeholders could set up\u0026mdash;or support\u0026mdash;internal and external watchdog groups dedicated to creating research on equity in processes and policy outcomes.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition, procurement practices, especially at anchor institutions and large organizations, can evolve to be more inclusive of Black-owned businesses. Besides dedicating funds to procurement from Black-owned businesses, large organizations could simplify their minority-supplier certification processes so that they can take on new suppliers more quickly. Organizations should also dedicate funding to supplier-development programs that can help Black-owned suppliers better participate in supply chains.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce their supplier programs are established, organizations should track their procurement spending with important categories of suppliers and make the data more widely available to track progress and promote accountability. For instance, one North American bank committed to tracking its spending with diverse suppliers, the number of minority-certified suppliers it engages, and the number of requests for information and proposals to these suppliers.[[Footnote 33]] This work is especially urgent during the pandemic-linked economic crisis, and entities that have an interest in keeping business ecosystems vibrant may be able to lead the effort.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEnable equitable access to capital\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo overcome economic barriers, Black-owned SMBs need direct investment or in-kind equity contributions, including grants, subsidies, loans, and revenue-participation agreements. Direct investment is especially important during the COVID-19 crisis. Our analysis suggests that an additional $7.6 billion to $15.4 billion in liquidity for Black-owned SMBs in the 2020\u0026ndash;21 time frame\u0026mdash;less than 3 percent of the $659 billion authorized under the Paycheck Protection Program\u0026mdash;could preserve 460,000 to 815,000 jobs,[[Footnote 34]] for an average of $9,325 to $33,478 per job.\u003c/p\u003e\n[[PullQuote 3]]\n\u003cp\u003eThe public and private sectors\u0026rsquo; immediate priority during the COVID-19 economic crisis has been to provide SMBs with grants and loan deferrals. However, increasing the availability of financial resources, particularly start-up and expansion capital, for Black entrepreneurs, will be crucial to improving business owners\u0026rsquo; experience and replenishing the pipeline of growing businesses. For example, banks, conventional and social-impact investors, foundations, and public programs could make more capital available to Black-owned businesses. Possible programs include ones that make extending capital to Black-owned businesses less risky through measures such as guaranteeing funds and programs that help entrepreneurs from marginalized backgrounds acquire more capabilities. A short-term counterweight to the effects of bias in the loan process could be conducting fewer in-person transactions. Indeed, Black entrepreneurs are already more likely to borrow online, where their race may be less salient.[[Footnote 35]] A program for small-business investment companies that provides high-growth small businesses with capital and R\u0026amp;D funding could also accelerate the growth of Black-owned businesses that hold intellectual property and may foster Black entrepreneurship in high-growth industries.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA network of volunteer professional services providers and coaches could help Black-owned businesses navigate the process of attaining loans, grants, and other affordable capital, including from large corporations and nonprofit organizations.[[Footnote 36]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to continuing the long-term project of cultivating Black leaders in positions of influence on capital funding, cross-sector entities could convene and support a consortium of Black fund managers to participate in issuing and managing debt and equity investments in small businesses. The SBA already licenses small-business investment companies that guarantee funds that invest in SMBs. Increasing the share of Black fund managers in this program and simultaneously investing in Black managers\u0026mdash;and the pipeline of Black leaders\u0026mdash;in the private sector could have compounding effects.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBuild business capabilities and facilitate knowledge sharing\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo overcome market barriers, Black-owned SMBs need support for building capabilities and sharing a greater amount of knowledge. Black service providers, compensated by organizations working to support equity in entrepreneurship, can lead these capability-building efforts. This work would protect and strengthen Black-owned businesses and build business networks with Black-owned SMBs as hubs.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe private and social sectors\u0026mdash;particularly anchor institutions\u0026mdash;could provide resources, including help with reskilling and upskilling Black-owned businesses\u0026rsquo; workers, to make Black-owned SMBs nimbler. For instance, a major social-media platform built a resource hub to provide businesses with industry-specific information they could use during the pandemic. Similarly, on-the-job training and free web-based courses are both resources that can be easily shared among multiple\u0026mdash;indeed, many\u0026mdash;businesses. Business-services providers could also facilitate digital transformations to help businesses identify new market opportunities.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, digital capabilities will increase Black entrepreneurs\u0026rsquo; share of opportunities, but the corresponding business services are long-unmet needs. Many Black-owned businesses lack the resources to hire service providers that can help them digitize their businesses, but private-sector and social-sector organizations can provide free technology services and managerial assistance. Free or subsidized installation, tech support, and staff training can help Black-owned businesses acquire more digital capabilities and become more able to share this knowledge with other Black-owned businesses in their communities.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eExpand opportunities for mentorship and sponsorship\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRepresentation and participation in networking, mentorship, and sponsorship programs can help Black entrepreneurs overcome some sociocultural barriers. The private sector should take the lead by building more inclusive teams. Managers at every level should consciously develop\u0026mdash;and sponsor the careers of\u0026mdash;more Black leaders to counteract the effects of structural bias. Indeed, only about 3 percent of current Fortune 100 company CEOs are Black, and fewer than 4 percent of leaders with responsibility for departments\u0026rsquo; profit and loss\u0026mdash;roles that tend to accelerate career progression\u0026mdash;are Black.[[Footnote 37]] Moreover, unconscious bias can affect mentorship and sponsorship, because humans tend to gravitate toward mentoring people they view as similar to themselves.[[Footnote 38]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCommunity programs can help Black entrepreneurs connect with role models and commercial networks that can help Black prospective entrepreneurs pursue business ownership with more confidence and support. For instance, the private and social sectors could facilitate networking and partnerships between established businesses and compatible start-ups.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr /\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn investment in more business ecosystems that provide Black business owners equitable access to resources and opportunities can unlock part of the $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion in annual GDP that would come from closing the racial wealth gap. More important, by making social and economic institutions supportive of a wider swath of people, stakeholders can rectify the mistrust that has developed between Black entrepreneurs and institutions. That restorative effect, along with economic gains, could be a step forward for US society.\u003c/p\u003e"},"isFullScreenInteractive":{"boolValue":false},"hideStickySocialShareBar":{"boolValue":false},"desktopID":{"value":""},"mobileID":{"value":""},"desktopURL":{"value":""},"mobileURL":{"value":""},"desktopPaddingPercentage":{"value":""},"mobilePaddingPercentage":{"value":""},"desktopOverrideHeight":{"value":""},"mobileOverrideHeight":{"value":""},"cerosOembedURL":{"value":""},"cerosRenderMode":{"targetItem":null},"cerosBackgroundColor":{"targetItem":null},"hideByLine":{"boolValue":false},"tableOfContentsTitle":{"value":"TABLE OF CONTENTS"},"accessStatus":{"targetItem":{"key":{"value":"RegisteredUsers"},"value":{"value":"Registered Users"}}},"articleType":{"targetItem":{"displayName":"Article"}},"hasSpecialReport":{"boolValue":false},"contentType":{"targetItem":{"displayName":"Article"}},"sourcePublication":{"targetItem":{"name":"McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility","displayName":"McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility","title":{"value":"McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility"},"relatedlinks":{"url":"/bem/overview"},"landinglinks":{"jsonValue":{"value":[]}}}},"externalPublication":{"value":""},"mobileReady":{"boolValue":true},"forClientsOnly":{"boolValue":false},"excludeFromClientLink":{"boolValue":false},"originalPublishDate":{"jsonValue":{"value":"2020-10-29T00:00:00Z"}},"footnotes":{"value":"\u003col\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eOur estimate of the wealth-building opportunity is based on an additional $200 billion per year in revenue for Black-owned businesses that attain revenue parity. We assumed that US private companies\u0026rsquo; enterprise value is 2.54 times annual revenue and applied a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43. These assumptions translate the $200 billion revenue increase to $290 billion in additional business equity. Andr\u0026eacute; Dua, Deepa Mahajan, Ingrid Mill\u0026aacute;n, and Shelley Stewart, \u0026ldquo;\u003ca href=\"/industries/public-sector/our-insights/covid-19s-effect-on-minority-owned-small-businesses-in-the-united-states\"\u003eCOVID-19\u0026rsquo;s effect on minority-owned small businesses in the United States\u003c/a\u003e,\u0026rdquo; May 27, 2020; Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Part 121\u0026mdash;Small Business Size Regulations, October 5, 2020, sba.gov.\n \u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eClaire Kramer Mills and Jessica Battisto, \u0026ldquo;Double jeopardy: COVID-19\u0026rsquo;s concentrated health and wealth effects in Black communities,\u0026rdquo; Federal Reserve Bank of New York, August 2020, newyorkfed.org.\n \u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eRobert Fairlie, \u0026ldquo;The impact of COVID-19 on small business owners: Evidence of early-stage losses from the April 2020 current population survey,\u0026rdquo; Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, working paper 20-022, May 2020, siepr.stanford.edu.\n \u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eMcKinsey \u0026amp; Company COVID-19 US SMB Financial Pulse Survey, n = 1,004; responses collected May 8\u0026ndash;13, 2020, from small and medium-size businesses with less than $500 million in annual revenue.\n \u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eMcKinsey Survey of Consumer Finances, 2019.\n \u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u0026ldquo;Frequently asked questions,\u0026rdquo; US Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, October 2017, sba.gov.\n \u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eFor more on what constitutes an SMB and for a data set on US SMBs, see \u0026ldquo;Size standards tools,\u0026rdquo; US Small Business Administration, sba.gov; and \u0026ldquo;Frequently asked questions,\u0026rdquo; US Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, August 2017, sba.gov.\n \u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe same systemic obstacles affect Black entrepreneurs who lead potentially high-growth start-ups, which merit their own future discussion.\n \u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eA business ecosystem is a network of entities that collaborate and compete to produce a product or service.\n \u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e2016 annual survey of entrepreneurs\u003c/em\u003e, US Census Bureau, census.gov.\n \u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSheryl Sandberg, \u0026ldquo;How we\u0026rsquo;re supporting Black-owned businesses,\u0026rdquo; Facebook, August 19, 2020, fb.com.\n \u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eChauncey Alcorn, \u0026ldquo;Citi is spending $1.15 billion to help close America\u0026rsquo;s racial wealth gap,\u0026rdquo; CNN Business, September 23, 2020, cnn.com.\n \u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e2012 survey of business owners\u003c/em\u003e, US Census Bureau, census.gov; 2016 annual survey of entrepreneurs, US Census Bureau, census.gov.\n \u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e2012 survey of business owners\u003c/em\u003e, US Census Bureau, census.gov; 2016 annual survey of entrepreneurs, US Census Bureau, census.gov.\n \u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e2017 American community survey\u003c/em\u003e, US Census Bureau, census.gov; Leading States Index, 2018, McKinsey.com.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eRhett Morris, \u0026ldquo;Mentors are the secret weapons of successful startups,\u0026rdquo; TechCrunch, March 22, 2015, techcrunch.com.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e2016 small business credit survey: Report on minority-owned firms\u003c/em\u003e, Federal Reserve, November 30, 2017, fedsmallbusiness.org. Minority population includes Black, Hispanic, and Asian-American business owners. \u0026ldquo;Based on self-reported business credit score or personal credit score, depending on which is used to obtain financing for their business. If the firm uses both, the highest risk rating is used. \u0026lsquo;Low credit risk\u0026rsquo; is an 80\u0026ndash;100 business credit score or 720+ personal credit score.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat resources do families have for financial emergencies? The role of emergency savings in family financial security\u003c/em\u003e, Pew Charitable Trusts, November 2015, pewtrusts.org; and Lisa J. Dettling et al., \u0026ldquo;Recent trends in wealth-holding by race and ethnicity: Evidence from the survey of consumer finances,\u0026rdquo; Federal Reserve Board, September 27, 2017, federalreserve.gov.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eVenture networks can be especially geographically concentrated. See also Michael S. Barr, \u003cem\u003eMinority and women entrepreneurs: Building capital, networks, and skills\u003c/em\u003e, Policy Proposal 2015-031, The Hamilton Project, March 9, 2015, ww.hamiltonproject.org.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eGlobal Entrepreneurship Monitor, 2017, gemconsortium.org; Dow Jones VentureSource, 2018.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSponsored by a major US financial institution, the focus groups were conducted in May 2019. Researchers recruited both Black and non-Black entrepreneurs in Atlanta, Detroit, New York, and Oakland. The entrepreneurs\u0026rsquo; reported business revenues were $100,000 to $1 million.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u0026nbsp;Brian Headd, \u0026ldquo;Redefining business success: distinguishing between closure and failure,\u0026rdquo; Small Business Economics, Volume 21, Number 1, August 2003, pp. 51\u0026ndash;61, springer.com.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eRobert Fairlie, Alicia Robb, and David T. Robinson, \u0026ldquo;Black and white: Access to capital among minority-owned startups,\u0026rdquo; Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, working paper 17-003, February 2017, siepr.stanford.edu.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\t McKinsey \u0026amp; Company COVID-19 US SMB Financial Pulse Survey, n = 1,004; responses collected: May 8\u0026ndash;13, 2020, from small and medium-size businesses with less than $500 million in annual revenue.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\t Alicia Robb and Arnobio Morelix, \u003cem\u003eStartup financing trends by race: How access to capital impacts profitability\u003c/em\u003e, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, October 2016, kauffman.org.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\t Sterling A. Bone et al., \u0026ldquo;Shaping small business lending policy through matched-pair mystery shopping,\u0026rdquo; \u003cem\u003eJournal of Public Policy \u0026amp; Marketing\u003c/em\u003e, February 26, 2019, journals.sagepub.com.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eTimothy Bates and Alicia Robb, \u003cem\u003eLoan availability among small businesses operating in urban minority communities\u003c/em\u003e, Reserve System Community Development Research Conference, April 11, 2013. frbatlanta.org.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\t Rachel S. Shinnar, Michael B. Aguilera, and Thomas S. Lyons, \u0026ldquo;Co-ethnic markets: Financial penalty or opportunity?\u0026rdquo; \u003cem\u003eInternational Business Review\u003c/em\u003e, Volume 11, Issue 6, December 2002, pp. 646\u0026ndash;58.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\t 2016 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, \u0026ldquo;Providers of Business Advice or Mentoring,\u0026rdquo; US Census Bureau, census.gov. For more on Black entrepreneurs\u0026rsquo; higher levels of mistrust, see \u0026ldquo;The tapestry of Black business ownership in America: Untapped for success,\u0026rdquo; Association for Enterprise Opportunity, 2016, aeoworks.org.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\t Robb and Morelix, \u003cem\u003eStartup financing trends by race: How access to capital impacts profitability\u003c/em\u003e; Transparent Collective, transparentcollective.com.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\t\t\u0026ldquo;Contracting barriers and factors affecting minority business enterprises: A review of existing disparity studies,\u0026rdquo; Minority Business Development Agency, mbda.gov.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\t 2018 Annual Business Survey, US Census Bureau, census.gov. For more on inclusion in the financial services sector, see Aria Florant, JP Julien, Shelley Stewart, Nina Yancy, and Jason Wright, \u0026ldquo;\u003ca href=\"/industries/social-sector/our-insights/the-case-for-accelerating-financial-inclusion-in-black-communities\"\u003eThe case for accelerating financial inclusion in black communities\u003c/a\u003e,\u0026rdquo; February 25, 2020.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\t\t\u0026ldquo;Supplier diversity at RBC,\u0026rdquo; Royal Bank of Canada, rbc.com.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\t\u0026ldquo;The CARES Act provides assistance to small businesses,\u0026rdquo; US Department of the Treasury, treasury.gov.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\t Cameron Costa, \u0026ldquo;Minority entrepreneurs at a tipping point as Black-owned banks dwindle in the U.S.\u0026rdquo; CNBC, August 25, 2020, cnbc.com.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\u0026ldquo;Verizon small business recovery fund,\u0026rdquo; Local Initiatives Support Corporation, 2020, lisc.org.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\t David F. Larcker and Brian Tayan, \u003cem\u003eFortune 100 C-suite organizational charts\u003c/em\u003e, Corporate Governance Research Initiative, Stanford Graduate School of Business, February 2020, gsb.stanford.edu.\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e\t Alexandra E. Petri, \u0026ldquo;When potential mentors are mostly white and male,\u0026rdquo; Atlantic, July 7, 2017, theatlantic.com.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e"},"contributoryPractice":{"targetItems":[{"displayName":"Public \u0026 Social Sector"},{"displayName":"McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility"},{"displayName":"SHaPE"}]},"aboutTheAuthors":{"value":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Baboolall\u003c/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eNina Yancy\u003c/strong\u003e are consultants in McKinsey\u0026rsquo;s New York office; \u003cstrong\u003eKelemwork Cook\u003c/strong\u003e is a consultant in the Cleveland office; \u003cstrong\u003eNick Noel\u003c/strong\u003e is a consultant in the Washington, DC, office; and \u003ca href=\"/our-people/shelley-stewart\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShelley Stewart\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u0026nbsp;is a partner in the New Jersey office. \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors wish to thank Katie Chen, Michael Chui, JP Julien, Mike Kerlin, 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