What would your local economy look like if the share of Black-owned businesses was at parity with the share of Black residents? The Black Business Parity Dashboard is a data tool to help answer this question in order to envision more prosperous and equitable cities across the nation. The Center for Community Uplift examines this potential through Black-owned employer businesses (those with at least one employee), because they indicate that a business has grown and is creating community wealth beyond an individual owner.
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This dashboard uses the latest data from the Census Bureau’s Annual Business Survey to show how many businesses and jobs would be created, as well as the increase in revenue and wages (shown in annual payroll), if Black business ownership was at parity with the overall share of Black residents in a given metro area.
Community members, policymakers, and advocates are encouraged to use this dashboard to understand the economic impact of increasing the number of Black-owned employer businesses.
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