Arizona Business Reference
Six sourceable figures that help put Arizona's privately held business economy in perspective. Every number below carries its reporting year and direct source.
Last updated October 16, 2026. Latest source profile: 2025.
Small businesses are not a side note in Arizona's economy. They employ a substantial share of the state's private workforce and include the owner-led companies where questions of growth, succession, valuation, and a future sale become personal. These figures are useful context, not a valuation or a prediction of transaction outcomes.
The U.S. Small Business Administration's 2025 Arizona profile reports this count for the state, using the latest underlying Census business-count data available to the profile. Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 2025 Arizona profile.
This is the share reported in the 2025 Arizona Small Business Profile. Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 2025 Arizona profile.
The 2025 profile reports the total number of employees working for Arizona small businesses. Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 2025 Arizona profile.
This is the employment share reported in the 2025 Arizona Small Business Profile. Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 2025 Arizona profile.
The profile reports 28,101 establishment openings and 21,351 closings during this period. Small businesses accounted for 26,603 openings and 19,993 closings. Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 2025 Arizona profile.
Small businesses contributed 80,016 of the state's 94,137 net new jobs between March 2023 and March 2024, according to the profile's employment-dynamics data. Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 2025 Arizona profile.
Methodology and Sources
This page reports figures from the U.S. Small Business Administration's 2025 Arizona Small Business Profile. The profile compiles the latest available federal data, including Census business-count data and Bureau of Labor Statistics employment-dynamics data. We keep reporting periods visible because official business data is released on a lag.
For the full state profile collection, see the SBA Office of Advocacy's 2025 Small Business Profiles. For broader business-count research, the U.S. Census Bureau also publishes annual Statistics of U.S. Businesses and Nonemployer Statistics datasets.
Cite this page: Nova Capital Advisors, “Arizona Small Business Statistics: Latest Available Data,” updated October 16, 2026, https://novacapitaladvisors.net/arizona-small-business-statistics.
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