Across the UK and Republic of Ireland, it is against the law to carry a knife or an offensive weapon in a public place unless you have a good reason. If police think you are carrying an offensive weapon they can stop and search you. Exception.
The total today stands right around 5,000. About 5.7 million small businesses have employees, and private companies account for between 56% and 63% of Americaâs GDP. Small business employs about half the people in the workforce, and account for about 86% of companies with 500 or more employees, according to Forbes. Small business is big business.
New York has 1,779,932 small businesses, according to the most current federal data available. Of those 1,779,932 small businesses in New York, 477,260 have employees. The remaining 1,302,672 are New York small businesses that have no employees. These small business statistics for New York do not include all self-employed individuals working in New York.