NEW STATE PROFILES published by the U.S. Small Business Adminsitration show Rhode Island gained a net 226 small businesses from March 2019 to March 2020.
PROVIDENCE – On the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rhode Island increased the total number of state small businesses but lost jobs over the prior year, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2021 state profile. The latest state profile published on Aug. 30 is based on a number of government economic data sources, all…