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PA Governor Corbett Expands State Contracting Opportunities for Veteran Owned Small Businesses

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania’s Governor Tom Corbett recently announced new efforts to provide equal footing for small businesses and small veteran-owned businesses in competing for state contracting opportunities and bidding as prime contractors. Announcing the creation of the Small Business Procurement Initiative and the expansion of the Small Diverse Business Program, Corbett praised the contributions of small businesses to the… Read more

Veteran Owned Businesses By State

Veteran-owned firms had sales/receipts of $1.220 trillion, 5.793 million employees, and annual payroll of $210 billion. Employer firms were responsible for 92.3 percent of the receipts, Personal and business credit cards were also $1.126 trillion. Nearly one third of all veteran-owned firms were in two industry groups: construction and professional, scientific, and technical services. By industry, finance and insurance had… Read more