Ask HN: How many startups exist in the US?
Any idea, estimations, links? How many are web-startups?
Key facts from http://www.sba.gov/advo/stats/sbfaq.pdf
* 99.9% of all US businesses < 500 employees
* 29.7 million total businesses in US
* Approximately 600,000 new businesses start per year (and that number is relatively constant)