PhillyInc

Home is where the … business is — at least for women. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 56 percent of women-owned businesses are based in their homes.
In the Philadelphia metropolitan area, which includes parts of New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, women own more than 165,000 businesses which generate $34 billion in sales and employ 214,000, according to statistics from Center for Women’s Business Research.
Among the nation’s top 50 metropolitan areas, the Philadelphia regions is ranked sixth in employment and seventh in sales generated by women-owned business. — Jane M. Von Bergen