View Crudup-Ward Women's Business Center Brochure - Side 1 Crudup-Ward Women's Business Center Brochure - Side 2 QUICK FACTS *BETWEEN 1997 AND 2002, THE NUMBERS OF WOMEN-OWNED FIRMS OVERALL INCREASED BY 19.8 PERCENT AND OF WOMEN-OWNED EMPLOYER FIRMS, BY 8.3 PERCENT. *THE 7,240 WOMEN-OWNED FIRMS WITH 100 EMPLOYEES OR MORE ACCOUNTED FOR $275.0 BILLION IN GROSS RECEIPTS OR 34.2 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL RECEIPTS OF WOMEN-OWNED EMPOYER FIRMS IN 2002. *Lourey, Ying. (2006). Women in Business, 2006 A demographic review of women’s business ownership. SBA