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Highlighting Several African-American Female Owned Companies

Jennifer "Jay" Palumbo
5 min readApr 2, 2021

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According to a 2017 study by The Nielsen Company, African-American women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the United States.

In 1972, women-owned approximately 4.6% of businesses in America. As of 2019, women now own 42% of companies. Another encouraging insight is while female-owned companies grew 21% from 2014 to 2019 overall, African American Women Companies grew double that rate. Women of color accounted for almost half of all females who owned businesses.

According to a 2017 study by The Nielsen Company, African-American women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the United States. In a continued effort to highlight women, the article below shares several small businesses founded and managed by black-owned female entrepreneurs. Please take a moment and get to know these companies!

Female-Led Companies to Check Out

While more than half of business owners are inspired to open a company to be their own boss, 26% of owners started their own company to pursue a passion. As you’ll see from the list below, this seems to be the case for most of them.

Melanin Haircare was founded by two sisters Whitney and Tafetta White

Melanin Haircare was founded by two sisters Whitney and Tafetta White; the black-owned brand strives to create accessible products that are…

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Jennifer "Jay" Palumbo
Jennifer "Jay" Palumbo

Written by Jennifer "Jay" Palumbo

CEO of Wonder Woman Writer, Freelance Writer & Women’s Health Advocate. Has written for Parents Magazine, Time Magazine, Huffington Post, and ScaryMommy.

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