More than 25,000 small businesses in inner cities across the country have annual revenues between $5 million and $100 million. These companies are typically smaller but more profitable than the average U.S. small business. Their locations and the demographic trends in their communities often provide competitive advantages. Based on third-party and proprietary research, we believe that the market is even larger.

• Inner City 100 companies* average $20 million in annual sales and a 5-year growth rate over 700%.
• These are active companies: more than 90% are profitable, 65% are considering an acquisition, 23% are considering raising substantial equity capital, 19% are considering a merger, and 15% are considering a business sale.
• They have limited access to capital but a substantial need: over 90% of small business finance is debt-based.
• The performance of these companies is impressive: debt investments default at half the rate of the average small business rate and one-third the average rate of large businesses.

* The Inner City 100 is an ICIC-Inc. Magazine ranking of the nationís fastest growing small businesses.