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 3.D.4:  How Small is a “Small” ATP Firm?
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Small companies (fewer than 500 employees) participate in over three-fourths of projects funded between 1993 and 2004.

  • Three in ten small firms had fewer than 10 employees
  • Nearly half of all small firms had fewer than 20 employees
  • More than four in five small firms had fewer than 100 employees

ATP Awards to 620 Small-Firm Participants by Size-Class: 1993-2004
How Small is "Small".

Factsheet 3.D4 (February 2005)

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