A global survey report by the OECD published in 2004, Women's Entrepreneurship: Issues and Policies, indicated that in 2002 some 28 % of the 23 million businesses in the US were headed by women (6.4 million). The situation in Canada was even more startling. Between 1981 and 2001, the number of female-led companies grew by 208 %, while male-led companies grew by only 38 %.
2004 年 OECD 一份調查全球「女性企業：議題與政策」的報告指出，2002 年，美國 2300 萬家企業中，女性佔 28 %（達 640 萬家）；加拿大的情況更是驚人，1981 年至 2001 年，女性創業成長率高達 208％，男性只有 38％。