Across the UK and Republic of Ireland, it is against the law to carry a knife or an offensive weapon in a public place unless you have a good reason. If police think you are carrying an offensive weapon they can stop and search you. Exception.
The total today stands right around 5,000. About 5.7 million small businesses have employees, and private companies account for between 56% and 63% of Americaâs GDP. Small business employs about half the people in the workforce, and account for about 86% of companies with 500 or more employees, according to Forbes. Small business is big business.
According to the census bureau there are about 6,000,000 companies in the US. About 6,000 of them are public which means we can say for all intents and purposes that there are 6,000,000 private companies. Approximately 42,000,000 out of 120,000,000 are employed by companies with less than 100 employees.