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.
In this case you would filter by retail trade and establishments in the US. According to the 2007 economic census, there are 715K firms with 1.1 million establishments that net a total of $3.9 trillion in sales. Source: American FactFinder - Results.