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About 13% of U.S. families owned a business in 2019, and they tended to have higher incomes and greater wealth overall than families without a business. Business ownership also rises with income.
![4.5% of families with incomes in the 20th percentile or less had business equity. 37% of families in the 90th to 100th percentile had business equity.](
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Source: 2019 Survey of Consumer Finances, Federal Reserve Board, 2020