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Where veteran business pulses
The week is about investing in veteran entrepreneurs. This map shows every state, built from the official SBA certification record of 34,319 veteran-owned firms with a public location. Counts only. No company names.
Pulse size and speed follow the value shown. States with fewer than 30 firms are not shaded. Tap a state for details.
Momentum in charts
Certified firms by the year they started
Firms started each year, 2020 to 2026
Who owns them
Biggest industries (estimated)
The week gets recognized
- 2021
South Carolina: bill introduced Feb 4, adopted Feb 11, 2021, in seven days. - 2022
Douglas County, Oregon proclamation. - 2023 TO 2026
Montana proclaims the week four years running. - 2026
Pennsylvania Senate resolution. - EVERY MARCH 1 TO 7
National Invest In Veterans Week®.
Proclamations and start-year gains appear together. That is a pattern, not proof that one caused the other.
Your state’s impact card
Figures come from the SBA certification database snapshot of 2026-10-04 (aggregates), published proclamations and the datasets on investinveteransweek.com. The ticker is a data ticker, not a news feed. Store, checkout and shipping are run by Spreadshop. Veteran Business Super Intelligence℠.