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Open the full storeVeteran business, by the numbers
National Invest In Veterans Week® is about veteran-owned businesses. Here is what the public data shows, from the SBA VetCert snapshot of October 4, 2026.
Where veteran firms are and what they do
Pulse size and speed follow the value shown. States with fewer than 30 certified firms are not shaded. Tap or click a state for details.
The shape of the veteran business base
Top 10 states by certified firms
Top industries, share of firms
One keyword-estimated primary category per firm.
When firms started
Share of all certified firms by the year each reports starting.
Who owns them
Share of certified firms with a public location.
- 2021South Carolina: bill introduced Feb 4 and adopted Feb 11, in 7 days.
- 2022Douglas County, Oregon proclaims the week.
- 2023-2026Montana proclaims the week four years running.
- 2026Pennsylvania Senate resolution.
Pattern, not proof: start-year gains beside proclamations do not show cause. The 2027-and-beyond projector lives on the dataset page.
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Data: SBA VetCert snapshot of 2026-10-04 (aggregates only, no firm names), published proclamations and cited research. Counts cover certified firms with a public location (34,319 of 42,114). Jobs and employee counts are not in this data. This page is a data view, not a live news feed.