Lending gap narrows for women business owners, but it's still 31% less than for men
March 07, 2019 at 09:00 AM EST
The number of women-owned businesses that applied for funding in 2018 increased by 13 percent, according to an annual study of 30,000 companies nationwide by Biz2Credit. But the research also revealed that the average size loan for women-owned businesses was 31 percent less than for male-owned businesses.