Cities ranked higher than San Diego also are more populated. The growth rate of women-owned businesses in San Diego is reflective of development across the United States. San Diego is neither far ahead nor behind the average rate of growth for women-owned businesses. But San Diego is unique in many ways because we're a hotbed for new companies. Cunningham says he read a report of reasons people come to San Diego and the lifestyle they're looking for in a city is consistent with business ownership.
Many people come here from somewhere else.
Her organization provides monthly educational forums for its members where community experts discuss issues such as obtaining capital, marketing and networking. Women-owned businesses involve most areas of San Diego's economic life. Service firms account for 58 percent of women-owned businesses. A distant second is retail, representing 16 percent of women-owned businesses. Following at 12 percent is the category of finance, insurance and real estate.