27 Million: The Number of Local Businesses In The U.S.

We have spotted some interesting stats on small businesses in the past- we spotted this today:

"The company cites figures from BIA/Kelsey stating that local online advertising was a $19.6 billion business in 2010 and there are 27 million local businesses in the U.S. The implication is that Yelp has plenty of opportunity in the market to scale up."

Statistics Source: Mashable