Houston and extending area's, including The Woodlands, was ranked #4 in the Nation for Women Owned businesses.
| Rank1 | Geographic Area Name | Number of women-owned firms | Number of women-owned employer firms | RSE of no of firms (%) | RSE of no of empl firms (%) |
| 1 | New York city, NY | 251,021 | 28,279 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Los Angeles city, CA | 117,713 | 15,634 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Chicago city, IL | 68,580 | 7,803 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Houston city, TX | 51,564 | 8,435 | 4 | 5 |
32% of women-owned firms operated in Health Care and Social Assistance, Houston was rated #1, as America's Best Hospitals - Cancer, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, U.S News & World Report - July 2008.
Wholesale and Retail trade accounted for 38.2 percent of women-owned business revenue.
Fastest Job Growth (04/07 to 04/08) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment - May 28, 2008.
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