A new report finds that Washington, D.C. ranks No. 3 for cities which saw growth in the number of women who opened businesses in 2023 compared to the previous year. The District saw a 25% rise in women opening businesses, which ranks it behind only Miami (31%) and first place, Austin (34%).
The report, conducted by Yelp, used business-opening data with the “women-owned” identity attribute on a business’ account.
“I feel like the city is just full of very ambitious, capable and really intelligent people in general, but especially women,” said Holley Simmons, owner of She Loves Me, a flower shop in D.C.’s Eckington neighborhood.
Simmons, a former writer for The Washington Post, said she made the jump from being a journalist to an entrepreneur after she was told she couldn’t take time off.
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