March is Women’s History Month.

NewsChannel 13 will be featuring many of the women who own and run businesses throughout the Capital Region.

According to U.S. Census Bureau data from December 2024, there were 5.9 million employer firms in the United States. Around 1.3 million were owned by women – that’s just over 22.3%. 

Women-owned businesses had an estimated $2.1 trillion in receipts, 11.4 million employees and $508.5 billion in annual payroll.

Here in the Capital Region, women have a big impact on the bottom line.

According to the Albany Business Review, since April of 2022, 448 women-owned businesses qualified as Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises. By the end of 2024, that number had climbed to 571 – a 27% increase over just two years.

Here is the list of businesses:

1. CMA Consulting Services, Latham
2. Kasselman Electric Co., Menands
3. Knowledge Builders Inc., Albany
4. Airosmith Development, Saratoga Springs
5. Empire Education Corp., Albany
6. Repeat Business Systems Inc., Albany
7. Accustaff (Rafferty Enterprises Inc.), Albany
8. JMZ Architects and Planners, Glens Falls
9. Hoosick Valley Contractors, Melrose
10. Bonded Materials Inc., Scotia
11. Ryan Biggs Clark-Davis Engineering & Surveying, Clifton Park
12. Extreme Molding, Menands
13. Empire Meeting Solutions,
14. Machinick Builders, Green Island
15. Brawn Media, Albany
16. Paradigm Capital Management, Albany
17. Docstrats, Rensselaer
18. Envision Architects, Albany
19. Plaza Travel Center, Latham
20. Alchair Printing, Troy
21. Putnam Market, Saratoga Springs
22. Fusco Personnel, Latham
23. Computer Visions, Albany
24. MH Professional Engineering, Ballston Lake