Atlanta ranks #5 among the best large metros in the U.S.

for women entrepreneurs in 2026, with a business formation rate of 2,716 per 100,000, the highest in the top five. 🎉⁠ ⁠ October is Women’s Small Business Month, and AWF believes that entrepreneurship becomes accessible when the conditions that make it possible are in place. Since 2017, our funding has helped create over 400 new women-owned businesses in metro Atlanta. 💛⁠ ⁠ The city is brimming with remarkable women who are making waves in entrepreneurship, business, and beyond, and many of those women have navigated barriers that don’t show up in the headline figures. ⁠ ⁠ This month, we celebrate them. ⁠ ⁠ Source: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Business Survey and Business Formation Statistics⁠ ⁠ #WomensSmallBusinessMonth #WomenInBusiness #AWF #AtlantaWomensFoundation #EmpowerWomen #SupportLocal