VeloCity - December 2025

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

OKLAHOMA RANKED #1 BEST STATE FOR NATIVE AMERICAN OWNED BUSINESSES Native American Owned Business Metrics

ESTIMATED PERCENT OF NAO EMPLOYER BUSINESSES

DENSITY OF NAO BUSINESSES WITHIN NATIVE POP.

PERCENT OF NAO SMALL BUSINESSES

# OF NATIVE TRIBES

RANK

STATE

9.7%

6.9%

39

1

OKLAHOMA

6.0%

6.2%

4.2%

22

2

NEW MEXICO

2.1%

11 .1%

5.8%

229

3

ALASKA

3.8%

1 .1%

6.6%

1

4

RHODE ISLAND

0.5%

1 .5%

5.7%

18

5

NEVADA

0.9%

Source:B2B Reviews Best States for Native American-Owned Small Businesses 2025; U.S. Small Business Administration Small Business Profiles for Sates; U.S. Census Bureau ABS (2022) and NES-D (2022)

• “B2B Reviews” Ranks Oklahoma the #1 Best state for Native American Owned Business • 6% of all firms in OK (with employees) are Native American Owned, which is 7.5 times greater than the national average

• OK has the 3rd highest density of Native American owned businesses • Oklahoma has 39 Native tribes ranking it 3rd in this metric

For comprehensive Economic Indicator and Regional Data, please visit your Greater Oklahoma City Chamber Economic Development Division at www.greateroklahomacity.com/economicindicators or contact Eric Long, Research Economist, at 405-297-8976; elong@

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Get regional demographic data, consumer expenditure information, labor force data for the Greater Oklahoma City Region and more at greateroklahomacity.com.

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