The 2.9m home-based entrepreneurs who trade in Britain are predominantly female, according to a report [PDF] from Enterprise Nation and Direct Line for Business.
Of those surveyed in the report, 64% were women, with the West Midlands boasting the highest concentration of female entrepreneurs at 83%. Young children were part of the picture, however only 28% of female respondents answered that they had children under the age of 10. According to the survey, the most popular sector for female home-based entrepreneurs to work in is the creative services.