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M/WBE Availability in the City of Cleveland’s Market Area
As shown in Table 4.19, of the 1,195 establishments interviewed, 971 (81.3 percent) were owned
by nonminority males. Clearly, a large majority of unclassified businesses in the Baseline
Business Universe are nonminority male-owned. Nevertheless, the survey results indicate that
18.7 percent are not nonminority male-owned. Among the latter, the largest group was
nonminority female-owned (14.6 percent), with descending size shares accounted for by African
American-owned (2.3 percent), Native American-owned (0.67 percent), Hispanic-owned (0.59
percent), and Asian/Pacific Islander-owned (0.50 percent). As in the survey of Listed M/WBEs,
misclassification was also observed within each industry stratum, as shown in Table 4.20.
Table 4.20. Unclassified Businesses Survey—By Industry Grouping
Listed M/WBE By
NAICS Grouping
Percentage Actually
Nonminority
Male-owned
Percentage M/WBE
Number of Businesses
Interviewed
NAICS 236-A 90.26 9.74 121
NAICS 237-A 88.37 11.63 172
NAICS 238-A 82.47 17.53 154
NAICS 3 OR 42-A 81.16 18.84 69
NAICS 48 OR 49-A 75.38 24.62 65
NAICS 44 OR 45-A 89.53 10.47 86
NAICS 54-A 82.91 17.09 158
NAICS 5 BUT NOT
NAICS 54-A
79.07 20.93 43
NAICS 6 OR 7-A 69.57 30.43 46
NAICS 8-A 71.01 28.99 69
NAICS 11 OR 22-A 78.95 21.05 19
NAICS 1 OR 2-B 65.22 34.78 23
NAICS 3 OR 42-B 75.68 24.32 37
NAICS 44 OR 45-B 65.22 34.78 23
NAICS 48 OR 49-B 80.95 19.05 21
NAICS 5-B 72.22 27.78 36
NAICS 6 OR 7-B 81.25 18.75 32
NAICS 8-B 52.38 47.62 21
All NAICS Codes 81.26 18.74 1,195
Source and Notes: See Table 4.18.
As with the survey of listed M/WBEs, the race and gender status of unclassified businesses was
changed, if necessary, according to the survey results. For example, if an interviewed business
that was originally unclassified indicated that it was actually nonminority male-owned, then that
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