“A recent study found 800 small businesses a day are closing across the country,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) wrote Saturday on Twitter.
While some questioned the declaration, Klobuchar was citing a study by Yelp. “As of August 31, 163,735 total U.S. businesses on Yelp have closed since the beginning of the pandemic (observed as March 1), a 23% increase since July 10.” Yelp estimated that 60% of those closed businesses are not reopening, saying 97,966 are permanently closed, which means more like 500 businesses shuttered each day.
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