evidence: Black businesses do not lack for quality or service compared to their white-owned counterparts. What Black businesses lack is investment, which is reflected in their size and revenue. According to our analysis, roughly 96% of Black-owned businesses are sole proprietorships (unincorporated businesses owned and operated by one individual) compared to 79.9% of non-Black-owned businesses. Employer businesses (firms with more than one employee) are much more likely to participate in multifaceted infrastructure projects like those proposed in the Biden plan. Sole proprietorships need significant investment and growth before they can do the same. [...] For Black businesses to truly benefit from the Biden infrastructure plan, its investments must reach the sectors and places where those businesses operate. [...] President Biden’s jobs plan intends to "reconnect neighborhoods cut off by historic investments" and "redress historic inequities." It can do this by building capacity in Black businesses and Black communities. By investing in the development of Black firms and employing them in infrastructure projects, the plan will enable the Black community to participate in its own recovery. Growing Black sole proprietorships and converting them to employer businesses is a key first step before this vision can be realized.