Only 6.9 percent of these home-based businesses had $250,000 or more in receipts, while 57.1 percent of home-based businesses brought in less than $25,000. About 23.8 percent of employer respondent businesses and 62.9 percent of nonemployer respondent businesses were home-based.haracteristics of Businesses. 1  In 2007, more than half of women-owned businesses (58.2 percent) and equally men-and women-owned businesses (58.1 percent) were home-based; for businesses owned by men, the figure was 49.1 percent.