TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A new report shows women are approaching parity with men on owning businesses in Kansas.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that about 70,900 businesses in the state were at least 51 percent owned by a female in 2014. That means 42 percent of the roughly 168,700 businesses the Secretary of State’s office had on record in September were owned by women.

Kansas saw businesses owned by women grow by close to 30 percent between 1997 and 2014. While that was one of the lowest rates in the country, it still represented a substantial change relative to total business growth in those years.

Most businesses owned by women are relatively small, with 70,900 businesses employing only an estimated 73,300 people in Kansas. Sales this year were estimated at about $10.5 billion.