Consumers are the main job creators, for without the consumer there would be no jobs. If a person is an auto mechanic, for example, she can fix cars . . . and she does not need to work for a company to do this. All she needs is a consumer who requires her services. Conversely, without consumers no company can exist.
For the most part, service companies are merely "middlemen" who ultimately raise the price of services. The consumer might be paying $50 an hour for "shop labor," but the mechanic only gets $25 an hour.
Without consumers there would be no jobs, period. But without companies there would still be a demand for services. Labor exists without capital, but capital is entirely dependent upon labor. Labor is therefore independent of, and superior to, capital.
But unless they have money, citizens cannot be consumers. This is why the best and simplest solution to a stifled economy is ensuring sufficient income for consumers.
Given sufficient income, a citizen becomes a consumer, and will create jobs with or without a company.
It's time we stopped kidding ourselves about companies being "job creators" when the need for labor stems from the consumer, not the company.