Small Business Data

Survey Respondents on Small Business Issues

Survey	Date	Labor Markets	Capital	Sales	General Outlook	Data
SBET February 2016	February 2016	42% of businesses in the survey report few or no qualified applicants for a position that they were trying to fill	4% of small business owners surveyed reported that company borrowing needs were not met	11% cite weak sales as their principal business problem	Spending and hiring plans fell as expectations for growth in real sales volumes declined	(N=2194, Data was obtained from membership files of the NFIB)
Small Business Owner report	Fall 2015	67% planned to hire 12+ employees within 2015	46% of small businesses surveyed cite credit availability as their primary concern	28% of businesses say they will use recently acquired funding to develop a new product or service within the next year	56% say they expect the US economy to improve within the next 12 months 72% of small businesses expect their revenue to increase for the year	(N=1,001 small business owners in the US with annual revenue $100,000<x<$4,999,999 and employing between 2<x<99 employees)
WellsFargo survey	January 2016	26% of small businesses expect to hire in Q1 2016 66% of businesses expect the number of jobs to stay the same 11% of businesses say that hiring and retaining qualified staff is their most pressing problem	19% of businesses responded that obtaining credit was difficult 5% of say cash flow and financial stability as the company's biggest problem 4% of businesses surveyed speculate credit availability may be prohibiting company growth	14% experienced difficulty attracting customers in Q1 2016 38% of businesses surveyed stated a positive revenue increase in Q1 2016	67% of small businesses regard their financial situation as good or very good in Q1 2016 71% expect a positive financial future within the next 12 months 8% of small businesses say that the economy is the principal problem their business is facing	(N=600 small business owners in Q1 2016)
WSJ survey	January 2016	54% of businesses surveyed said they expect firm size to increase	40% of businesses reported that they expect their firm's fixed investment expenditures to increase during the next 12 mo.	73% report an expected sales increase within the year 54% of firms expect their profitability to improve	Investments in new plant and equipment have fallen to their lowest level in more than two years 20% of firms expect the economy to worsen in the year ahead—the highest level in more than two years.
NY Fed Survey	2014	27% of businesses reported an increase in their full time staff 15% reported a decrease in their full time staff 58% of respondents reported no change in their employee base	23% of businesses reported 10-25K of debt 62% of businesses had applied for <100K of financing 41% responded they'd sought financing from a large regional bank	35% of respondents reported increasing revenues and positive profitability 23% of businesses said they'd experienced difficulty in attracting customers	29% of businesses reported personal savings as their primary financing source 29% of businesses operated at a loss 13% of respondents said the increasing costs of running their business was their principal concern	10 states of coverage: Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee with businesses <500.

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