Results: 2026 Economic Outlook

Each year, the National Small Business Association (NSBA) conducts a comprehensive survey of small businesses across the country to provide critical data on how the small-business community in the U.S. is faring. Now in its 20th year, the NSBA Small Business Economic Report has been broadly cited on key indicators including economic outlook, business confidence, growth, hiring, financing, policy and a host of other key indicators. Each year we focus on a particular issue facing America’s small-business community, and this year we focused on federal trade policy. ​​