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Shutdowns harm small business - insights from NSBA's latest survey prove it.

NSBA is privileged to help lead small-business owners through regulatory complexity and reshape policy to improve growth and job creation, and we look forward to driving more with our survey insights.

NSBA remains dedicated to supporting small business as AI and technology continue to reshape realities for America's most important economic community. Published in partnership with Reimagine Main Street and Public Private Strategies Institute.

Uncertainty and growing lack of confidence in economic outlook for Small-Business owners according to insights from NSBA's latest Economic Survey data.

It is imperative Small Businesses are afforded tax stability, predictability, and permanency, not to mention parity, with larger entities.

Among the key data: the average small-business owner is looking at compliance costs for CTA of nearly $8,000 - in the first year alone.

Our report found that, although small business is continuing to fight back from the pandemic, confidence and economic outlook remain much lower than pre-pandemic levels.

NSBA has conducted its third COVID-19-related survey with the goal of providing the real-world implications of the pandemic and economic downturn and its likely long-term effects. This survey was taken among 630 small-business owners June 16-23.

This survey was conducted online among more than 980 small-business owners from April 15-18.

According to NSBA data from as far back as 1993, there is a clear correlation to a small-business owner’s ability to hire and his/her ability to get financing.

No surprises: Payroll taxes and income taxes were ranked the top two most burdensome taxes for small businesses.

For this report, NSBA partnered with ZipRecruiter, the fastest-growing online employment marketplace, connecting millions of small- and mid-sized business owners with job seekers through innovative mobile, web, and email services.

When it comes to confidence in their own business, the findings showed positive gains, however not quite to the level as the positive gains in overall economic outlook.

Among the most compelling data in the survey, we found that the average small-business owner is spending at least $12,000 every year on regulations, and nearly one-in-three spends more than 80 hours each year dealing with federal regulation.

How small firms do business globally.

A moratorium on noncompete/nondisclosure agreements may be causing more grief than good for small-business owners nationwide.

In light of the recent Silicon Valley Bank collapse, NSBA polled its small-business community on its banking needs and challenges.

With 86 percent of small businesses anticipating either a flat or recessionary economy today, the highest this indicator has been since 2011 at the height of the great recession, it is clear there is a true need for policy changes affecting the nation's small-business community.

Every two years, prior to a national election, NSBA publishes its Politics of Small Business Survey. This year, as in past years, we found that small-business owners continue to be extremely engaged. Download this report to learn more.

Small Businesses are working in different ways, relying more and more on digital connections and working to ensure their business can survive another major disruption.

The 2020 Politics of Small Business Survey showed small-business owners’ political allegiances deepening, mirroring our nation’s growing political divide. Download this report to learn more.