
This indicator reports the number of Florida firms within each major industry category that are experiencing financial stress. Financial stress represents a business's likelihood of experiencing financial stress over the next twelve months, such as seeking legal relief from creditors, going into receivership or reorganization or withdrawing from business operations without paying creditors in full.
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This indicator reports the number of Florida firms that have an annual U.S. sales volume between $1,000,000-$49,999,999 and have experienced 100% + employee growth over the last three years.
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This indicator reports the number of Florida small businesses that are experiencing high, medium and low levels of financial stress. A small business designation is defined by the Small Business Administration size standards and financial stress represents a business's likelihood of experiencing financial stress over the next twelve months, such as seeking legal relief from creditors, going into receivership or reorganization or withdrawing from business operations without paying creditors in full.
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The purpose of the Small Business Index Survey is to track trends and issues affecting small businesses in Florida. Small business owners are surveyed quarterly in order to monitor small business trends and identify emerging issues that may be addressed by the Florida Chamber’s Small Business Council.
The fourth quarterly survey was conducted June 28, 2011 through July 15, 2011. The survey was e-mailed to small businesses in Florida and distributed by local chambers of commerce throughout the state. The Small Business Index Survey received 357 unique responses. Forty-seven percent of respondents had less than 10 employees; twenty-four percent employ between 10 and 40 employees; and twenty-seven percent have between 41 and 500 employees.
This survey is a nonscientific random sampling of small business owners in Florida.