SurveySmallUSA
47.3%
of US small employer firms operated at a profit in 2024
Sample: 6,525 small employer firms; 95% confidence interval +/- 1.9 points.
SurveyUpdated 23 Oct 2026
51%of US small employer firms had their funding needs met in 2025; 34% had a financing shortfall
51% of US small employer firms had their funding needs met in 2025; 34% had a financing shortfall (Sep-Nov 2025, Federal Reserve Banks, Small Business Credit Survey)
SurveyChecked at source, 23 Oct 2026SmallUSASmall business · Finance
In plain words
What this number really says
51% of US small employer firms had their funding needs met in 2025; 34% had a financing shortfall (Sep-Nov 2025).
51%
the latest figure (Sep-Nov 2025)
Small
company size covered
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type of source
Why you can trust it. Federal Reserve Banks, Small Business Credit Survey: survey, sampled survey with a published method. 6,525 small employer firms, convenience sample weighted to Census data.
Key facts
- Period Sep-Nov 2025
- Region USA
- Company size Small
- Next data Yearly
Source: Federal Reserve Banks, Small Business Credit Survey, Sep-Nov 2025
Method and use
How it was measured, and how to use it
How it was measured
- Publisher
- Federal Reserve Banks, Small Business Credit Survey
- Source type
- Survey: Sampled survey with a published method
- What it measures
- 51% of US small employer firms had their funding needs met in 2025; 34% had a financing shortfall
- Data period
- Sep-Nov 2025 (ends 14 Nov 2025)
- Published by the source
- 3 Mar 2026
- Who is counted
- 6,525 small employer firms, convenience sample weighted to Census data.
- In the source's words
About half of firms had their funding needs met, either with or without external financing; about one-third faced a funding gap despite applying for financing
- Checked at source
- 23 Oct 2026: Read in the 2026 Report on Employer Firms PDF; chart "Funding needs and outcomes" shows 51% funding needs met, 34% financing shortfall, 15% unmet needs.
- Reuse
- Free to quote with credit. Convenience sample, not random; cite "Federal Reserve Banks, Small Business Credit Survey".
- Next expected update
- Yearly (Federal Reserve Banks, yearly)
- Original page
- www.fedsmallbusiness.org: Small Business Credit Survey
- Data files
- CSV · JSON (stable links)
Full change log
No changes recorded yet. First checked at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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Federal Reserve Banks. (2026). 51% of US small employer firms had their funding needs met in 2025; 34% had a financing shortfall. Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/small-business/small-business-funding-needs-met
MLA
"51% of US small employer firms had their funding needs met in 2025; 34% had a financing shortfall." Federal Reserve Banks, Small Business Credit Survey, Sep-Nov 2025. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/small-business/small-business-funding-needs-met.
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51% of US small employer firms had their funding needs met in 2025; 34% had a financing shortfall, for Sep-Nov 2025, according to Federal Reserve Banks, Small Business Credit Survey. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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