Table Data - Small Business Credit Survey: Operated at a Profit: Employer Firms

Title Small Business Credit Survey: Operated at a Profit: Employer Firms
Series ID SBCSS7B0V0FRB
Source Federal Reserve Banks (Fed Small Business)
Release Small Business Credit Survey
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Percent
Date Range 2016-01-01 to 2025-01-01
Last Updated 2026-06-11 1:22 PM CDT
Notes The Small Business Credit Survey (SBCS) is an annual survey of firms with fewer than 500 employees that is fielded from approximately September through November each year. The SBCS is not a random sample; results should be analyzed with awareness of potential biases that are associated with convenience samples.

This series is based on the question: “At the end of [YYYY], was your business operating at a profit, break-even, or loss?” with the response options of “At a profit, At a break-even, At a loss, or Unsure or decline to answer” and is the share of firms operating at a profit through the end of the calendar year prior to the survey year.

See SBCS questionnaires for detailed information on the questions in the survey.
DATE VALUE
2016-01-01 55
2017-01-01 57
2018-01-01 57
2019-01-01 57
2020-01-01 65
2021-01-01 35
2022-01-01 45
2023-01-01 47
2024-01-01 46
2025-01-01 47

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