Easily compare small business data with chartbooks
What will you discover?
Analyzing small business data across firm and owner characteristics can provide a helpful framework for understanding business experiences and credit outcomes. The 2024 Firms in Focus chartbooks are now available.
Business characteristic chartbooks
Dive into our survey data around the size, industry, credit risk, and age of the business.
Owner demographic chartbooks
Explore small-business data shown by the owner's characteristics, like the owner's age, gender, race and ethnicity, and more.
Geographic location chartbooks
Find out the issues facing small businesses across the most-represented states and cities in our survey.
2024 Report on Employer Firms
Firm revenue and employment growth held mostly steady between 2022 and 2023 but lagged prepandemic levels. Application rates for financing declined, and approvals remained little changed.
2023 Report on Startup Firms Owned by People of Color
Startup firms owned by people of color were more likely than white-owned startups to expect to add employees in next year but less likely to be approved for financing.
2023 Report on Nonemployer Firms
Nonemployer firms are less likely to be profitable than their employer firm counterparts, and they face more substantial challenges accessing credit.