Owners and Managers
» Owners and Managers, Volume 8, Issue 8, 2008
8. Compared to your competitors over the last three years, do you think the overall performance of your business in terms of sales and net profits makes it a:?
| Response | Owner/ Managed |
Managed |
All Small Employing Businesses |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | High performer | 17 | 26 | 19 |
| 2 | Somewhat high performer | 21 | 23 | 22 |
| 3 | Moderate performer | 41 | 33 | 40 |
| 4 | Somewhat low performer | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Low performer | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| 6 | Haven’t been in business three years | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | DK/Refuse | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Total (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
| N | 3600 | 600 | 4511 | |
Notes: Seventeen (17) percent of owner/managed, employing small businesses, 26 percent of managed, employing small businesses, and 19 percent of all employing small businesses were high performers over the last three years compared to their competitors (Q#8).
