Owners and Managers
» Owners and Managers, Volume 8, Issue 8, 2008
9. How long have you operated this business?
| Response | Owner/ Managed |
Managed |
All Employing Small Businesses |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | < 3 years | 8 | 15 | 9 |
| 2 | 3 - 4 years | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| 3 | 5 - 9 years | 18 | 22 | 19 |
| 4 | 10 - 19 years | 29 | 24 | 28 |
| 5 | 20 - 29 years | 19 | 15 | 18 |
| 6 | 30 years or more | 16 | 11 | 15 |
| 7 | DK\Refuse | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Total (%) | 100 | 99 | 99 | |
| N | 3600 | 660 | 4511 | |
Notes: Seventeen (17) percent of owner/managed, employing small businesses, 25 percent of managed, employing small businesses, and 26 percent of all employing small businesses have been operated by the present manager less than three years (Q#9).
