Confidence Higher Among Business Buyers Than Consumers in May

71.6% of respondents ‘more or much more likely’ to start a business now than three months ago

Likelihood of starting business now compared to three months ago

NORFOLK, Va., June 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — While measures of consumer sentiment have been declining recently, optimism about starting a business remains solid. Despite war headlines, stock market declines and inflation woes, 78% of aspiring business owners surveyed in May were resolute about starting their businesses within the coming six months. Not surprisingly, 76.6% of these survey respondents see business conditions about the same or getting better in the next three months. Currently, 67.4% of would-be entrepreneurs agree or strongly agree that “now is a good time to start a business,” according to the Small Business Startup Sentiment Index™ by FranchiseInsights.com.

The most recent Startup Sentiment Index™ survey was conducted May 19-26, 2022.

Additional highlights:

• Future business conditions: In an acknowledgment of how good business conditions are now, only 29.1% of respondents believe that in three months, business conditions will be “better” or “much better” than now. And 47.5% see conditions “about the same” in three months.

• Access to funding: The percentage of entrepreneurs concerned about finding adequate funding eased to 68.7%, while those seeing funding “harder or much harder” to obtain in the next three months jumped to 47.7%.

• Demographics: In May, 50% of respondents were currently employed full-time, and 20.1% were current business owners seeking an additional business. Gen-X (53.7%) and Gen-Y “Millennials” (26.1%) were the largest age cohorts, and “Baby Boomers” followed at 18.7%, with Gen-Z trailing at 1.5%.

“Entrepreneurs are some of the most optimistic people on earth,” says Hunter Stokes, president of FranchiseVentures. “The appeal of business ownership is strong despite whatever the current headlines may be.”

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Download a copy of the May 2022 FranchiseInsights.com SSI report here. See excerpts from prior SSI™ surveys and subscribe to receive the Small Business Startup Sentiment Index™ monthly report when it is released.

The Small Business Startup Sentiment Index™ is based on a monthly survey of individuals who recently inquired about businesses or franchises for sale on the digital assets of FranchiseVentures.

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