Main Street Wednesday – Small Biz Income Up, Bankruptcies Down

September 10, 2014

By Bob Coleman
Editor, Coleman Report

CRPMGraph091014Says SBA’s Office of Advocacy Economist Brian Headd in his second quarter 2014 report.

Overall small business indicators are improving.

Promising signs include rising proprietors’ income (Figure 1), a low level of business bankruptcies (Figure 2), and establishment births consistently outnumbering establishment deaths (Figure 3).

Private-sector employment is also showing positive signs. The bulk of net new employment is taking place in relatively large gains of 20 or more employees (Figure 4). These net employment gains are coming from existing establishments (Figure 5).

While the number of establishment births has been rising in recent years, the average employment of these new establishments is in a long-term declining trend (Figure 6).

However, the two most recent quarters show an uptick in size.

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