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Sensis® Business Index

The quarterly Sensis® Business Index has been tracking SME confidence and behaviour since February 1995. It surveys 1,800 metropolitan and regional SMEs from areas such as manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, hospitality, construction, communication, property, business services, health, community services, cultural and recreational industries.

Its primary objectives are to: 

  • track SME activity over the past quarter
  • track expectations over both the current three and 12-month periods, and
  • measure overall SME confidence.

Its secondary objective is providing an independent, objective assessment of the experiences and attitudes of SMEs on key issues.

Each report below will open as an Adobe Acrobat file in a new window.

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  • Sensis® Business Index - August 2010

    August 2010

    Australian business confidence improved slightly during the last quarter, however, it is still substantially below the levels it was this time last year. The outcome of the federal election and a decrease in demand are among the issues giving Australian small businesses reason to worry, according to the Sensis® Business Index released today.

     

    National and State Media:
    National / ACT / NSW / NT / SA / VIC / QLD / TAS / WA

    pdf icon August 2010 Sensis Business Index (439.48kB)

  • Sensis® Business Index - June 2010

    June 2010

    Australia has experienced a record fall in business confidence during the quarter, surpassing the declines experienced during the height of the Global Financial Crisis, according to the Sensis® Business Index released today.

    National and State Media

    pdf icon June 2010 Sensis Business Index (433.59kB)

  • Sensis® Business Index - March 2010

    March 2010

    Australian small businesses are being hit in both directions, with supply and demand variables impacting operations, according to the March Sensis® Business Index released today.

    pdf icon  March 2010 Sensis Business Index (400.21kB)

    National and Regional Media:
    National / ACT / NSW / NT / SA / VIC / QLD / TAS / WA

  • Sensis Business Index - December 2009

    December 2009

    Australian business confidence has returned to the high levels enjoyed prior to the economic downturn, according to the Sensis® Business Index released today. A third quarter of growth in business confidence has resulted, albeit at a slower rate than the previous two quarters. Business confidence is now at the highest level in Australia since August 2007.

    pdf icon December2009_SensisBusinessIndex (428.98kB)

  • Sensis® Business Index - September 2009

    September 2009

    Small businesses are more optimistic about Australia's economic direction than they have been in more than a decade, according to the Sensis® Business Index released today. The report says expectations about the future state of the economy grew strongly during the quarter, as did business confidence and business performance.

    pdf icon Sepetmber 2009 Sensis Business Index (370.71kB)

For more information on the Sensis® Business Index

For further information about commissioning Sensis to produce a report, please call:

Christena Singh, Report Author
Sensis Insights
03 8653 4896