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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 - March 2013

    April 2013

    The latest results found a significant improvement in the confidence levels of Australian SMEs with confidence now stronger than at the same time last year, according to the March 2013 Sensis Business Index released today.

    National, state and territory media releases
    National / NSW / VIC / QLD / WA / SA / NT / TAS / ACT

  • Sensis Business Index - November 2012

    November 2012

    Signs of optimism for the outlook of Australian small and medium businesses are beginning to show, with some business operators reporting confidence that the economy will be stronger a year from now, backed up by improvements in sales and profitability, according to the November Sensis Business Index released today.

    National, state and territory media releases
    National/ NSW / VIC / QLD / WA / SA / NT / TAS / ACT

    pdf icon  Sensis Business Index - November 2012 (416.94kB)

  • Sensis Business Index - September 2012

    September 2012

    Confidence levels of Australian small and medium businesses have declined for the third consecutive quarter according to the September Sensis Business Index released today. The quarterly Business Index survey of 1800 businesses found that while 50 per cent of

    businesses said they were confident about their prospects, a further 33 per cent said they were concerned – representing a six percentage point fall in confidence since the last survey.

    National, state and territory media releases
    National / NSW / VIC / QLD / WA / SA / NT / TAS/ ACT

    pdf icon  Sensis Business Index - September 2012 (410.80kB)

  • Sensis Business Index - June 2012

    June 2012

    Australian business confidence continues to fall because of weak consumer spending, according to the June Sensis® Business Index released today. Looking ahead, small businesses are expecting a further weakening in sales and profits over the next 12 months. A small improvement in employment is anticipated in the short term, but no change over the medium term.

    National, state and territory media releases
    National / NSW / VIC / QLD / WA / SA / NT / TAS / ACT
    pdf icon  June 2012 Sensis Business Index (421.55kB)

  • Sensis Business Index - March 2012

    March 2012

    The March 2012 Sensis® Business Index saw business confidence amongst SMEs weaken, falling two percentage points to a net balance of 25 per cent. Businesses cited people not spending, a decrease in business and a vulnerability to global economic conditions as reasons for weaker confidence this quarter.

    National, state and territory media releases
    National / NSW / VIC / QLD / WA / NT / SA / ACT / TAS

    pdf icon Sensis Business Index March 2012 (437.86kB)

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