IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A survey by QuickBridge, a privately-held, leading financial services firm offering small business loans to businesses nationwide, states 83 percent of business owners expect their business sales to increase over the next year. The Q4 survey data assessed small business owners’ expectations for business growth and the U.S. economy in 2019.
Highlights from the survey include:
- Optimism is high: 83 percent of respondents are confident in an increase in sales, with 15 percent predicting they’ll remain flat, and 2 percent down.
- New tax laws received mixed reviews: 49 percent of respondents expect no impact, with 35 percent predicting their tax burden will be reduced, and 16 percent expect their taxes to increase.
- Challenges remain: 33 percent of respondents believe that securing capital will be their biggest challenge, with growth, increasing profits, and hiring employees averaging 20 percent each.
- Praise for online lenders: 54 percent of respondents think online lenders make it fairly easy to secure funding when compared to traditional lenders, with 22 percent stating very easy, and 24 percent difficult.
- Expansion cited as main reason for seeking financing: 28 percent of respondents plan to use funding for expansion, with equipment acquisition and consolidating/paying off bills each coming in at approximately 21 percent.
In response to the small business optimism indicated in the survey, QuickBridge is providing business owners with a free resource for 2019 strategic planning. The “5 Essential Tips for Small Businesses Heading into a New Year” white paper offers advice on how small business owners can use end-of-year planning to anticipate future challenges and opportunities.
“We’re pleased to see small business owners optimistic about the future. We surpassed our 2018 growth projections and hope for repeated success in 2019,” said QuickBridge President, Ben Gold. “We are very supportive of our client’s expansion efforts and encourage business owners to download our white paper for ways to strategically plan and prepare for the new year.”
Download the complimentary New Year Business Tips white paper at: https://quickbridge.com/blog/5-essential-small-business-new-year-tips/.
About QuickBridge
Founded in 2011, Quick Bridge Funding LLC
(stylized as QuickBridge) is a privately-held financial services firm
headquartered in Irvine, California with a satellite office in New York
City. QuickBridge provides short-term working
capital loans to small to mid-sized businesses nationwide. Since its
founding, QuickBridge has provided more than $600 million in working
capital to more than 10,000 businesses. QuickBridge ranked two
consecutive years on the Inc.500 list and is a previous Business
Intelligence Group and Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA)
award winner. Visit quickbridge.com.
Products offered by Quick Bridge Funding, LLC and affiliates are business loans only. The products are provided by third parties and subject to lender approval. Loans to customers in California are made or arranged pursuant to a California Finance Lenders Law License. License number: 603 J292.
