Managing a Small Business

Small business activity was up again in May, as the number of employees working (+1%) and hours worked (+1.9%) increased and performed slightly better than the last year With stable growth across Main Street, hourly workers are feeling more content, with 4 out of 5 saying they’re happy with their jobs.

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Consistent with what we saw in mid-February, Homebase’s three key Main Street Health Metrics continued to show a positive trend.

Following the first monthly decline in 2021 in July, August saw a significant worsening of that trend with a 4% decline in employees working.

To get a picture of what business looked like for main street establishments across the U.S. last month, we turned to our own data here at Homebase.

September saw declines in all three of our small business metrics (businesses open, employees working, and hours worked).

With information from over 60,000 businesses, our data offers insight into how the US small business economy is faring.