Research and analysis

Small Business Survey 2019: methodology

Details of the methodology used to conduct the Small Business Survey 2019.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 25 June 2020

Documents

Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2019: technical report

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Longitudinal Small Business Survey: COVID-19

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Longitudinal Small Business Survey: COVID-19 proposals

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Details

This report explains the sampling and methodology of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey (LSBS) 2019, a large-scale telephone survey of UK small business owners and managers. It is the latest in a series of surveys dating back to 2003. Since 2015 the survey has been run annually with a longitudinal component and been known as the LSBS.

The 2019 survey was carried out between July 2019 and February 2020.

Users of the survey have the opportunity to suggest COVID-19 related questions for the 2020 wave of the survey, with more details in the COVID-19 document published here.

Published 25 June 2020