ILSR’s annual Independent Business Survey gathers data from thousands of locally owned, independent businesses across the country.
2019 Independent Business Survey
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New Survey: Independent Businesses See Major Threats in Amazon, Corporate Concentration
2017 Independent Business Survey
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Press Release: Independent Businesses Report Advantages in Weathering Retail Storm, New Survey Finds
2016 Independent Business Survey
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Press Release: Independent Businesses Report Growing Sales and Hiring, but Policies Tilted in Favor Large Companies Hold Them Back
2015 Independent Business Survey
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Press Release: Buoyed by Public Support, Independent Businesses Report Strong Sales Growth, National Survey Finds
2014 Independent Business Survey
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Press Release: Independent Businesses Report Growing Public Support, Call for Policies to Level the Playing Field
2013 Independent Business Survey
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Press Release: Survey Finds Independent Businesses Benefit from “Buy Local First” Campaigns, But Challenges Loom
2012 Independent Business Survey
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Press Release: Independent Businesses Report Strong Holiday Sales
2011 Independent Business Survey
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Press Release: Survey Finds “Buy Local” Message Benefitting Independent Businesses
2010 Independent Business Survey
Press Release: Holiday Sales Increase at Independent Businesses, National Survey Finds
2009 Independent Business Survey
Press Release: Independent Retailers Outperform Chains Over Holidays, National Survey Finds
2008 Independent Business Survey
Press Release: Survey Finds “Buy Local” Campaigns Boosted Holiday Spending at Independent Stores
ILSR's virtual event spotlights how pricing algorithms deployed by powerful corporations are inflating prices, undermining competition, and threatening independent businesses and communities.
ILSR outlines steps to prevent marketplace platforms like Amazon from listing your small business's products without permission.
ILSR's virtual briefing on Amazon’s growing capture of your local public dollars — and what you can do about it.
The Mamdani administration has a crucial opportunity to reverse New York City's affordability crisis; this ILSR policy memo suggests strategies to do so.