THE CPA AUSTRALIA
ASIA-PACIFIC SMALL
BUSINESS SURVEY 2015
AUSTRALIA DATA SNAPSHOT
AUSTRALIA DATA SNAPSHOT
Business and economic growth
Small businesses that expect their business to
grow – Australia against survey average
Australian small businesses that expect their
business to grow against small business that expect
the Australian economy to grow
90%
90%
70%
70%
50%
50%
30%
30%
2011
2012
2013
Survey average
2014
2015
2011
2012
2013
Expect local economy to grow
Australia
2014
2015
Expect their business to grow
2015
Rank
2015
2014
Rank
2014
2015 survey
average
Businesses that grew in the last 12 months
45.7%
8/8
34.0%
8/8
68.2%
Businesses that expect to grow in the next 12 months
57.3%
6/8
47.0%
7/8
70.7%
Businesses that expect the local economy to grow in
the next 12 months
43.5%
8/8
43.6%
7/8
61.1%
Business activity over the past 12 months
2015
Rank
2015
2014
Rank
2014
2015 survey
average
Increased employee numbers
11.8%
8/8
9.0%
8/8
33.1%
Improved business management had a major positive
impact on their business
10.4%
8/8
N/A
N/A
25.4%
Increasing costs had a major negative impact on their
business
32.4%
7/8
N/A
N/A
39.0%
Required funds from an external source
27.1%
7/8
31.0%
7/8
59.9%
Found it easy or very easy to access external finance
54.4%
3/8
48.1%
3/8
47.6%
Sought external funds for business growth
31.9%
7/8
41.0%
7/8
56.3%
2015
Rank
2015
2014
Rank
2014
2015 survey
average
Increase employee numbers
16.7%
8/8
13.7%
8/8
41.8%
Definitely expect to introduce a new product, service
or process unique to their country or the world
5.1%
8/8
N/A
N/A
22.0%
Grow their e-commerce presence to a large extent
8.2%
8/8
N/A
N/A
32.2%
Expect revenue from overseas markets to grow
strongly
6.1%
8/8
N/A
N/A
19.1%
Significantly increase spending on marketing and
promotion
6.3%
8/8
N/A
N/A
22.8%
Grow their investment in assets strongly
7.6%
8/8
N/A
N/A
23.1%
Definitely will seek external funds
9.0%
7/8
10.2%
8/8
29.2%
Expect easy to very easy access to finance
38.4%
5/8
41.6%
3/8
43.3%
Expect to seek external finance to fund growth
45.3%
8/8
50.2%
6/8
59.7%
2015
Rank
2015
2014
Rank
2014
2015 survey
average
Generated at least some revenue from online sales
33.0%
8/8
33.1%
7/8
68.9%
Used social media for business purposes
50.2%
8/8
45.1%
8/8
81.4%
Planned business activity over the next 12 months
Social media and e-commerce
$20,000 instant asset write-off
2015
The percentage of businesses that have been influenced to purchase an asset since the Budget
30.8%
The percentage of businesses that expect the budget measure will influence them to purchase
assets in the next 12 months
35.9%
Demographics
2015
Rank
2015
2014
Rank
2014
2015 survey
average
Business is 10 years old or younger
50.0%
8/8
44.9%
8/8
65.6%
Respondent is aged 39 or younger
15.4%
8/8
11.0%
8/8
53.3%