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title: "Study Finds More Than Half of Small Business Owners Fear Closing"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/729c4cf1-32c3-4107-a699-07e13915ece1
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/study_finds_more_than_half_of_small_business_owners_fear_closing.html
author: "Kerry Pipes"
category: "General"
published: 2022-05-30T08:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:09:33.005Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/6831_plate.jpg
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# Study Finds More Than Half of Small Business Owners Fear Closing

**TL;DR:** A survey by Alignable found that over half of small business owners fear closing due to rampant inflation, with 51% concerned it could force them to close within the next six months. The survey was conducted among more than 5,000 small business owners in May.

*By Kerry Pipes, originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-05-30. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/study_finds_more_than_half_of_small_business_owners_fear_closing.html).*

## Story

Rampant inflation is having a dramatic impact on small businesses and more than half surveyed say it could even force them to close their businesses, according to Alignable's Small Business Inflation Poll that was just released. The survey was conducted during May among more than 5,000 randomly selected small business owners. 51% of small business owners are concerned inflation could force them to close their businesses within the next six months.

Of the 51% who are most concerned: 1% have already closed due to inflation 1% plan to shutter by the end of June 26% are "highly concerned” 23% are "somewhat concerned" Other findings from the survey: Another 11% are "slightly concerned," 17% say it’s hard to say either way Only 21% say they're "not at all concerned." 72% of restaurant owners are worried: 49% are highly concerned 60% of minority owners & 53% of women running their own companies are nervous about inflation, too States with the most-worried small business owners include MD (58%), CT (57%), TN (57%), CO (54%), MA (54%) and WA (54%).

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- General (sector)
- Kerry Pipes (person)
- Alignable (company)
- inflation impact (topic)
- small business survey (topic)
- business closure (topic)

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Originally reported by Kerry Pipes, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/study_finds_more_than_half_of_small_business_owners_fear_closing.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/729c4cf1-32c3-4107-a699-07e13915ece1).