6 Hartford Business Journal • December 22, 2014 www.HartfordBusiness.com
Economy
E c o n o m i c F o r E c a s t
Survey
What industry do you primarily serve?
0 5
10 15 20
Accounting
Advertising, Media & Marketing
Agriculture
Arts & Culture
Banking & Finance
Construction
Economic Development
Education
Energy & Utilities
Entrepreneurs
Environment
Government & Politics
Green Business
Health Care
Hospitality & Tourism
Insurance
Legal & Courts
Logistics
Manufacturing
Nonprofits
Printing & Graphics
Real Estate
Research & Development
Retail
Sports & Outdoors
Technology
Telecommunications
Transportation
2.7%
4.1%
0.3%
1.4%
4.8%
10.9%
0.7%
5.4%
3.1%
1.7%
0.7%
2.0%
0.3%
7.5%
4.4%
5.1%
2.4%
0.0%
17.3%
3.4%
1.4%
7.8%
0.7%
4.8%
0.0%
4.4%
0.7%
2.0%
16.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
If you anticipate revenue growth, where will it come from?
New products
New customers
Better retention rate of current customers
Current customers buying more
Other
23.2%
75.9%
30.5%
36.8%
4.7%
13.
How will your firm's healthcare costs fare
in 2015? What best describes your business? 14. 15.
Increase
1 to 10%
43.5%
Increase
11 to 20%
23.5%
Decrease
11 to 20%
0.3%
Decrease
1 to 10%
4.4%
Increase
more than 20%
6.5%
No change
22.4%
Privately held
77.3%
Publicly
traded
7.6%
Nonprofit
12.0%
Other
3.1%
How many people are employed at your
company? 17.
1-9
33.4%
500
or more
10.2%
10-19
16.0%
20-49
12.6%
50-99
14.0%
100-249
7.2%
100-249
7.2%
Survey
