Economic Survey
12 Hartford Business Journal • decemBer 26, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com
BOOK OF LISTS & ECONOMIC FORECAST 2016-2017
What industry do you primarily serve?
0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18%
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
2.6%
4.5%
0.0%
0.3%
5.8%
10.3%
1.3%
1.9%
2.6%
4.8%
1.3%
4.2%
0.3%
8.3%
3.8%
5.8%
3.2%
0.0%
15.4%
4.5%
1.0%
8.0%
0.0%
3.2%
0.3%
3.5%
1.0%
2.2%
16.
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
New products
New customers
Better retention rate of current customers
Current customers buying more
If
you anticipate revenue growth, where will it come from?
If you anticipate revenue growth, where will it come from?
32.5%
28%
70%
21%
13.
How will your firm's healthcare
costs fare in 2017?
What best describes your business?
14. 15.
Increase
1 to 10%
37.8%
Increase
11 to 20%
27.9%
Decrease more than 20%
0.3%
Decrease 11 to 20%
0.6%
Decrease 1 to 10%
3.2%
Decrease 1 to 10%
0.76%
Increase more than 20%
11.7%
No change
19%
Privately held
77.3%
Publicly
traded
9.5%
Nonprofit
13.2%
How many people are employed
at your company?
17.
1-9
37.2%
500 or
more
8.8%
10-19
11%
20-49
14.2%
50-99
13.2%
100-249
11%
250-499
4.4%
Survey
SURVEY
