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2025 Annual Family Business Survey - Pat Soldano

2025 Family Business Survey

At Family Enterprise USA we never stop advocating for American Generationally owned family businesses at a national level!

 

Please take this 5 minute ANONYMOUS survey, to prove to legislators in Washington, DC that family businesses are vital to America and our communities!

For completing the survey you’ll receive an invitation to join a Member’s only exclusive 2024 quarterly Zoom Webcast. Gain insider insights from political experts and elected officials featuring Frank Luntz and members of Congress from both sides of the aisle.

With over a decade of information, legislators listen to what we have to say, and have the data to help family businesses.

We need your participation in this survey because legislators must understand your issues and concerns at a national level.

Please take the 5-minute anonymous survey and thank you for being supportive of our work!

Thank you, the Family Enterprise USA team

2025 Annual Family Business Survey

Our survey comes with a ‘Save and Continue Later‘ feature located at the bottom of this page.  Take your time, answer at your pace, and resume whenever you’re ready. Your input matters to us.

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1. Does your family own or manage an operating family business?*

1a. Do you work with family businesses?*

If yes, are you a:*

1b. Do you believe that family businesses are an important part of the US Economy?*

1c. Do you believe that family businesses should have the same tax and economic rules as nonfamily businesses?*

CEO/President Vice-President or Other C-Suite Executive Board Chair Board Director Retired
3. Which of the following best describes the principal industry of your family business?*

G1 G2 G3 G4 G5+

Yes No

Less than 10 years 10 to less than 20 years 20 to less than 30 years 30 to less than 50 years 50 to less than 100 years 100 years or more

Yes No
7a. If yes,*

(select all that apply)

0% to 20% 21% to 40% 41% to 60% 61% to 80% 81% to 100% 100% national Do not donate

1 – 50 51 – 100 101 – 500 501 – 1,000 1,001 – 5,000 5,001 – 10,000 10,001 – 15,000 15,001 – 25,000 25,001+

Add Lose No Change

1 – 50 51 – 100 101 – 500 501 – 1,000 1,001 – 5,000 10,001+

1 – 50 51 – 100 101 – 500 501 – 1,000 1,001 – 5,000 10,001+

Grow Decline No Change

Less than 5% 5% to 10% 11% to 20% More than 20%

Less than 5% 5% to 10% 11% to 20% More than 20%

Above average Average Below average Don’t know

$0 up to $5M $6 to to $20M $21m to $50M $51M to $100M $101M to $250M $251M to $500M $501M to $750M $751M to $1B More than $1B

Grow Decline No Change
16. What will be the greatest impediment to your business growth in 2025/2026?*

Yes No
17a. If yes, tell us how.*

(select all that apply)

No increase in income tax rate No decrease in estate tax lifetime exemption No increase in capital gains tax rate Keep 199A deduction for pass through entity Restore R & D expensing Restore Bonus Depreciation Establishment of a Wealth tax
First
Second
Third
19. Please pick the ESTATE TAX PROPOSAL most important or of top concern to you:*

Reducing the federal budget deficit and national debt Elimination of like kind exchanges Reducing or eliminating estate taxes Reducing regulations Reducing capital gains taxes Reducing income taxes Elimination of R&D Expensing Preventing a wealth tax
First
Second
Third

Culture Building Recruiting & Training Benefits/Pay Hybrid Work Options Union Negotiations
First
Second
Third

S Corporation C Corporation Limited Liability Company Partnership Trust Other

(Multiple generations of the same family employed)
Yes No

Yes No

1 2 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 20 21+

Pay more to your employees Invest more in the business Make distributions to owners Contribute more to your community Do nothing

AsianBlack or African AmericanHispanic or LatinoNative American or Alaskan NativeNative Hawaiian and Other Pacific IslanderWhite or CaucasianOtherPrefer not to answer

Woman LGBTQ+ Veteran Person with a Disability None Prefer not to answer

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No Don’t Know

Republican Democrat Independent Other Decline to answer

Yes No
35. Please list the city and state in which you reside so we know the geographic distribution of respondents.*



StateAlabamaAlaskaAmerican SamoaAmerican SamoaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGuamGeorgiaGuamHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorthern Mariana IslandsNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNorthern Mariana IslandsOhioPuerto RicoOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaPuerto RicoRhode IslandUnited States Minor Outlying IslandsU.S. Virgin IslandsSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahU.S. Virgin IslandsVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingArmed Forces AmericasArmed Forces EuropeArmed Forces Pacific

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Please provide your email address so we can remove you from future emails asking for your participation in the 2025 Annual Survey.*
(This survey is completely ANONYMOUS. We will not use your email address for any other purpose. We Respect Your Privacy.)




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Family Enterprise USA is the organization that represents all family businesses on a national level in DC; it is not unique to any industry. Family Enterprise USA is different from other organizations because it represents and advocates for the families of family businesses and the issues, they face running their businesses every day. Our sole mission and purpose is to promote family businesses and their job growth in America. We also support the work of Family Business Centers across the country. We hope your family will choose to be a member of Family Enterprise USA.