How can unpaid invoices affect small businesses?

    25%

    25% reported this possible effect of unpaid invoices: no impact.

    n = 3,013 small-business owners · Fielded April 2023 · Cherry Data Signals

    Breakdown

    no impact25%
    delaying supplier payments20%
    reducing growth or investment17%
    delaying employee paychecks15%
    greater reliance on credit or loans15%
    risk of closure with repeated delays10%
    0%50%100%

    Response categories are reproduced as reported; some source breakdowns are partial, and rounded totals may differ from 100%. The release states 3,013 respondents; the insights section uses 3,000. Several breakdowns exceed 100% (up to 102%); values are retained as reported. These are reputation rankings, not audited payment records.

    Methodology

    Sample
    3,013
    Population
    small-business owners
    Country
    United States
    Fielded
    April 2023
    Research by
    Cherry Data Signals
    Study
    How Late Payments Affect Small Businesses

    Cite this statistic

    Cherry Data Signals (April 2023). "How can unpaid invoices affect small businesses?" Survey of 3,013 small-business owners, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/how-can-unpaid-invoices-affect-small-businesses

    Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.

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