Which late-payment excuses do small-business owners hear most?
33%
33% reported this common late-payment excuse: invoice not received.
n = 3,013 small-business owners · Fielded April 2023 · Cherry Data Signals
Breakdown
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). "Which late-payment excuses do small-business owners hear most?" Survey of 3,013 small-business owners, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/which-late-payment-excuses-do-small-business-owners-hear-most
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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