Body: Planning Committee Type: Document Meeting: Committee Date: 2023 Collection: Agenda Attachments Municipality: Frontenac County
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2023 Business Survey
Collaborative survey with partners
• Frontenac County • 4 Townships • Frontenac Business Services
Open – Dec. 20, 2023, to Jan. 31, 2024 Marketing • • • • • •
Business Newsletter Direct emails from EcDev Road signs in each Township Social media Ads in Frontenac News (print and digital) Partners promoted through their channels.
73 responses from across Frontenac
Frontenac Business Survey
Length of time in business
• 11 respondents have been in business less than 1 year • 3 over 51 years
Benefits to business growth • • • • • •
Lifestyle – 39 Supportive residents – 27 Supportive business community – 25 Supportive organizations and agencies – 24 Access to major urban centres – 14 Low cost of living and doing business – 15
Challenges to business growth • • • • • •
Securing and retaining staff – 16 Insufficient internet access – 16 Cost of utilities – 14 Lack of utility services - 13 In sufficient transportation infrastructure - 13 Regulations that are burdensome and/or unnecessary-11
Businesses • 37 respondents, self-employed • 35 respondents, employ staff
Business spaces • 44 operate in a home-based business • 14 operate in owned commercial space • 11 operate in leased/rented commercial space
Succession planning (in next 10 years) • 15 planning to exit • 45 not planning to exit • 11 chose not to answer
Future Business Survey • Every 4 years • Align with County Strategic Planning • Continue to solicit specific feedback for projects or issues as needed. • Next survey 2027
