Distribution of small business financial aid requests small business due to COVID-19 U.S. 2021

In an online survey conducted in July 2021, 28.4 percent of surveyed small businesses in the United States said they had requested financial assistance from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) as first time applicants to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic since late December 2020. However, 41.1 percent of respondents said that their business did not request any financial assistance from any source since December 2020.

Distribution of financial assistance requests from small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States as of July 2021

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Release date

July 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

July 5 to 11, 2021

Number of respondents

885,000 businesses

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Since December 27, 2020, has this business requested financial assistance from any of the following sources?"

The Small Business Pulse Survey is a voluntary survey that requests information of single-location employer businesses with between 1-499 employees and receipts of $1,000 or more in the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

More than one response was possible.

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