Leading risks to companies worldwide in 2021, by company size

Published by Jennifer Rudden, May 25, 2021

In 2021, pandemic outbreak was a greater business risk to small companies than it was to mid-size or large companies according to risk management experts worldwide. Business interruption, including supply chain disruption, was the greatest threat to companies with annual revenues of at least 250 million U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, pandemic outbreak was the biggest threat to companies which generated revenues below this amount. 2021 was the first year that pandemic outbreak was ranked as a top threat to business among all company sizes globally.

Leading risks to large, mid-size and small companies globally for 2021

Characteristic	Large companies (over 500 million U.S. dollars annual revenues)	Mid-size companies (250 to 500 million U.S. dollars annual revenues)	Small companies (under 250 million U.S. dollars annual revenues)
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Release date

January 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

October and November 2020

Number of respondents

2,718 respondents

Supplementary notes

Up to three answers were possible.

The source adds the following information:
Large companies: "business interruption ranks higher than cyber incidents based on the actual number of responses. Changes in legislation and regulation ranks higher than market developments based on the actual number of responses."
Mid-size companies: "Fire, explosion ranks higher than market developments based on the actual number of responses."