Chaudhuri, students study economic recovery with SF Small Business Commission

Economics Professor Anoshua Chaudhuri and students teamed up with the San Francisco Small Business Commission to create the 2022 Small Business Survey on Economic Recovery. Published May 4, the study finds that overall revenues have shrunk since the onset of COVID-19, small businesses have fewer employees today than pre-pandemic and the top challenges small businesses faced are an increase in the costs of goods sold, dirty and smelly streets, lack of customers and public safety.

A San Francisco Chronicle column on May 12 mentions the study.

The table above summarizes the top three challenges by sector and is an excerpt from the 2022 Small Business Survey on Economic Recovery Report on the San Francisco Office of Small Business website.