SHOCK: California Globe Survey Finds California Businesses Hurting Following Re-Openings
55% California businesses surveyed had to close in the past two years; 70% still waiting for customers to come back
By Katy Grimes, California Globe
California Globe’s latest survey asked how you or someone you know who owned a business made out during the statewide lockdowns and subsequent reopening. Here are the results:
“Have you or someone you know owned a business in California in the past two years?”
YES: 68.3%
NO: 20.9%
ABSOLUTELY NOT – I would never own a business in this state: 11.5%
“Did you or someone you know own a business in California and enroll in the PPP? (Paycheck Protection Program)”
YES – Had to: 37.2%
NO: 49.6%
TRIED BUT didn’t get approved: 6.5%
STILL WAITING for it: 2.4%
“Did you or someone you know who owned a business in California, have to close in the past two years?”
YES: 55.4%
NO: 41.2%
SHOCK: California Globe Survey Finds California Businesses Hurting Following Re-Openings
“Did you or someone you know who owned a business in California have a hard time opening back up?”
YES: 49.4%
NO: 30.9%
STILL CLOSED: 16.5%
“If you or someone you know who owns a business in California, are your customers back 100%?
YES: 10.1%
NO: 70.3%
50% BACK: 10.1%
“Did you or someone you know who owned a business in California have a hard time re-hiring staff?”
YES: 60.9%
NO: 24.2%
NEGOTIATING – They are unwilling to work for same wage: 5.8%
“If you or someone you know who owns a business in California, are you requiring staff to wear masks? Customers?”
YES: 12.0%
NO: 53.5%
Just Staff: 25.7%
