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2014 Business Outlook
Survey Results
Business Changes from 2012 to 2013 Increase No Change Decrease
Sales Revenue 69.7% 11.6% 18.7%
Prices Received for Products/Services 60.9% 31.4% 7.7%
Prices Paid for Raw Materials 61.9% 35.5% 2.6%
Operating Costs as a % of Revenue 68.2% 16.9% 14.9% Employee Compensation 76.6% 20.9% 2.5% Capital Expenditures 51.3% 40.4% 8.3% Profitability 65.0% 17.5% 17.5% Number of Employees 44.3% 48.1% 7.6%
Factors Positively Affecting 2013 Performance
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
DomesticSales
Increase
A StrongState
Economy
LowerOperating
Costs
TechnologyChanges
PoliticalStability
LessDomestic
Competition
FederalGovernmentRegulations
InternationalSales
Increase
LessInternationalCompetition
Percent Ranking in Top 5 Percent Ranking in Top 3 Percent Ranking #1
Top 5 Factors Negatively Affecting Performance Rank 2012 2013
1 Higher Operating Costs Staffing Issues
2 Domestic Sales Shortfall Domestic Competition
3 Domestic Competition Higher Operating Costs
4 Other Domestic Sales Shortfall
5 Staffing Issues Other
Expectations of 2014 Performance
Better 44%
Worse 23%
No Change 33%
National Economy
Better 74%
Worse 3%
No Change 23%
Regional Economy
Expectations of 2014 Performance
Better 69%
Worse 7%
No Change 24%
Your Business
Factors Expected to Adversely Impact Business in Next 12 Months (average rank in parentheses)
0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%40.0%50.0%60.0%70.0%80.0%90.0%
Difficulty inAttracting and
RetainingQualified
Employees(2.78)
IncreasingCompetition
(3.61)
DifficutyProviding
HealthInsurance for
Employees(4.09)
IncreasingGovernmentRegulation
(4.23)
Increasing RawMaterial andInput Costs
(4.46)
IncreasingTransportationand Fuel Costs
(4.56)
Challenges inAcquiringFinancing
(5.68)
Other (5.27)
Percent Ranking in Top 5 Percent Ranking in Top 3 Percent Ranking #1
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Fargo ND-MN MSANorth DakotaU.S.
Historical Unemployment Rate (source: ND Job Service)
Difficulty in Hiring Qualified Workers (average rank in parentheses)
0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%40.0%50.0%60.0%70.0%80.0%
ExperiencedWorkers withTech School
Degree (2.34)
ExperiencedWorkers with
CollegeDegree (2.51)
ExperiencedWorkers withHigh School
Degree (3.68)
RecentTechnical
SchoolGraduates
(3.71)
Recent CollegeGraduates
(3.53)
ExperiencedWorkers with
GraduateDegree (3.72)
Recent HighSchool
Graduates(5.60)
RecentGraduate
SchoolGraduates
(4.43)
Percent Ranking in Top 5 Percent Ranking in Top 3 Percent Ranking #1
Presentation slides available at: FMWFChamber.com
starionfinancial.com ndsu.edu/mgmt_mrkt
Special thanks to NDSU Department of Management and
Marketing for assistance with survey collection and analysis
Appendix Breakdown of Respondents
Type of Business Business/Professional
Services 15%
Retail Trade 13% Finance, Insurance, Real Estate
13%
Other 9% Nonprofit 9% Leisure/Hospitality 8%
Health Care 7% Technology 6% Manufacturing 5% Wholesale Trade 4% Agriculture 2% Transportation/ Warehousing
1%
Construction 8%
Appendix
1-4 20%
5-19 36%
20-99 30%
100-499 12%
500+ 2%
Number of Employees Business Segments
Appendix
Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo
43%
Minnesota/ North Dakota
39%
Midwest 6%
Nationwide 10%
International 2%
Target Market Business Segments Appendix