Sage Software

Business Minds Survey

Methodology

An online survey was delivered to business owners in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, and Australia in June 2006 by Vanson Bourne Research on behalf of the Sage Group. The surveys were completed by 800 respondents with the following representation: United States 200, United Kingdom 200, Ireland 100, Germany 100, France 100, Australia 100.

• Small and mid-sized business (SMBs) with under 1000 employees were surveyed.
• Participants represented a range of industry sectors: Manufacturing (15%), Retail (13%), Construction (6%), Business Services (14%), Financial Services (7%), Information Technology (12%), Energy & Utilities (2%), Healthcare (5%), Media (5%), and Other (21%).
• 86% of respondents were from companies with under $100 million in revenue.
• 72% of responding companies had under 100 employees, with 60% having 50 or fewer employees.