Family Business Pulse Survey: June 2026
How confident, if at all, are you that your business will remain family-owned over the next 3, 5 and 10 years?
16.45%
9.61%
10 years’ time
73.94%
Family business confidence Looking specifically at family ownership, confidence remains high in the short term: 95% of respondents believe their business will still be family- owned in three years’ time. This confidence declines over the longer term, falling to 74% who expect the business to remain family-owned in ten years. Business owners in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors reported lower confidence in remaining family-owned over the next ten years, with 68% expressing confidence.
7.21%
3.70%
5 years’ time
89.09%
3.51%
1.85%
3 years’ time
94.64%
80.00%
100.00%
60.00%
0.00%
20.00%
40.00%
Confidence level
Neutral
Not Confident (net)
Confident (net)
How confident are you about the growth prospects of your business and the UK economy over the next 12 months?
90.00%
84%
80.00%
70.00%
Growth prospects Family business owners demonstrate a strong sense of confidence in the future growth of their own organisations. However, confidence in wider UK economic growth is more mixed, with fewer than half expressing optimism about future prospects. 88% of medium-sized family businesses said they were confident in their prospects over the next 12 months, compared to 80% of small businesses. In addition, 60% of businesses in London said they were confident in the growth of the UK economy, compared to 41% in the North-West.
60.00%
48%
50.00%
40.00%
32%
30.00%
20.00%
5%
10.00%
0.00%
Confident
Not Confident
Own Business
UK Economy
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