2025 BUSINESS OUTLOOK SURVEY RESULTS
Feature
LOCATION OF 2025 SALES
Outside US 1%
Outside of MN, in US 17%
2024 RESPONSE
2023 RESPONSE
2022 RESPONSE
2021 RESPONSE
56%
56%
55% 57%
28%
30%
30% 28%
13%
13%
13% 14%
Outside of Rochester, in MN 26%
Within Rochester 56%
2%
2%
2%
1%
MOST SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES IN 2025
Hiring
3.9
Employee Cost
3.2
Employee Retention
4.3
Rising Input Costs
4.1
Customer Sales
4.0
Taxes/Tariffs
4.5
Supply Chain Disruptions Access to Capital
6.1
6.7
Other
8.2
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
8.0
9.0
Average Rating (1 = Most Significant, 8 = Least Significant)
2023 RESPONSE 2024 RESPONSE 2021 RESPONSE 2022 RESPONSE
3.5
3.5
4.2
4.0
4.3
4.3
6.3
6.5
8.5
3.6
3.5
4.3
4.3
4.3
4.1
5.7
7
8.4
3.1 3.5
3.8 3.6
4.4
3.9
5
4.7
4.6
7
-
3.1
3.8
4.8
4
4.4
5.2
4.6
7
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APRIL 2026 — ROCHESTER AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ADVANTAGE MAGAZINE | 9
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