Advantage Magazine | April 2024

BUSINESS OUTLOOK SURVEY RESULTS

Feature

LOCATION OF 2023 SALES

Outside US 2%

Outside of MN, in US 13%

2022 RESPONSE

2021 RESPONSE

55% 56.7%

30% 27.9%

13% 14.4%

Outside of Rochester, in MN 30%

2%

1%

Within Rochester 56%

MOST SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES IN 2023

Hiring Employee Cost

3.6

3.5

Employee Rentention Rising Input Costs

4.3

4.3

Customer Sales Taxes Supply Chain Disruptions Access to Captial Other

5.7

4.1

4.3

7

8.4

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

9.0

Average Rating (1 = Most Signigicant, 8 = Least Significant)

2022 RESPONSE 2021 RESPONSE

3.5

3.6

3.9

4.4

4.6

4.7

5

7

3.1

3.8

4

4.8

4.6

5.2

4.4

7

16 | ROCHESTER AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ADVANTAGE MAGAZINE — APRIL 2024

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