Business owners have a lot on their mind. But 2012 could bring a more positive outlook. We asked landscape contractors how confident they are that the landscape industry will grow next year. While, 52 percent said somewhat confident, more said they’re very confident (27.8 percent) than said they’re not confident at all (20 percent). Where are these confident contractors based? The South/Southeast region received the highest marks for very confident that a growth year is ahead.
Top 6 Concerns
If you could fix one economic challenge to help your business in 2012, what would it be?
Consumer confidence 27%
| Residential customers cutting back/cancelling | 26% |
| Credit crunch/business lending | 9% |
| Commercial customers cutting back/cancelling | 8% |
| Labor challenges | 8% |
| Foreclosures/housing market | 8% |
| Healthcare challenges | 7% |
| Other | 7% |
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