Sweden: current challenges before SME 2016-2018

This statistic shows the most important challenges the small and medium enterprise (SME) face in Sweden from December 2016 to January 2018. From the responding SMEs in January 2018, 76 percent stated that their most important challenge was attracting new customers and 18 percent the uncertainty over the economic conditions to be a challenge.

Most important challenges SME's in Sweden face from December 2016 to January 2018*

Characteristic	Attracting customers	Maintaining profitability	Uncertainty over economic conditions	Retaining/recruiting skilled employees	Developing new products/innovation	Finding/working with suppliers	Securing financing for business as usual	Securing financing for expansion	Other government regulations (e.g., compliance, technical regulation, patents, reporting)	Tax laws and rules	Increasing revenue	Other
Dec '16	67%	47%	16%	25%	24%	17%	26%	18%	10%	19%	63%	7%
Jan '17	69%	50%	13%	23%	21%	15%	25%	15%	9%	18%	65%	5%
Feb '17	64%	44%	15%	25%	26%	15%	22%	13%	8%	14%	63%	4%
Mar '17	68%	51%	15%	24%	25%	13%	27%	13%	8%	24%	67%	6%
Apr '17	70%	50%	14%	25%	29%	17%	27%	23%	14%	19%	65%	5%
May '17	67%	47%	14%	20%	26%	14%	23%	13%	11%	21%	59%	4%
Jun '17	69%	42%	15%	19%	22%	13%	29%	19%	12%	24%	61%	5%
Jul '17	72%	53%	13%	25%	29%	23%	19%	17%	12%	20%	62%	5%
Aug '17	71%	51%	18%	23%	26%	17%	28%	17%	10%	19%	63%	3%
Sep '17	70%	47%	16%	22%	23%	17%	25%	21%	12%	21%	59%	4%
Oct '17	69%	47%	15%	22%	30%	19%	19%	21%	14%	19%	60%	7%
Nov '17	65%	42%	16%	24%	30%	15%	25%	22%	14%	18%	65%	7%
Dec '17	63%	49%	15%	26%	32%	15%	25%	16%	11%	17%	54%	8%
Jan '18	76%	44%	18%	25%	27%	21%	25%	20%	11%	17%	60%	7%

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Release date

March 2017

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Region

Sweden

Survey time period

December 2016 to January 2018

Number of respondents

Various**

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Source question: What are the most important challenges your business currently faces?
** Survey sample group size varies:
Dec '16 = 364
Jan '17 = 271
Feb '17 = 204
Mar '17 = 262
Apr '17 = 218
May '17 = 224
Jun '17 = 216
Jul '17 = 215
Aug '17 = 235
Sep '17 = 232
Oct '17 = 197
Nov '17 = 393
Dec '17 = 183
Jan '18 = 261.

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