Small Business

Recapping 2025 small business lending trends, this article highlights the lessons lenders learned and outlines the key economic signals to w [...]

Synthetic identity fraud is a hard-to-detect threat costing businesses up to $40 billion. Learn why this fraud is rising, its true impact, a [...]

Small businesses need a lender who understands their urgency. Learn how new technology, next-gen scores, and AI are building trust and speed [...]

Analyze small business lending trends, how economic shocks & trade policy affect profit margins, and why falling interest rates point to a 2 [...]

See how US consumer holiday spending is changing in 2025. Uncertainty and rising prices are shifting priorities to essential goods.

Mobile fraud is on the rise. Learn why fraudsters are targeting mobile transactions and discover strategies to strengthen your digital fraud [...]

Explore the latest small business lending trends, including labor market shifts, consumer spending, and the impact of the AI investment boom [...]

Navigating the unpredictable economy? Discover the latest small business lending data, market trends, and interest rate insights in our Sept [...]

Discover what's on lenders' minds in 2025: student loans, trade uncertainty, & auto lending. Get insights from Equifax Advisors.

Explore the latest small business lending trends, including stable credit quality, a shifting labor market, and rising import costs.

Unlock your small business's potential with strong business credit. Learn why it's crucial, who checks it, its benefits, and how to optimize [...]

Unpack key U.S. economic shifts in July 2025. Discover 5 top takeaways and 3 emerging trends impacting businesses and consumers this year.

Discover insights on small business resilience amidst economic shifts, including lending trends, consumer spending, and job market changes.

Unlock commercial lending success. Integrate data and analytics to validate businesses, assess risk, boost cash flow insights, and accelerat [...]

Small business lending jumped in April, but a "wait-and-see" economy and tight lending standards mean caution is key. Get the latest insight [...]

Using the power of alternative data to assess commercial credit risk beyond traditional credit scores.

Small business lending dips in May 2025. Get key insights on market trends, economic uncertainty, and subscribe to our Main Street Lending R [...]

Economic uncertainty for small businesses? Get expert insights on consumer trends and business resilience in our Market Pulse Podcast Episod [...]

Personal vs. business credit lines are blurring. Discover changing small business financing trends and data insights from our April 2025 Mar [...]

Fight business fraud! Learn KYB tactics & the power of business verification. Protect your company from scams & losses.

Navigate small business lending uncertainty in 2025. Explore market trends, economic insights, and strategies for growth.

The opinions, estimates, and forecasts presented herein are for general information use only. This material is based upon information th [...]

For our March Market Pulse webinar, an all-star economist panel, composed of Dr. Amy Crews Cutts, President and Chief Economist at AC Cutts [...]

The small business lending environment remains solid, even though some challenges are present.¹ While loan defaults and delinquencies ar [...]

There’s no question the economy in the United States is facing an uncertain 2025. Many people are wondering what will happen with inflat [...]

For many commercial lenders and service providers the economic landscape in 2025 is a lot like driving on a foggy night. Visibility is l [...]

Small- and medium-sized business (SMB) lending has evolved in recent years, thanks in large part to advancements in technology. Innovation [...]

In today's economic landscape, small businesses face a complex web of both challenges and opportunities. Market trends and financial dyn [...]

  Here’s a striking statistic: 93% of small business owners expect moderate or significant growth over the next 12 months [...]

In June’s Small Business Indices, we focused on consumer spending and its implications for the overall economy. In this blog, we will shar [...]

Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy. They play an important role in job creation and economic growth.¹ Over 99% of [...]

In recent months, the U.S. economy has been navigating various challenges, affecting both big and small players alike. Let's take a clos [...]

In honor of Small Business Month, we’re sharing tools and thought leadership to keep you in-the-know. Below, you’ll find an overview o [...]

The market is continuing to move.  Small businesses are often the first to react to economic fluctuations. Although, even with careful m [...]

The 2024 financial market leaves many in a state of uncertainty except for a certain bright spot: small businesses. This Small Bus [...]

In 2023, the landscape was tumultuous. American small businesses, lenders, and service providers faced many challenges. These included s [...]

In recognition of Small Business Week, we’d like to introduce the new 2024 Market Trends and Predictions Report focusing on the curr [...]

We are excited to be celebrating small business week (April 28 - May 4)! In the April 2024 Market Pulse webinar, we discussed d [...]

On our April 18 Market Pulse webinar, our experts talked about the roadblocks that business [...]

The small business landscape continues to shift, and due to a few recent trends we identified the need to take a step back to get a bett [...]

We are in unparalleled territory when it comes to the small business landscape. In this blog, we'll cover the recent boom in small busines [...]

33.3 million businesses in the United States qualify as small businesses. 1 In recognition of Small Business Month, we produced [...]

When it comes to the small business landscape the one thing we generally all agree on is this is a time [...]

During March’s Market Pulse webinar, we gave our audience what they have been requesting: extended time for Q&A with our premiere li [...]

Many hope for a post-pandemic fresh start. The reality is that the financial landscape is a K-shaped economy, where the impact of econom [...]

Two years ago, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) firms were legit Fintech superstars. Globally, transaction values soared by $87 billion from 201 [...]

2024 opens in a K-shaped economy. In this environment, consumer budgetary pressures look different for each population segment. Lenders [...]

Similar to your personal credit, maintaining good business credit is fundamental to growing and protecting your business. In today’s high [...]

In today's rapidly expanding small business marketplace, the numbers speak for themselves. Over the past three years, there has been an [...]

The landscape of small businesses is evolving, and the numbers speak for themselves. Over the past three years, the small busines [...]

In July 2023, small business lending and financial stress exhibited distinct regional and industry-based trends. As we look at the Equifax [...]

An uncertain economy is challenging for any business, and in particular small businesses. According to [...]

Small business continues to dominate news headlines. Each month, we release the latest Equifax small business lending, delinquency, and [...]

It is National Small Business Week and at Equifax we are celebrating big with a lot of new announcements! 99.9% of businesses across the [...]

Despite an uncertain economy, the number of small businesses has soared. And that translates to big opportunity for lenders who leverage [...]

The future is uncertain, and success or failure is not predetermined They say nothing in life is certain, and as we head into [...]

During our February 2023 Market Pulse Webinar, we explored the national and regional insights purpose-built for your customer journey, [...]

For our February 16 Market Pulse webinar, our panel of experts discussed how you can focus on growth in the current economy. Today, it i [...]

The right insights: The key to targeting and acquiring new and high-growth eCommerce merchants is having the right insights Even with marke [...]

As U.S. consumers continue to migrate their shopping habits toward online merchants and become more aware of point of sale financing alterna [...]

For our April 14 Market Pulse webinar, our panel of experts discussed the recent supply chain crisis, as well as, the latest economic [...]

During our April 14 Market Pulse webinar, our panel of experts discussed details pertaining to the recent supply chain crisis, as well [...]

For our December 2 Market Pulse webinar, our panel of experts discussed the current and future state of the energy market. This month’s [...]

This is a recap of our October 20 Small Business Insights webinar, where our very own Sarah Briscoe, Lead Commercial Statistical Analyst [...]

Small business continues to dominate news headlines. In this recap of our webinar, “Small Business Insights: August 2021,” Elaine Makdah, [...]

One-On-One Chat with CEO of Markaaz  This is a recap of our one-on-one chat during our August 18 Small Business Insigh [...]

The economy is recovering and the outlook for small businesses is continuing to remain strong. Fintechs have started to step away from t [...]

In this recap of our June 24 webinar, “Market Pulse: Accelerating Access to Credit,” Chris Wheat, Co-President at JPMorgan Chase Institu [...]

In this recap of our June 3 webinar, “Market Pulse: The Post-Pandemic Small Business Economy,” Evan Leaphart, Founder and CEO of Kiddie [...]

As we emerge from the pandemic, small businesses are integral to the health of the post-COVID economy. For our June 3 Market Pulse webinar [...]

Managing Cash Flow, Customers and Suppliers  Small businesses are the engine of our economy. Yet, many are mystified by the dat [...]

In our latest webinar, “Economist Panel on the Outlook for 2021,” we were joined by three top economists: Dr. Mark Zandi, Chief Economist at [...]

Many companies are leveraging data and analytics to create a competitive advantage in their industry and grow their business. The insigh [...]

Equifax has recently extended its  agreement with the Small Business Financial Exchange, but what exactly does that mean [...]

Are you a financial institution looking to grow your commercial credit card business?  Focusing on this market makes a lot of sense, es [...]

As a financial institution in an ever-changing landscape with fast-moving competitors, how do you grow your card and loan portfolios and [...]

Ever had a commercial prospecting campaign fall flat, despite having a relevant message and a competitive offer? It happens, and many ti [...]

It’s official: siloes don’t work. That’s why Equifax designed BusinessConnect™ to align three important revenue functions—Sales, Credit and [...]