Unique data on 20+ million online small businesses.

Annual Report: The State of Small Business

Resilience turning to resolve across the US, UK, CA, and AU. For over six years, the GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab has reported annually on digital businesses with typically fewer than 10 employees. Our research has captured the growth in number of jobs they create, their aspirations as well as challenges, and how patterns have shifted across the country and where they are taking root and thriving.

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Discover the Most Entrepreneurial Cities of 2026

Entrepreneurs are reshaping local economies and redefining what's...

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U.S. Microbusiness Activity Index

Developed by economists at the UCLA Anderson Forecast in partnership with GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab, the MAI tracks dozens of factors that impact the success of online microbusinesses – all captured in one composite score. The Index provides...

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Entrepreneur Survey Results

Unparalleled insight directly from over 70,000 microbusiness entrepreneurs. Since 2019, our team has conducted these surveys across four countries and over 20 cities.

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Microbusiness Density

Microbusinesses per 100 people, mapped to the local level. Updated quarterly, microbusiness density is a powerful tool for understanding where microbusinesses are taking hold and how those patterns are changing over time.

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What Small Businesses Tell Us About the Economy That Wall Street Can’t

New research from GoDaddy and UCLA Anderson Forecast finds that small business data can offer earlier, and in some cases stronger, signals of U.S. economic performance than traditional measures such as the stock market.

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2025: Digital Microbusinesses and Local Economic Outcomes in the UK

GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab partnered with economics consultancy Frontier Economics again in 2025 to to extend and update the outcomes the third annual landmark study on the impact of UK microbusinesses.

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