The graphs below were created using Google’s
graphing tools.
The first bar graph shows four broad categories of
capital expenditures and how many of the surveyed companies indicated the
category as being their largest capital expenditure during the previous 12
months.
The second bar graph shows the percentage of
surveyed companies using one of three planning methods for making capital
decisions.
The data in the graphs are based on a Gallup
Organization survey of more than 750 small companies for the National
Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation. The results of the survey are found in a 2006
report written by Morris Danielson and Jonathan Scott. Small companies surveyed have fewer than 250
employees. The report can be read by
clicking here (PDF file).
The data in the graph and in the report should be
useful to small company decision-making related to capital projects.
