In an effort to better understand and serve home based business owners and entrepreneurs, COSE conducted a Small Business and Home Based Business Survey of Firms which it unveiled in the fall of 2008.
The findings of the survey dispel some of the myths frequently associated with home based businesses. In fact, the survey revealed that COSE’s home based businesses are as experienced, as profitable, as stable and as focused on growth and success as the non-home based COSE businesses in our community. While they do have some unique challenges and issues, in general they are every bit the contributors to their households and to our economy as the broader base of small businesses in our survey. From household earnings to job creation, this survey indicates that home based businesses play a large role in our economy.