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| 1. Types of Businesses
in Kossuth County |
| Agriculture |
11% |
Retail Trade |
19% |
| Construction |
3% |
Finance, Ins. & Real Estate |
16% |
| Manufacturing |
9% |
Services |
16% |
| Transportation |
2% |
Health Care |
6% |
| Wholesale Trade |
2% |
Education |
3% |
| Communication |
5% |
Other |
10% |
| 2. Multiple Locations
of Business |
| Multiple Locations |
|
 Within
County |
0% |
| Within
State |
67% |
| Within
US |
25% |
| Outside
US |
8% |
| 3. Types
of Employees |
| Current |
Full Time |
64% |
| |
Part Time |
16% |
| |
Seasonal |
20% |
| Projections |
Full Time |
74% |
| |
Part Time |
19% |
| |
Seasonal |
7% |
| 4. Increase
in Employees in the Past Five Years |
| Due to: |
Entered New Markets |
13% |
| |
Expanded Share in Existing Markets |
45% |
| |
Renovation/Expansion |
20% |
| |
Addition of Product/Service |
13% |
| |
Other |
9% |
| 5. Decrease in
Employees in the Past Five Years |
| Due to: |
Declining Sales |
17% |
| |
Labor Saving Technology |
15% |
| |
Improved Efficiency |
39% |
| |
Other |
29% |
| 6. Sale of Products
and Services |
| In this County |
31% |
| In the Rest of the State |
28% |
| In the Rest of the US |
22% |
| Outside the US (International) |
19% |
7. Compared to
Last Year,
Business has Experienced |
| Growth |
50% |
| Decline |
9% |
| Same/No Change |
41% |
| 8. Result of
This Growth |
| Entered New Markets |
17% |
| Expanded Share |
42% |
| Renovation/Expansion |
11% |
| Addition of Product |
9% |
| Other |
21% |
9. Modernization/Expansion
Plans
in the Nest Five Years |
| Plan to |
45% |
| No Plan to |
37% |
| Unsure |
18% |
10. Own/Lease
Sufficient Property
for Expansion |
| Have Sufficient Property |
62% |
| Do not Have Sufficient Property |
28% |
| Unsure |
10% |
| 11. Impact of
Modernization/Expansion |
| No Change |
51% |
| Add Employees |
18% |
| Reduce Employees |
3% |
| Unsure |
28% |
12. Considering
Closing,
Relocation, or Neither |
| Closing |
0% |
| Relocation |
2% |
| Neither |
98% |
| 13. Change in
Business Plan |
| No Change |
46% |
| Change Goods/Services |
6% |
| Add Product |
21% |
| Change Technologies |
22% |
| Other |
5% |
| 14. Overall Opinion
of Kossuth County |
| Excellent |
30% |
| Good |
59% |
| Fair |
8% |
| Poor |
1% |
| No Opinion |
2% |
| 15.
Perceptions of the Area Workforce
In Percentage |
| Availability
|
| |
Poor |
Fair |
Good |
Excellent |
No Opinion |
| Unskilled (custodial,
lab., etc.) |
6 |
23 |
35 |
20 |
16 |
| Semi-skilled (mach./trans.
op) |
3 |
26 |
38 |
13 |
20 |
| Skilled (craft, tech,
or other) |
12 |
27 |
30 |
12 |
19 |
| Office (clerks, recept.,
etc.) |
1 |
16 |
50 |
23 |
10 |
| Managers, Admin., Supers |
9 |
32 |
31 |
13 |
15 |
| Professionals (lwyr,
eng., etc.) |
9 |
16 |
37 |
19 |
19 |
| |
| Quality |
| |
Poor |
Fair |
Good |
Excellent |
No Opinion |
| Unskilled (custodial, lab., etc.) |
2 |
24 |
47 |
12 |
15 |
| Semi-skilled (mach./trans. op)
|
4 |
16 |
45 |
12 |
23 |
| Skilled (craft, tech, or other)
|
6 |
24 |
37 |
12 |
21 |
| Office (clerks, recept., etc.) |
1 |
12 |
50 |
27 |
10 |
| Managers, Admin., Supers |
6 |
17 |
50 |
15 |
12 |
| Professionals (lwyr, eng., etc.) |
7 |
6 |
35 |
34 |
18 |
16. Best Opportunity
for Future Economic Development
Importance (In Percentage) |
| |
1
MOST |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5
LEAST |
| Agriculture/Agribusiness |
76 |
14 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
| Tour, Recr. & Hwy |
36 |
38 |
17 |
5 |
4 |
| Retirement |
40 |
38 |
18 |
2 |
2 |
| Attract Mfg Firms |
57 |
26 |
13 |
2 |
2 |
| Reduce Retail Lkg |
50 |
28 |
18 |
2 |
2 |
| 17. Support for
Economic Development |
| |
Strongly
Pro-Growth |
Somewhat
Pro-Growth |
Somewhat
No-Growth |
Strongly
No-Growth |
| Self |
64% |
31% |
5% |
0% |
| County |
44% |
48% |
7% |
1% |
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