New polling from Fortune and SurveyMonkey indicates strong spending among businesses when compared with a year ago.
Business purchasing is up YOY. Nearly half (49%) of workers with authority to make inventory purchasing decisions say their budget has increased year-over-year. Just 11% say their budget has decreased over the last year, while 34% say it has held steady.
For more detailed results, click through the interactive toplines below.
Read more about our polling methodology here.
Question text:
What is your largest area of purchasing?
Around what dollar value are you usually budgeted for purchasing each quarter?
When comparing this quarter to the same quarter one year ago, would you say your purchasing budget has:
To what do you attribute the decrease in your purchasing budget?
*businesses