Access to Finance Survey for SMEs Across 20 EU Countries, 2007 and 2010

2007 and 2010 survey results on the finance needs of small and medium-sized businesses and their perceived difficulty in obtaining it. The Office for National Statistics conducted this first-of-its-type survey across 20 European Union member countries.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in SME financing difficulty based on the survey results from 2007 and 2010.
• Compare SME finance needs across different EU member states based on the 20-country coverage.
• Model factors influencing access to finance based on the survey's reported business experiences.

Strengths

• Survey conducted across 20 European Union member countries, providing a broad geographic scope.
• Covers two distinct time points (2007 and 2010), allowing for temporal comparison.
• Designated as 'National Statistics' by the Office for National Statistics, suggesting a formal statistical standard.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Survey of small and medium-sized businesses.

Time Range

2007, 2010

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:12.847939; freshness should be verified.

Geography

20 European Union member countries