CardFlight Small Business Report

Another week of (mostly) positive news for small businesses: Sales up nearly 13% last week, number of transactions up 18%

While overall sales are down or flat, number of transactions are increasing in many verticals.

Transactions increased by 5.7% during the first week of April. The rate of small businesses closing their operations also decreased.

Sales down 50% — but the decline varies by industry vertical, level of urban density, time-of-day, and more.

Sales at small businesses are declining fast. But there are some bright spots.

Small business sales are down 4.3% from week of March 2 to the week of March 9.