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Business research and funding updates
128 current guides, reviews, calculators and research pages, organised by purpose.
Business research and funding updates
These pages cover developments relevant to Australian business owners. Each study or guide has its own reporting period: an older announcement is not evidence that a programme remains open or that an offer is still available.
For a current borrowing decision, start with the lender comparison. For government support, follow the official directories linked from the grants guide.
Research library
Australia’s Business Banking Desert IndexAustralia’s Business Formation and Survival AtlasAustralia’s Slow Payer Index 2026Australian Business Failure Risk Index 2026Australian Business Lender Transparency StudyAustralian Government SME Contract ScorecardAustralian Small Business Loan Rate Reality IndexHow much working capital does each Australian industry need?What Australian businesses use as collateralWhere Australian small-business borrowing was growing in March 2026Business borrowing and investment plans for FY2024: the surveyAI adoption in Australian SMEs: April 2024 surveyHow SMEs planned to change credit-card use: August 2023 surveyAustralian small business and family enterprise: 2023 statistical reportAustralian small business research and surveysAustralian SME trends, 2015–2022: historical analysisWould employers offer novated leases? February 2024 surveyWhen business owners use personal funds: December 2022 surveyDealership car finance: what businesses said in October 2023Why Australians considered starting a business: October 2024 surveyHow SMEs viewed industrial-relations changes: March 2025 surveyInflation and SME borrowing plans: November 2022 surveyAI use and reported labour savings: March 2026 SME surveyAustralian and US SME access to capital: historical policy comparisonGovernment support SMEs wanted: August 2024 surveySME capital investment plans for FY2026: July 2025 surveyAustralian SME lending statistics: historical platform and RBA dataFirst business cuts in a recession: July 2023 surveyWhat held back SME productivity: November 2025 surveySME challenges and planned responses for FY2023EV purchase intentions among SMEs: October 2022 surveyWhere SMEs believed they overspent: April 2023 survey