The Craft and Design Entrepreneur surveys
The Craft and Design Entrepreneur 2011 survey
The Craft and Design Entrepreneur 2011 survey examines the situation of craft and design entrepreneurship in Finland and the development challenges entrepreneurs are facing. The results of the survey are consistent with previous studies, but some changes are also evident. In general, craft entrepreneurs believe in their possibilities to maintain their business activities at their current level or even to expand them. They have confidence in consumers’ interest in craft, art and design products. The material for this survey was compiled through an Internet questionnaire in February 2011. We received 431 replies, 80% of which were from female entrepreneurs. Most of the entrepreneurs are in prime working age: over 70% are under 54 years old. Almost 80% of the respondents live in Southern and Western Finland. The great majority of the companies that replied have an annual turnover of over 10,000 euros, and well over half have more than 17,000 euros. Nearly 80% of the respondents were full-time entrepreneurs. The most common company form was sole proprietorship and the most frequent production material was textiles. The questionnaire for purchasing agents was answered by 16 shop managers. Read more
The Craft and Design Entrepreneur 2009 survey
The study Käsityöyrittäjä 2009 (Crafts Entrepreneur 2009) made by The Finnish Crafts Organization contains information on the situation in which crafts and design entrepreneurs find themselves today and what developmental challenges they are facing. Crafts and design entrepreneurs believe in their possibilities of maintaining business at its current level or even increasing it. The study reveals a firm belief in consumers’ interest in crafts products. The material for the study was gathered through a web survey conducted in February 2009. The recession was in the news and in people’s discussions daily. However, this fact did not come up in the survey results. There were 213 answers. Eighty percent of the respondents were women entrepreneurs. Thirty-five percent of the entrepreneurs stated their turnover was below 10 000€ and sixteen percent stated it was more than 85 000€. Over half of the respondents saw their firm as searching to expand, a third aimed at maintaining the status quo, and only slightly less than 10% saw no growth-related goals. Eighteen buyers replied to the part of the survey conducted among purchasers and buyers. Read more
