Report No. 01 ·
Report No. 01 · 2025 survey

Average current ratio by industry: what public data shows

No source used here publishes an average current ratio for any industry. The closest figures are in the Federal Reserve's 2025 Small Business Credit Survey. Tariff-related cost challenges were most prevalent in retail (69%) and manufacturing (62%). Among financing applicants, 42% received the full amount sought and 22% received none.

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Abstract

Small-business financing, measured and sourced.

Research and benchmarks covering advances and small-business credit. Each figure gives its source, period and sample, so that it can be checked and cited.

Every benchmark spells out the variable it reports (factor rate, advance size, term or holdback), the unit used, the period involved and the sample it comes from. A value with no stated sample is tagged as illustrative and is not to be taken as a measurement.

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Average current ratio by industry: what public data shows

Fenwick Funding Research Group. . Report No. 01, 2025 survey. Federal Reserve Banks' Small Business Credit Survey, 2025: 6,525 responses from small employer firms; nonemployer chartbook from the same survey.

No source used here publishes an average current ratio for any industry. The closest figures are in the Federal Reserve's 2025 Small Business Credit Survey. Tariff-related cost challenges were most prevalent in retail (69%) and manufacturing (62%). Among financing applicants, 42% received the full amount sought and 22% received none.

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Sources cited

  1. Federal Reserve Banks. 2026 Report on Employer Firms: Findings from the 2025 Small Business Credit Survey (2026-03-03).
  2. Federal Reserve Banks. 2026 Chartbook on Nonemployer Firms: Findings from the 2025 Small Business Credit Survey with Trends over Time (2026-07-07).