Half of U.S. Firms That Survived Are Back to Pre-Covid Capacity

  • Weekly small-business survey shows full recovery still elusive
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For the second week in a row, a majority of small firms in the U.S. reported they’re operating at a pre-pandemic capacity or higher.

During the last week of February, 52.6% of firms said that their operating capacity, or maximum amount of activity the business could handle, was at least back to pre-Covid-19 levels, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Business Pulse Survey.