Flash Eurobarometer 174: SME Access to Finance:

The following aspects are covered in the survey: -The state of SMEs: their financial situation, their growth and development. -The use of financial instruments: financial institutions and types of financing.Access to finance through banks: the use of banks, ease of access now and compared to the past, attitudes towards banks. - The use of small loans: whether SMEs have done this, their views about it and reasons that would encourage them to do so. - The use of venture capital: to what extent it is currently being used, do SMEs foresee this to be a form of financing in the future and for what reasons? - Financial management: how this is done and to whom SMEs turn for information or advice on financing. #####The results by volumes are distributed as follows: * Volume A: Countries * Volume AA: Groups of countries * Volume A' (AP): Trends * Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries * Volume B: EU/socio-demographics * Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics * Volume C: Country/socio-demographics ---- Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: [https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer](https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer)