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Australian Industry Outlook 2025

Thank you for participating in our annual survey of business leaders expectations for the year ahead. 

Your experience and opinions are valuable to industry, government and policymakers. They form the foundation of the evidence we use to advocate for businesses. By sharing your feedback on 2024 and expectations for 2025, you'll help us advocate effectively for business.

Each year we ask Australian business leaders about their expectations for business conditions, strategies, challenges and investment plans. This year we’re particularly interested in your views on employment, supply chains and investment intentions for 2025.

I would be grateful if you could complete this survey by Friday 29 November 2024. We estimate it will take around 10 minutes to complete.

As always, your response will be strictly confidential. Individual names, responses and details will never be published or shared. A summary of the aggregated and confidentialised results will be compiled in a report and will be available from our website https://www.aigroup.com.au/policy-and-research/mediacentre/reports/ in 2025, you can see our previous reports at this page.

If you would like to receive a link to this report when released, please provide your email address at the final question.

If you have any questions regarding this survey please email economics@aigroup.com.au.

Regards,

Innes Willox

Business details
Company name
What is the postcode of your primary business location (e.g. registered business address)?
In which industry does your business mainly operate?
The following questions are about your business experience in 2024 and your expectations for 2025
What was your approximate annual turnover in 2024?
We ask this to group responses by size
$
approximately
How many full-time equivalent (FTE) people did you employ in 2024?
We ask this to group responses by size
FTE people

How did each of the following factors change in your business in 2024 compared to 2023?

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General business conditions in your sector
Annual turnover
Gross profit margin
Number of employees
Spending on staff training & development
Spending on physical capital (e.g. buildings)
Spending on research & development
Spending on new technology
Export income
Input prices
Energy prices (inputs)
Selling prices
Do you expect the following factors to change in your business in 2025, compared to 2024?
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General business conditions in your sector
Annual turnover
Gross profit margin
Number of employees
Spending on staff training and development
Spending on physical capital (e.g. buildings)
Spending on research & development
Spending on new technology
Export income
Input prices
Energy prices (inputs)
Selling prices
Did your business experience workforce shortages in 2024?
How has your business been impacted by workforce shortages?
If other, please specify
Do you expect workforce shortages in 2025? 
If you expect staff shortages in 2025, how will you manage it?   (double-click or drag and drop from highest to lowest) Question used in 2024
If other, please specify

Is your business currently experiencing any supply chain disruptions? 

Did your ability to source all the inputs that your business require change in 2024, compared to 2023? 

Do you expect your ability to source inputs to change in 2025 compared to 2024?

What measures will you take to improve the reliability and resilience of your supply chains in 2025?

If other please specify
What key growth strategies do you plan to implement in your business during 2025? (double-click or drag and drop, from highest to lowest)
If other please specify
What factors do you expect will inhibit your business growth in 2025?  (double-click or drag and drop from highest to lowest) 
If other, please specify
What are your highest priorities for your business investment spending in 2025?   (double-click or drag and drop from highest to lowest)
If other please specify
What factors will influence your business investment spending decisions in 2025?  (double-click or drag and drop from highest to lowest)
If other, please specify
What are you most optimistic or concerned about for your business in 2025?
Thank you for completing this survey, if you would like to receive a link to the report when it is released, please provide your email address
 
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