United States NFIB Small Business Optimism Index

1975–2025

  • United States NFIB Small Business Optimism Index is 100.7 points in February 2025, after reporting a value of 102.8 points in the previous month.
  • United States NFIB Small Business Optimism Index averaged 98.2 points from January 1975 to February 2025, reaching an all time high of 108.8 points in August 2018 and a record low of 80.1 points in April 1980.

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Source: National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
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