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  • Home
  • About us
    • Who we are
    • Our team
    • Our Board
    • Our partners and strategic alliances
  • Business support
    • START HERE
    • Business Fundamentals Program
    • B2B Support Program
      • Join now
    • Grants and funding
    • Grow a business
    • Investment assistance
    • Staying well, staying connected
  • ON NOW
    • Regional Leadership Development Program Survey
    • Reserve Bank of Australia Economic briefing – registrations
    • Business Programs Registration
  • Reports and publications
  • News and insights
  • Connect
    • Contact us
    • Events and workshops
    • Visit Barossa Campus
    • Members’ portal (Restricted)

Regional Business Survey 2026

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Have your say in our Regional Business Survey

Our Regional Business Survey captures a timely snapshot of business sentiment across the Barossa, Gawler, Light and Adelaide Plains region. We want to understand how local businesses are feeling, the challenges and workforce pressures they are experiencing, their plans for investment and their outlook for the regional economy.

The survey should take no more than 20–25 minutes to complete. We recognise this is a meaningful commitment during a busy working day, but the time you contribute will help us build a clearer picture of the current business environment. Your responses will help guide our priorities and strengthen our advocacy for the support, services and investment our region’s businesses need.

The survey is being shared through RDA BGLAP and council communication channels, stakeholder networks and regional events to encourage broad participation across industries and communities. We expect to publish the regional findings in October 2026.

Everyone who completes the survey can enter the draw to win one of four $100 vouchers.

The survey closes on Sunday 13 September 2026. We encourage you to set aside some time to share your experience and help shape the direction of business support and regional economic development across our region.

Your business location

1. Which of the following council areas does your business operate in?(Required)
Thank you for your interest. Based on your response, you are not eligible to continue with this survey.

About you

2. How familiar are you with your local council’s economic development strategy?(Required)
3. What is your involvement in the business you are responding for?(Required)
4. How many years have you been involved with the business you are responding for?(Required)

About your business

6. How many people does your business currently employ?(Required)
7. How would you best describe your business premises or operating location? (Select all that apply.)(Required)
8. How many years has the business been operating?(Required)

Business performance

9. What is your business' annual turnover or revenue (before tax and expenses)?(Required)
DecreasedStayed about the sameIncreasedDon't know/NA
Turnover or revenue, before expenses and tax
Profit, after expenses and tax
Cost pressures in running the business
Number of staff employed
Investment in assets, equipment or technology
Investment in business development, expansion or improvement (non-asset based)
12. Which of the following investments or growth initiatives is your business planning over the next three years?(Required)

Business Capabilities and Challenges: Business Management Practices

Not all allSomewhatMostlyCompletelyNot sure/NA
New technologies and innovative business practices (e.g. AI, automation, digital tools)
Corporate social responsibility (e.g. supply chain transparency, ethical business practices, giving back to the community)
Environmental sustainability initiatives
Long-term financial planning and sustainability
Regular business planning and performance reviews
Succession planning and business continuity planning
Workplace wellbeing initiatives (e.g. mental health, work-life balance, flexible work practices and wellbeing programs)
14. What have been the barriers to adopting any of these business practices?(Required)

Business Capabilities and Challenges: Staff Skills

16. In which areas areas would you or your staff most benefit from additional skills development?(Required)
Select between 1 and 3 choices.

Business Capabilities and Challenges: Workforce

18. Do you experience challenges finding or keeping staff?(Required)
19. What are the main challenges you face when recruiting or retaining staff?
Select between 1 and 3 choices.

Business Capabilities and Challenges: Environment and Climate

21. How has your business experienced direct or indirect impacts from climate and environmental conditions?

Business Capabilities and Challenges: Infrastructure and Land Use Planning

23. In the past 12 months, what infrastructure or land use/development planning issues have affected your business?(Required)

Business Capabilities and Challenges: Business Support

26. What types of business support would be most valuable to your business over the next 12 months?(Required)
Select between 1 and 3 choices.
26b. As you ticked 'Access to grants and funding opportunities', what specific type of opportunity do you have in mind?(Required)
27. If these business support opportunities became available, how would you prefer to receive them?(Required)
Select between 1 and 3 choices.
This could be something within your business or a change in the wider business environment.

Appeal of the region

30. Overall, how attractive is the region as a place to operate a business?(Required)
31. As you indicated a level of attractiveness, what do you think makes it so?(Required)
Select between 1 and 3 choices.
32. What are the biggest barriers to purchasing more goods and services from other businesses within the Barossa, Gawler, Light and Adelaide Plains region?(Required)
Select between 1 and 3 choices.

Regional Development Australia BGLAP

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Barossa Regional University Campus facilities
Business Support Programs
Economic Modelling
Events or workshops
Website
E-news
LinkedIn
Facebook
35. We want to enhance and improve the insights and updates we share. What would you like to hear about from RDA BGLAP? Select any that apply.
36. Would you also like to do any of the following?
Your name
Your email

Privacy and personal information

You may complete this survey without providing your name or contact details. However, if you include information that identifies you or your business, your response may no longer be anonymous.

If you choose to subscribe to updates, enter the prize draw or request contact about the B2B Support Program, we will collect your name and email address to action your request.

All information collected through this survey will be handled in accordance with RDA BGLAP’s privacy policy and applicable privacy principles.

BAROSSA GAWLER LIGHT ADELAIDE PLAINS

An initiative of Government of SA

Acknowledgment of Country

We acknowledge Ngadjuri, Kaurna and Peramangk people as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

 

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