Every two years, the City of Eagan surveys local business owners and managers to better understand the business environment, local services, and community quality. The 2025 Eagan Business Survey will open soon, and we invite you to share your perspective. Your feedback will help City leaders strengthen services, guide economic development, and support a thriving business community.
Make Your Voice Heard
Why your feedback matters
Input from our business community helps the City Council and staff:
- Understand the needs and challenges facing local businesses
- Measure satisfaction with City services and the business climate
- Identify opportunities to support economic vitality
- Compare Eagan’s performance to communities nationwide
How to Participate
Randomly Selected Businesses: If your business receives a mailed invitation, please follow the instructions included to complete the survey.
Open Participation: If you do not receive a mailed survey, you can still share your voice by taking the open participation survey online.
About the Survey
The City of Eagan is partnering with National Research Center at Polco, an independent research firm, to administer the 2025 Business Survey. All responses are confidential.
Results will be compiled into a public report in early 2026.
Stay Connected
Results of the 2025 Business Survey will be posted on this page when available. For updates, follow the City of Eagan on social media or sign up for our newsletter.
Prior Year Results
2023 Business Survey Results
2021 Business Survey Results
Eagan gets thumbs up from business survey respondents in 2022
Our 2021 business survey results are in, and 99% said that they value Eagan as an excellent or good place to work. That’s just one finding from a City of Eagan survey sent to every addressable Eagan business via U.S. mail last October.
More than 9 in 10 business owners and managers felt that Eagan was an excellent or good place to do business and a similar proportion gave the same evaluations to the overall economic health of Eagan, ratings that were also higher than the national benchmarks. Additionally, Eagan rated higher than national benchmarks in over 73% of all categories.
“We’re pleased once again to see that respondents value Eagan as a place to do business and like our business climate,” says Joe Ellickson, director of communications and engagement. “We also identified a couple of areas that need work, and we found that Eagan businesses are continuing to struggle to find qualified applicants.” Full results will be released soon; in the meantime, here are two more highlights:
- 100% of respondents said Eagan offers an excellent or good quality of life.
- 93% of respondents value Eagan as an excellent or good place to do business.
Survey presentation to City Council.
Business Climate Report
Trends over Time
Business Survey Sample
2019 Business Survey Results
Highlights
- 91% of respondents value Eagan as an excellent or good place to do business.
- 96% of respondents said Eagan offers an excellent or good quality of life.
Results
Survey presentation to City Council.
Business Climate Report
Trends over Time
Business Survey Sample
2017 Business Survey Results
Highlights
- 91% of business owners and managers rated Eagan as an excellent or good place to do business and nearly all (96%) felt that Eagan had an excellent or good quality of life.
- Businesses value Eagan as a place to do business but are experiencing a shortage of qualified applicants, and economic outlook is on the decline since 2017.
- Eagan's businesses value the same community characteristics as their residents, and identify safety and economy as areas of focus.
- 85% of businesses approve of the overall direction that Eagan is taking.
- City services are highly rated by the business community, with 91% of respondents saying the quality of City services was excellent or good.
Results
Business Climate Report
Technical Appendices
Comparisons by Demographic Subgroups
Resident and Business Comparisons
Presentation
Council Presentation Slides