Table 5.

Reasons for not selling to the government among SME non-suppliers

 Federal government not a potential client (%)Application process too complicated or time consuming (%)Unaware of contracting opportunities (%)Applied for a contract but was unsuccessful (%)
Non-supplier SMEs (N = 9,376)81.57.410.52.0
Sector (1-digit NAICS)    
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing/
Hunting Industries and Mining/Oil/Gas Extraction
94.31.31.8N/A
Accommodation and food services92.11.83.9N/A
Tourism87.83.16.31.3
Retail85.15.310.11.1
Transportation and warehousing85.06.19.81.5
Information/Cultural Industries, Health Care and Social Assistance, Arts/Entertainment/Recreation, Administrative Support, etc.84.56.78.41.5
Other services83.14.610.31.2
Wholesale77.88.011.95.0
Manufacturing75.911.415.63.0
Knowledge-based industries (KBI)74.914.717.11.8
Construction73.110.614.43.3
Professional, Scientific and Technical services68.015.817.13.3
Information and comm. technologies50.432.627.75.0

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