Defining The Family Business Landscape 2025

Deloitte Private’s global Defining the Family Business Landscape report is the inaugural study in the Deloitte Private Family Business Insights Series. To inform this research, Deloitte Private surveyed 1,587 family-owned businesses worldwide between March and June 2025, capturing perspectives from companies averaging US$2.8 billion in annual revenue. The report also includes in-depth interviews with 30 senior executives from prominent family businesses, offering qualitative insights into the strategies and practices that drive long-term success. 

In addition to the survey data, a separate piece of analysis was conducted to produce the family business market sizing data. This data examines the growth of the family business arena between 2020 and 2030, comparing family businesses (including those both public and private) to all businesses (including family and non-family businesses that are both public and private). All the businesses have revenue of at least US$100 million and, for the family businesses, only those where a single family has the controlling vote, sits within the executive leadership/board, and owns a 51%+ stake if it is a private, or a 25%+ stake if it is a public, business is included.