B
Evidence Grade B
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9%
9% -- marketing budget share for small business marketing budgets (2026)
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Value
9%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Bionic
Primary
Tier C
https://bionic.co.uk/blog/ten-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free/ ↗
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10 ways to promote and advertise your business - for free!
10 ways to promote and advertise your business - for free!
Getting your business name out there can be tricky. And, given the number of ways you can use to get your name out there, just deciding how to promote your business can be every bit as tricky.
You may be wondering how much money you’ll have …
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Bionic
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Methodology
Range 9-12% (midpoint extracted); general advisory figure, not from a named study
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Industrymarketing
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small business marketing budgets: 9% marketing budget share. Source: Bionic (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/marketing-budget-percentage-advice-2026
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