Przedsiębiorczość nierolnicza wśród mieszkańców obszarów wiejskich gminy Piotrków Kujawski

The survey was carried out in May and June 2015. As many as 131 business entities chosen on the basis of economic activity registration in the considered commune, 21 of which suspended temporarily their activity, were analyzed. A survey was also carried out among 50 entrepreneurs randomly chosen from a group of 110 business owners involved in economic activity in the rural area of Piotrków Kujawski community. The carried out survey revealed that the transformations initiated in 1989 and integration of Poland with the European Union in 2004 caused the highest increase in the number of business entities in Piotrków Kujawski community. The biggest number of unregistered companies was reported in 2011 after occurrence of the worldwide financial and economic crisis. The most common activity profile was in the field of services (renovation and construction) and in trade (used cars dealers, grocery and commodity shops). According to the respondents the most important developmental factors included: reduction of taxes and bank credit interest as well as infrastructural development. The most common difficulties were: too high local taxes, low profitability of business and too high standards imposed by the European Union.