About a third of N.J.’s small businesses have closed so far this year as COVID-19 fears mount

Updated: Dec. 02, 2020, 8:27 a.m.
Published: Dec. 01, 2020, 6:30 a.m.

Downtown Metuchen is not business as usual as the coronavirus spreads in the throughout the state — Downtown Metuchen during the coronavirus pandemic in March.Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media

Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

The number is staggering.

By several estimates, roughly 3 out of every 10 small businesses that were open in New Jersey at the beginning of 2020 are now closed as the coronavirus pandemic — and vast restrictions to fight it — have taken a big bite out of the economy.

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