The survey, conducted by the Federation of Small Businesses, also shows a lack of confidence in the government's early years policies.
The FSB received responses from 188 early years managers from the private, voluntary and independent sector. Just over one in five (21 per cent) answered "no" when asked if they thought they would still be running their business by 2015.
More than four out of five of providers expressed concern at the prospect of qualifying all staff to A-level standard by 2015, while just over three quarters were equally concerned about including graduates in every setting in the same timescale.
The free entitlement to early education was also an area of key concern, as 85 per cent of providers admitted that local authority subsidies do not cover the cost of their hourly rates. And 58 per cent of providers said that extending the hours of free early education for three and four year-olds from 12.5 to 15 a week will affect their business negatively.
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