Measuring the Struggle of Small-Scale Businesses in the COVID-19 Environment

Small-scale business owners are among those who were very affected when the COVID-19 pandemic hit country. This group supports their families solely through daily sales profits. However, country began implementing Movement Control Order (MCO) from March 2020 to May 2020, it was difficult for this survive. Some of them unable do at all, while majority experienced a significant decline in sales. study aims measure ability small-scale survive before and after period. GIS software (ArcMap 10.4.1) used map pandemic. Data obtained face-to-face questionnaires conducted throughout state Kedah. Findings indicated that several districts have successfully managed economic survival. achieved well-collaborated effort by government NGOs strengthen certain aspects these revive growth. Future work should focus on studying actions taken successful coping with environment.