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Family business plays an enormous role in economy, it concerns both its signifi cant contribution to GDP and its contribution to employment. The period of recession has a substantial impact on its execution and it concerns critical situations where the use of countermeasure is required. The idea of this article is to present the attributes of family business, that aid to get through the moments of economic retardation the distinctive hierarchy of goals and specifi c ownership structure make the traders be more resistant to trade in economic recession. This study depicts internal and international research results presenting conduct of family business during economic depression.