Yes, survey responses are kept anonymous. Only members of the SBCS team within the Federal Reserve System see the detailed responses, including optional contact information associated with your response.
The survey team publishes a series of publicly available reports annually using aggregated data provided by respondents. The data appendices that accompany the reports may show responses within different demographics—for instance, responses within a specific industry or state—but individual firms cannot be identified as responses are aggregated into categories of 50 or more firms.
Additionally, when any data files containing individual responses are made available to researchers, data that could be used to identify businesses will be removed. The process of anonymizing the dataset, developed in conjunction with the National Opinion Research Center, guarantees that respondents to the survey cannot be identified.