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SMALL BUSINESS INDUSTRIES: RECEIPTS VS.
PROFITS
|
Industry Sector |
Percent
of
Total Business
Receipts |
Percent
of
Total
Business
Profits |
Ratio: Percent
Profits/Percent
Receipts |
Profit Margin:
Profit/Receipts |
$
of Sales per
$ of Profit |
|
Construction |
15.9 |
13.6 |
0.86 |
18.4 |
5.45 |
|
Wholesale Trade |
4.4 |
2.5 |
0.57 |
12.1 |
8.26 |
|
Retail Trade |
19.1 |
5.5 |
0.29 |
6.2 |
16.25 |
|
Transportation and
Warehousing |
4.7 |
3.5 |
0.74 |
15.7 |
6.39 |
|
Finance and Insurance |
8.9 |
6.9 |
0.78 |
16.7 |
6.00 |
|
Real Estate Rental and
Leasing |
4.4 |
8.8 |
2.00 |
42.7 |
2.34 |
|
Professional,
Scientific, and Technical Services |
11.0 |
21.7 |
1.97 |
42.3 |
2.37 |
|
Administrative and
Support and Waste-Management Services |
3.8 |
5.1 |
1.34 |
28.4 |
3.52 |
|
Health-Care and
Social-Assistance and Child Day-Care Services |
8.5 |
17.1 |
2.01 |
43.0 |
2.33 |
|
Arts, Entertainment,
and Recreation |
2.0 |
2.6 |
1.30 |
27.7 |
3.61 |
|
Other Services,
Including Personal and Laundry Services |
6.8 |
7.1 |
1.04 |
22.5 |
4.41 |
|
All Other Industries |
10.2 |
5.5 |
0.54 |
11.5 |
8.70 |
|
All Industry Sectors |
- |
- |
- |
21.5 |
4.67 |
Source: MRI Database 2002 and Brian Balkovic and Michael Parisi, "Sole
Proprietorship Returns 1999,"
Statistics of Income Bulletin
(Internal Revenue Service), Summer 2001, pp. 12-13. Note: Detail may not add
to totals because of rounding.
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