2000 Best Practices Study
Analysis of Agencies with Revenues Less than $500,000 In previous studies this study group of agencies represented two separate revenue groups— Under $250,000 and Between $250,000 & $500,000 . Since the 1999 Best Practices Study Executive Update has tracked the results only of agencies included in the 1998 Best Practices Update , many of the agencies in the Under $250,000 now have revenues that exceed the category size. The two groups are now combined into this new category. Agencies in this group have average total revenues of $308,607 .
I. Agency Characteristics A. Corporate Structure C
Average
+25% Profit
+25% Growth
52.4% 33.3% 4.8% 0.0%
40.7% 40.7% 3.7% 0.0% 14.8%
42.4% 39.4% 3.0% 0.0% 15.2%
S
Partnership
LLC
Sole Proprietorship
9.5%
B. Shareholders
Average
+25% Profit
+25% Growth
Number of Shareholders
1.8 6.0 1.0
2.3
2.7
High Low
C. Ownership %
70.8% 100.0% 44.0% Average
+25% Profit
+25% Growth
% Owned by Largest Shareholder
64.6%
55.2%
High Low
D. Shareholder Age
Average
+25% Profit
+25% Growth
Current Age of Largest Shareholder
52.0
50.3
53.0
E. Population Density of Metropolitan Area Where Home Office Is Located
Average
+25% Profit
+25% Growth
Less than 50,000 50,000 - 250,000 250,000 - 1,000,000 More than 1,000,000
71.4% 19.0% 9.5% 0.0%
74.1% 14.8% 11.1% 0.0%
78.8% 12.1% 9.1% 0.0%
Analysis of Agencies with Revenues Less than $500,000
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