2000 Best Practices Study

Analysis of Agencies with Revenues Between $500,000 and $1,250,000 Agencies in this group have average total revenues of $784,841 .

I. Agency Characteristics A. Corporate Structure C

Average

+25% Profit

+25% Growth

60.9% 39.1% 0.0% 0.0%

65.5% 34.5% 0.0% 0.0%

62.9% 37.1% 0.0% 0.0%

S

Partnership

LLC

Sole Proprietorship

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

B. Shareholders

Average

+25% Profit

+25% Growth

Number of Shareholders

2.8 9.0 1.0

2.0

5.2

High Low

C. Ownership %

58.0% 100.0% 20.0% Average

+25% Profit

+25% Growth

% Owned by Largest Shareholder

64.0%

37.4%

High Low

D. Shareholder Age

Average

+25% Profit

+25% Growth

Current Age of Largest Shareholder

49.0

46.4

48.7

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

69.6% 17.4% 4.3% 8.7%

65.5% 20.7% 3.4% 10.3%

68.6% 17.1% 2.9% 11.4%

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