2000 Best Practices Study

Analysis of Agencies with Revenues Between $1,250,000 and $2,500,000 Agencies in this group have average total revenues of $1,720,354 .

I. Agency Characteristics A. Corporate Structure C

Average

+25% Profit

+25% Growth

57.7% 42.3% 0.0% 0.0%

57.6% 42.4% 0.0% 0.0%

60.0% 40.0% 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

2.5 8.0 1.0

1.6

2.0

High Low

C. Ownership %

65.8% 100.0% 12.5% Average

+25% Profit

+25% Growth

% Owned by Largest Shareholder

73.0%

50.7%

High Low

D. Shareholder Age

Average

+25% Profit

+25% Growth

Current Age of Largest Shareholder

50.2

47.3

48.2

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

34.6% 30.8% 15.4% 19.2%

33.3% 30.3% 15.2% 21.2%

32.5% 27.5% 17.5% 22.5%

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