2000 Best Practices Study

Analysis of Agencies with Revenues Between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000 Agencies in this group have average total revenues of $7,223,020 .

I. Agency Characteristics A. Corporate Structure C

Average

+25% Profit

+25% Growth

52.4% 42.9% 0.0% 4.8%

51.9% 44.4% 0.0% 3.7%

57.6% 39.4% 0.0% 3.0%

S

Partnership

LLC

Sole Proprietorship

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

B. Shareholders

Average

+25% Profit

+25% Growth

Number of Shareholders

8.9

15.8

7.0

High Low

47.0

1.0

C. Ownership %

Average

+25% Profit

+25% Growth

% Owned by Largest Shareholder

47.9% 92.0% 22.0%

59.0%

35.7%

High Low

D. Shareholder Age

Average

+25% Profit

+25% Growth

Current Age of Largest Shareholder

56.3

55.8

51.6

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

28.6% 9.5% 38.1% 23.8%

29.6% 11.1% 40.7% 18.5%

27.3% 12.1% 42.4% 18.2%

Analysis of Agencies with Revenues Between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000

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