Business Statistics To Go
© 2006 Attard Communications,
Inc.
Looking for research to write your
business plan? Wondering how much money you can expect to make in
various kinds of businesses? Here are various resources that can help
you get the data you need for little or no fee:
Dig into the data at either the U.S.
Department of Commerce's Census Bureau or the U.S. Department of Labor
and you'll find a mother lode of facts, figures and practical
information to help you plan and run your business.
The Census Bureau is the US agency that publishes
population counts and economic indicators. Here you'll find county,
state and federal economic profiles and summary reports on everything
from aging in America and the number of women over 50 giving birth, to
the amount of municipal waste recovered or recycled per person in 1993.
In fact, it's the first place you should look for the demographic,
social and economic data you'll want to predict the market for new
products and services.
The Department of Labor publishes employment statistics, reports of
workplace trends, occupational descriptions, and information about
complying with workplace regulations. There you'll find everything from
OSHA regulations, a study of 401K plan expenses, and wage, hour and
workplace standards to a plain-English handbook explaining the federal
labor laws that effect your business.
The Census Bureau is accessible on the Internet at:
http://www.census.gov. The web site
for the Department of Labor is located at
http://www.dol.gov.
If you want a quick way to benchmark your business against others in
your industry, head over to
BizStats.com. That site has a built in calculator that let you plug
in your gross revenues and see how you compare to other businesses in
the same industry. It also has a variety of other statistics of interest
to startups and existing businesses, including average sales per store
for a number of well-known restaurants and retail stores.
If you don't have time to sift through the free federal data, you can
also buy excellent industry financial and marketing snapshots at
Bizminer.com
Their marketing research reports on 17000 lines of business contain:
- count of firms, small businesses & startups
- 3-year industry volume & average sales
- 3-year sales per employee & employment
- failure rates
- industry vitality measures
- 3-year industry concentration rates
Bizminer's financial analyses include
- number of firms analyzed
- 3-year industry income statement
- 3-year industry expense detail
- 3-year industry balance sheet
- 24 3-year industry financial ratios
- (solvency, profitability, efficiency, turnover)
- 9 graphs
Market research reports are $99 and the financial analyses are $69. More
information and free sample reports are available on the
Bizminer site.
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Communications, Inc. May not be reproduced without permission. For
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