This page displays the number of firms in the database for each industry segment, and analyzes three-year failure rates for each. The rest of your profile analyzes these Marketing research trends:

Firms Analyzed: 1/07 Failure Rates: 1/05-1/07 Yr1: 1/05 Yr2: 1/06 Yr3: 1/07 See P5 for explanation of the Time Series. Current Industry Segments Analyzed: Firms: 39,094   Establishments: 40,487 Small Businesses: 38,253 Startups: 1,612 Branches: 1,393 Firms and Establishments: Firms are companies. Branches are subsidiary facilities of firms. Firms plus branches equals the number of establishments in an industry or area Failure Rates   1/05 Firms 1/07 Survivors Failure Rates Firms: 38,258 29,947 21.72% Establishments: 39,800 31,194 21.62% Small Business: 37,446 29,204 22.01% Startups: 866 569 34.30% Branches: 1,542 1,247 19.13% Failure Rates occasionally reflect performance above 100% or below 0% due to business migration among industries (changes in primary business line) during the analysis period. A filtered sub-group of industry firms may be tracked to mitigate this concern.

Contents: P1: Industry Segmentation and Failure Rates P2: Industry Sales Volume, Company Sales, Sales Class Trends P3: Market Share Statistics P4: Staffing, Sales Per Employee, Employment Class Trends P5: Emerging Vitality: Startup Activity, New Branch, High Growth Firm Rates, Industry Sales- Employment- Operational Concentrations P6: About the Data Industry Segmentation and Failure Rates

Annual Market Volume ($)   1/05 1/06 1/07 Reported: 8,951,142,255 9,529,748,626 9,748,089,090 Generated: 10,978,695,168 11,155,169,838 11,121,808,257 Total market share and average facility sales help determine the priority of various industry segments. Average Annual Sales   Firms Small Business Startups 1/05 Avg Sales: 233,968 166,498 162,356 1/06 Avg Sales: 258,799 182,871 159,141 1/07 Avg Sales: 249,350 167,050 161,911 Change: 1/05 to 1/07 6.6% 0.3% -0.3% Survivor Avg Sales: 270,347 174,048 167,399 Change: 1/05 to 1/07 15.5% 4.5% 3.1%

Time series table: This page Annual Sales Yr1:ending 1/05 Annual Sales Yr2:ending 1/06 Annual Sales Yr3:ending 1/07 Annual Sales Survivor:ending 1/05 - 1/07

Company Sales Class Trends as of 1/05 1/06 1/07 1/07 Survivors 1/05 % 1/06 % 1/07 % 1/07 Survivors % <$200k 35,543 33,563 36,270 27,438 92.90% 91.15% 92.78% 91.62% $200k-499k 1,800 1,822 1,834 1,662 4.70% 4.95% 4.69% 5.55% $500k-999k 554 540 563 512 1.45% 1.47% 1.44% 1.71% $1m-$2.49m 236 218 211 193 0.62% 0.59% 0.54% 0.64% $2.5m-$4.99m 61 54 58 53 0.16% 0.15% 0.15% 0.18% $5m-$9.99m 30 35 28 26 0.08% 0.10% 0.07% 0.09% $10m-$24.99m 12 14 23 22 0.03% 0.04% 0.06% 0.07% $25m-$49.99m 2 2 2 2 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% $50m-$99.99m 1 2 4 4 0.00% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% $100m-$249.99m 1 1 2 1 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% $250m - $499.99m 0 0 0 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% $500m - $999.99m 1 2 1 1 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% >$1b 1 1 1 1 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% unknown 16 569 97 32 0.04% 1.55% 0.25% 0.11% Total 38,258 36,823 39,094 29,947 100% 100% 100% 100%

Market Share by Segment (% of total industry sales) as of Firms Small Business Startups 1/05: 100.00% 61.98% 2.00% 1/06: 100.00% 68.14% 3.55% 1/07: 100.00% 65.55% 3.50% Survivor: 83.05% 52.14% 0.98% Time Series Table: this page Yr1: 1/05   Yr3: 1/07 Yr2: 1/06   Survivor: 1/05 - 1/07

Average Staffing and Employment Class Trends

Annual Sales per Employee   US Industry Area Small Business Area Startups 1/05 SPE: 88,928 47,781 84,597 1/06 SPE: 92,758 54,344 107,220 1/07 SPE: 90,419 49,608 107,275 Survivor SPE: 72,322 67,593 77,126 Sales per employee data indicates productivity in industry segments. Time Series Table: this page Annual Employment Yr1: 1/05 Annual Employment Yr2: 1/06 Annual Employment Yr3: 1/07

Facility Employment Class
as of	1 emp	2-4 emps	5-9 emps	10-24 emps	25-49 emps	50-99 emps	100-249 emps	250-499 emps	500-999 emps	>1,000 emps	unknown
1/05	14,441	20,003	3,247	1,385	276	88	40	7	1	0	312
1/06	14,722	17,532	3,217	1,387	260	77	45	7	1	0	993
1/07	17,133	17,823	3,224	1,412	251	84	43	7	2	0	508
1/07 Survivors	11,422	14,858	2,912	1,294	229	74	42	7	2	0	354
Percentage breakdown
1/05	36.28%	50.26%	8.16%	3.48%	0.69%	0.22%	0.10%	0.02%	0.00%	0.00%	0.78%
1/06	38.50%	45.85%	8.41%	3.63%	0.68%	0.20%	0.12%	0.02%	0.00%	0.00%	2.60%
1/07	42.32%	44.02%	7.96%	3.49%	0.62%	0.21%	0.11%	0.02%	0.00%	0.00%	1.25%
1/07 Survivors	36.62%	47.63%	9.34%	4.15%	0.73%	0.24%	0.13%	0.02%	0.01%	0.00%	1.13%
Facility employment class breakdowns help identify target categories.

Staffing scale and trends reflect vitality in various industry segments. Average Employment Trends   1/05 Emps. 1/06 Emps. 1/07 Emps. 1/07 Survivors Industry: 3 3 3 3 Small Business: 2 2 2 3 Startups: 2 1 2 2 Branches: 9 10 10 10

Emerging Vitality Trends

Time series table: This page High Growth Employment: 1/05 - 1/07 High Growth Sales: 1/05 - 1/07 Entrepreneurial Activity: 1/06 - 1/07 New Branch Development: 1/06 - 1/07 Consolidation: 1/05 - 1/07 Industry Concentrations (% of total areas)   1/05 1/06 1/07 Establishments 4.9065% 4.9356% 4.8795% Employment 1.4675% 1.4716% 1.4925% Reported Sales 0.2909% 0.3023% 0.2902%  Industry Concentrations (indexed against US average) Establishments 1.0561 1.0506 1.0452 Employment 0.9482 2.7819 0.9557 Reported Sales 0.6279 0.8593 0.8957 The data on this page can be interpreted as measures of area industry strength and vitality. Rates for entrepreneurial activity, new branch development and concentrations of high growth firms (measured by sales and employment) indicate the industry activity as a per cent of the local industry, while branch, establishment, reported sales and employment concentrations measure industry strength relative to the entire local private sector economy. Industry indices compare local vitality measures to US averages for this industry, where the US average equals 1.00. US Industry = 1.00 in all market vitality index ratings

Segment Consolidation Trends Area Branch Concentration 1/05: 3.87% Area Branch Concentration 1/06: 3.71% Area Branch Concentration 1/07: 3.44% All US Branch Concentration 1/05: 5.37% All US Branch Concentration 1/06: 5.25% All US Branch Concentration 1/07: 4.9% Consolidation trends can suggest the extent to which control is tightening over industry decision processes . Entrepreneurial Activity US Segment Startup Rate: 12.94% Area Segment Startup Rate: 12.09% Area Segment Startup Index: 0.93 New Branch Development US Segment New Branch Rate: 0.23% Area Segment New Branch Rate: 0.14% Area Segment New Branch Index: 0.61 Employment Growth Index Area Segment Emp. Growth Rate: -0.37% Area Segment Emp. Growth Index: 1.36 Reported Sales Growth Index Area Segment Sales Growth Rate: 8.90% Area Segment Sales Growth Index: 0.59 Generated Sales Growth Index Area Segment Sales Growth Rate: 1.30% Area Segment Sales Growth Index: 0.09 See below for definitions of vitality measures.