Business owners would be well-served to know where they fit in the realm of revenue size to other businesses in the U.S. Many of us have seen the statistic that there are around 25 million businesses in the U.S. This number is misleading. It includes every potential, small sole proprietor business in the country. A […]
The U.S. aggregate corporate financial performance looks at the 5.5 million plus active corporations (C and S corporations) that the IRS keeps track of for business statistics on the IRS website. The years covered are from 1996 to 2007. The financial data is primarily accrual basis. Less than 20% of the revenue weighted numbers of […]
In the analysis of the aggregate U.S. corporate financial performance some interesting and sometimes startling issues can be seen via the graphical representation. Starting with the revenues of the aggregate companies I divide them through research by the amount that comes from publicly traded companies and the amount coming from private companies. This can be […]