NAICS 541613

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing operating advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations on marketing issues, such as developing marketing objectives and policies, sales forecasting, new product developing and pricing, licensing and franchise planning, and marketing planning and strategy.

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• The top of each industry vertical page includes the NAICS code and the NAICS definition for that industry segment.
• The source data is Risk Management Association's Annual Statement Studies. As you may know, RMA collects financial statements from banks, and aggregates the findings for all industries.
• RMA presents their data in 3 sections: the Top Quartile, the Middle Quartiles, the Bottom Quartile. RMA data also is available by five different ranges of annual sales volume. 
• We have identified six key ratios (from the dozens of ratios available) that are particularly important for Owners of Professional Firms to monitor, project, and manage:
  • Pre-Tax PROFIT Percent
  • OPERATING EXPENSES Percent
  • CURRENT Ratio
  • DEBT-TO-WORTH Ratio
  • ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, Average Days Sales Outstanding
  • OFFICERS, OWNERS COMPENSATION Percent
• Our exclusive Benchmark Trend Charts show the median value reported by RMA for each of these key ratios each year.