Why are there different revenue groupings available?
Businesses earning lower levels of revenue can display very different financial characteristics than businesses earning higher levels of revenue. For this reason, the reports contain financial data for the entire revenue range as well as various groupings within that range (when these groupings are selected for display). These groupings make up the columns of the report. All reports feature the sample of businesses as one group, the whole industry. If selected, two other grouping types can be displayed on the report. The first grouping type divides the sample into two parts, a lower half and an upper half. The second grouping type divides the sample into four parts, the quartiles. These groupings divide the industry into segments so that comparisons between businesses with different total annual revenue levels can be made. The revenue boundary for each grouping is indicated by the low and high values appearing at the top of each column. The last column shows the percentage of businesse
