Benchmarks
These pages collect official statistics and public figures on businesses. Most cover Australia, from the ABS, the ATO, the Payment Times Reporting Register and companies' own reports. The industry pages also cover other countries. None of it comes from our checks.
How is my industry doing?
- Your industry in figuresDeals, margins, survival, costs and payment times, industry by industry.
- Industry marginsEBITDA and operating profit as shares of sales, by industry, since 2006-07.
- Business exits and survivalHow many businesses stop trading each year, and how many are still trading four years on.
- Small business cost ratiosThe ATO's ranges for small businesses' main costs as a share of turnover, by industry.
- How fast large businesses pay small suppliersMedian days to pay and the share paid within 30 days, by industry.
What are other businesses doing?
- Price rises businesses announcedThe median price rise businesses stated, by year and sector.
- How often cost-cutting programmes hit their targetWhat came of cost programmes at larger ASX-listed companies, from their later reports.
- What ASX 200 chief executive bonuses pay forThe measures in chief executives' short-term and long-term plans since FY2015.
- What ASX 200 companies write aboutThe themes chairs and chief executives raise in their annual report letters, since FY2015.
How do countries compare?
- Australian sale multiples against other countriesMedian EBITDA multiples, sector by sector, within one deal size.
Our own benchmarks
Each completed check adds one set of answers to our own benchmarks. A retake replaces your earlier answers, and a team check counts once. A comparison appears once enough similar businesses have taken the check.