Small Business

Most and Least Profitable Business Types

By on January 18, 2011
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Child Day-Care Services

Net profit margin rank: 10
Net profit margin: 10.43%
Change in 2009-2010 sales: 3.31%
Number of firms: 59,985
Employment: 853,648

The payroll-to-sales ratio was nearly 40 percent in 2006, before the recession, but dropped under 20 percent last year. That leanness boosted profit margins.
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