How profitable is your small business? How much money does it make?

Douglas Greenberg
2 min readOct 28, 2022

If you want to know how profitable your business will be, the answer will probably change depending on what industry it works in and how many people it has working for. Most of the time, a small business makes less money on average than a big one. The average profit of a small business is about $70,000 per year, which is only a little more than the average salary of an employee. Also, most people think that 94% of small businesses don’t make more than a million dollars a year. Because of this, it might be better to find another job than to try to run a small business.

The National Association of Small Firms (NASBA) did a survey and found that 65% of small businesses make money. In 2018, about 40% of small businesses were making money. The rest are either making money or will stop at some point in the future. One out of every ten small businesses created more than a million dollars in the most profitable industry. But the industries that make the least money are making alcoholic drinks, getting oil and gas out of the ground, forging and stamping, and publishing software.

Even though most new businesses fail within the first year, there are still ways to start a small business and make money from it. Cash flow problems are the most common reason a company fails, but there are different ways to fix this problem. Here are some tips business owners can use to ensure their businesses keep doing well.

When figuring out whether a new business will make money, the first year of business is the most important. Most companies don’t make any money in their first year of operation, and it usually takes between 12 and 24 months for them to start making money. But it’s important to remember that investing in company operations like growth, hiring new employees, or other business activities may cause a loss of income during the first year of business. No matter how profitable a company is, it still has to pay taxes on its money.

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Douglas Greenberg

Douglas Greenberg has a history of taking initiative. At the age of 19, he launched his own company, and he hasn't looked back since.