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Deep sea, coastal and Great Lakes water transportation - 4831

Here you will find information on average revenues, expenses and profits for small and medium-sized businesses in this sub-sector. You can use this information to see how your business measures up to the competition.

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Revenue range:
Annual revenues $30,000 - $5,000,000
Provinces/territory/Canada:
Canada
Incorporation status:
All businesses
Note: Balance sheet information is not available for all businesses and unincorporated businesses under the incorporation status.
Distribution by:
Total revenue
Value in:
Thousands of dollars
Data year:
2024
Industry:
Deep sea, coastal and Great Lakes water transportation - 4831

N/A = Data not available based on selected status

Report by revenue in thousand of dollars
  Whole
industry
(reliability)		 Bottom
quartile
(25%)		 Lower
middle
(25%)		 Upper
middle
(25%)		 Top
quartile
(25%)		 Percentage of
businesses
reporting
Number of businesses 187
Revenue range:
Low ($000) 30 30 79 228 968
High ($000) 5,000 79 228 968 5,000
REVENUES AND EXPENSES (thousands of dollars) - Averages
Total revenue 803.7C 51.6 132.0 512.9 2,518.3 100.0
Sales of goods and services N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
All other revenues N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Cost of sales (direct expenses) 267.7E 3.9 15.8 144.6 906.6 37.4
Wages and benefits 73.4C 0.2 0.9 30.7 261.7 18.7
Purchases, materials and sub-contracts 194.3E 3.7 14.9 114.0 644.7 36.9
Opening Inventory 2.6C 0.0 0.0 1.1 9.4 2.1
Closing inventory 2.6C 0.0 0.0 1.1 9.2 2.1
Operating expenses (indirect expenses) 418.6E 34.3 97.8 291.4 1,251.0 97.3
Labour and commissions 140.1E 2.5 16.0 81.6 460.2 52.9
Amortization and depletion 50.6E 3.7 12.5 44.1 142.3 74.9
Repairs and maintenance 28.1E 4.5 11.7 24.3 72.1 54.5
Utilities and telephone/telecommunication 22.2E 2.8 12.7 18.4 54.6 72.2
Rent 29.5C 3.3 6.8 17.4 90.5 54.0
Interest and bank charges 10.8E 0.4 4.3 9.6 28.9 40.1
Professional and business fees 20.0E 4.7 6.0 19.7 49.7 88.8
Advertising and promotion 6.1E 0.5 1.3 4.2 18.4 52.4
Delivery, shipping and warehouse expenses 21.6E 0.0 3.7 10.6 72.1 11.8
Insurance 18.3C 2.4 3.9 16.4 50.3 64.2
Other expenses 71.3E 9.6 18.8 45.0 211.8 95.2
Total expenses 686.3C 38.1 113.6 436.0 2,157.7 98.4
Net profit/loss 117.4C 13.5 18.4 77.0 360.6 100.0
BALANCE SHEET (thousands of dollars) - Averages
Total assets N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total current assets N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Accounts receivable N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Closing inventory N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Other current assets N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Net tangible and intangible assets N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
All other assets and adjustments N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total liabilities N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total current liabilities N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Current bank loans N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Other current liabilities N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Long term liabilities N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total equity N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
FINANCIAL RATIOS Averages
Current ratio N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Debt to equity ratio N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Interest coverage ratio 11.8 37.7 5.3 9.0 13.5
Debt ratio N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Revenue to equity ratio N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Revenue to closing inventory ratio N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Current debt to equity (%) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Net profit to equity (%) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Net fixed assets to equity (%) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Gross margin (%) 66.7 92.5 88.0 71.8 64.0
Return on total assets (%) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Collection period for accounts receivable (days) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
PROFITABLE vs NON-PROFITABLE BUSINESSES (thousands of dollars)
Profitable
Percentage of businesses (%) 70.6 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total revenue 803.9C 53.3 136.2 482.8 2,543.2
Total expenses 597.4C 30.3 93.5 348.7 1,917.4
Net profit 206.5C 23.0 42.6 134.0 625.7
Non-Profitable
Percentage of businesses (%) 29.4 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total revenue 803.3C 47.6 123.3 600.3 2,460.1
Total expenses 899.7C 57.0 155.0 688.6 2,719.6
Net loss -96.5E -9.4 -31.6 -88.3 -259.5

Source: Statistics Canada – Financial Performance Data

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