Financial performance - Canadian Industry Statistics

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General rental centres - 5323

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:
General rental centres - 5323

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 570
Revenue range:
Low ($000) 30 30 55 104 430
High ($000) 5,000 55 104 430 5,000
REVENUES AND EXPENSES (thousands of dollars) - Averages
Total revenue 468.7C 40.3 75.3 220.7 1,538.3 100.0
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) 141.5C 2.3 8.0 31.6 524.0 42.1
Wages and benefits 19.2C 0.2 1.2 4.3 71.0 11.4
Purchases, materials and sub-contracts 126.5E 2.1 6.7 28.0 469.1 41.9
Opening Inventory 26.5C 0.2 2.1 6.6 97.0 14.6
Closing inventory 30.7C 0.3 1.9 7.3 113.1 13.9
Operating expenses (indirect expenses) 268.5E 28.4 54.9 147.2 843.4 96.1
Labour and commissions 64.8E 1.3 3.6 22.5 231.8 36.3
Amortization and depletion 47.9E 4.0 5.9 20.0 161.5 67.2
Repairs and maintenance 22.3C 3.0 4.5 16.2 65.6 68.9
Utilities and telephone/telecommunication 10.3C 1.8 3.1 7.5 29.0 75.3
Rent 23.8C 2.2 5.1 13.8 73.9 40.0
Interest and bank charges 23.3C 4.2 9.4 16.0 63.6 57.7
Professional and business fees 9.3E 1.6 3.2 9.2 23.3 79.3
Advertising and promotion 4.8E 0.2 0.6 1.6 16.9 50.2
Delivery, shipping and warehouse expenses 1.0E 0.0 0.1 0.6 3.3 11.8
Insurance 11.2C 1.4 2.8 7.2 33.6 72.6
Other expenses 49.6E 8.6 16.6 32.4 140.8 93.5
Total expenses 409.9C 30.6 62.9 178.8 1,367.4 96.1
Net profit/loss 58.8C 9.7 12.4 41.9 171.0 99.5
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 3.5 3.3 2.3 3.6 3.7
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 (%) 69.8 94.4 89.3 85.7 65.9
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 (%) 73.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total revenue 481.0C 40.1 75.0 222.0 1,581.3
Total expenses 380.1C 23.2 43.3 149.7 1,299.6
Net profit 100.9C 16.9 31.7 72.3 281.7
Non-Profitable
Percentage of businesses (%) 26.8 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Total revenue 435.2E 41.0 76.0 216.9 1,420.0
Total expenses 491.3E 54.4 105.4 264.9 1,553.6
Net loss -56.1E -13.4 -29.3 -48.0 -133.6

Source: Statistics Canada – Financial Performance Data

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