Industry benchmarks

What does a typical business make?

Medians across companies that publish a full P&L, by SIC code. Small companies rarely publish revenue, so benchmarks skew towards larger filers — read them as a guide, not a forecast.

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Industry (SIC)	With P&L	Median revenue	Median profit	Median margin	Profitable
Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds01110	56	£12.4m	£285k	3.7%	71%
Mixed farming01500	51	£1.2m	£53.8k	5.9%	75%
Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers01130	46	£10.7m	£308k	2.6%	76%
Raising of poultry01470	33	£16.1m	£970k	6.2%	97%
Support activities for crop production01610	23	£10.5m	£150k	1.4%	78%
Raising of swine/pigs01460	19	£10.8m	£428k	6.6%	84%
Support services to forestry02400	15	£7.1m	£92.9k	4.1%	87%
Silviculture and other forestry activities02100	14	£5.5m	£189k	4.3%	93%
Marine fishing03110	14	£5.5m	£79.5k	4.9%	64%
Support activities for animal production (other than farm animal boarding and care) n.e.c.01629	13	£2.9m	£156k	1.9%	77%
Raising of dairy cattle01410	11	£3.2m	£176k	6%	73%
Plant propagation01300	10	£8.9m	£153k	4.8%	80%
Raising of other animals01490	10	£10.2m	£123k	1.9%	90%
Growing of other perennial crops01290	9	£12.3m	£2.3k	2%	56%
Growing of other non-perennial crops01190	9	£27.3m	£1.3m	6.1%	89%
Growing of pome fruits and stone fruits01240	8	£23.2m	£821k	3.6%	75%
Growing of other tree and bush fruits and nuts01250	8	£20.7m	£1.4m	3.3%	88%
Marine aquaculture03210	8	£13.5m	−£3.8k	1.3%	50%
Raising of sheep and goats01450	7	£20.7m	£469k	5.5%	86%
Raising of horses and other equines01430	6	£130k	−£1.8k	−2.6%	50%
Post-harvest crop activities01630	5	£53.1m	£564k	1%	100%
Farm animal boarding and care01621	3	£130k	£11.2k	9.6%	67%
Hunting, trapping and related service activities01700	3	£695k	£56.3k	10%	67%
Freshwater aquaculture03220	2	£9m	£555k	6.9%	100%
Logging02200	2	£6.2m	£402k	6.3%	100%
Growing of grapes01210	2	£3.9m	£175k	5.2%	100%
Raising of other cattle and buffaloes01420	2	£8m	£823k	11.2%	100%
Gathering of wild growing non-wood products02300	1	£108k	£2.1k	1.9%	100%
Raising of camels and camelids01440	1	£199k	£7.9k	4%	100%
Growing of fibre crops01160	1	£142k	£0	0%	0%

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