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.

Transportation and storage

Industry (SIC)	With P&L	Median revenue	Median profit	Median margin	Profitable
Freight transport by road49410	579	£11.4m	£103k	2.7%	80%
Other transportation support activities52290	142	£13.2m	£399k	3%	80%
Other passenger land transport49390	76	£8.3m	£327k	6.9%	83%
Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities52103	75	£11.5m	£210k	2.3%	76%
Sea and coastal freight water transport50200	37	£12.4m	£179k	3.7%	78%
Taxi operation49320	33	£631k	£77.3k	8.5%	88%
Other service activities incidental to land transportation, n.e.c.52219	26	£15.4m	£546k	4.5%	81%
Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)49319	24	£8.4m	£318k	3.2%	67%
Removal services49420	24	£5m	£74.5k	2.6%	75%
Service activities incidental to air transportation52230	22	£16.2m	£127k	6.5%	73%
Licensed carriers53201	21	£4.4m	£111k	4%	81%
Non-scheduled passenger air transport51102	20	£9m	−£23.7k	−0.2%	45%
Unlicensed carrier53202	20	£700k	£12.6k	1.8%	80%
Passenger rail transport, interurban49100	13	£2.7m	−£1.7k	−0.1%	46%
Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities52101	13	£14.9m	£360k	3.2%	85%
Service activities incidental to water transportation52220	13	£6.5m	£108k	1%	69%
Freight rail transport49200	12	£17.8m	£477k	4.7%	100%
Freight air transport51210	11	£10.3m	£291k	3.6%	73%
Cargo handling for water transport activities52241	8	£9.8m	£514k	8.2%	100%
Sea and coastal passenger water transport50100	6	£5.6m	£172k	4.9%	67%
Scheduled passenger air transport51101	5	£13.8m	£283k	2.1%	80%
Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for air transport activities52102	5	£11.4m	£233k	8.1%	100%
Postal activities under universal service obligation53100	5	£147k	−£3.5k	−2.4%	40%
Cargo handling for air transport activities52242	4	£5.2m	£50.6k	1.4%	75%
Inland passenger water transport50300	3	£4.3m	£0	0%	33%
Cargo handling for land transport activities52243	2	£4.6m	£1.2m	15.4%	100%
Inland freight water transport50400	1	£967k	£105k	10.8%	100%
Operation of rail passenger facilities at railway stations52212	1	£16.5m	£356k	2.2%	100%
Urban and suburban passenger railway transportation by underground, metro and similar systems49311	1	£659k	£98.5k	14.9%	100%

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