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.

Arts, entertainment and recreation

Industry (SIC)	With P&L	Median revenue	Median profit	Median margin	Profitable
Activities of sport clubs93120	93	£994k	£2k	0.9%	53%
Operation of sports facilities93110	90	£2.8m	£2.7k	0.5%	52%
Other sports activities93199	87	£845k	£16.9k	2.8%	63%
Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.93290	82	£5.9m	£144k	6.3%	74%
Artistic creation90030	73	£248k	£24.8k	4.5%	73%
Performing arts90010	70	£192k	£1.2k	0.5%	61%
Support activities to performing arts90020	38	£293k	£16.3k	7%	74%
Fitness facilities93130	33	£793k	£36k	9.1%	79%
Operation of arts facilities90040	29	£197k	£10.7k	5.1%	72%
Gambling and betting activities92000	26	£8.7m	£314k	5.5%	69%
Botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserves activities91040	12	£5.5m	£582k	13.5%	83%
Activities of amusement parks and theme parks93210	11	£5.5m	£491k	10.3%	82%
Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions91030	10	£1.8m	£64.6k	2.9%	70%
Museums activities91020	5	£1.9m	£324k	22.4%	100%
Library activities91011	2	£11.3m	£140k	1.4%	50%
Archives activities91012	2	£4.8m	£378k	25.9%	100%
Activities of racehorse owners93191	2	£6.5m	−£3.1m	−20.9%	50%

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