Newspaper Publishers Revenue Benchmarks

How much does the average newspaper publishers business make? Here are revenue benchmarks based on Census Bureau data.

Average Revenue

$4.3M

per year

💰

Profit Margin

18.0%

industry average

📈

Revenue / Employee

$136K

per year

👤

Total Businesses

3,627

in the US

🏢

Est. Owner Income

$778K

small business avg

💵

Labor Cost

40.0%

of revenue

👥

Avg Employee Wage

N/A

per year (BLS)

💼

Market Saturation

1.1

firms per 100K people

🎯

💰 Average Revenue by Business Size

1-4 employees
$189K
5-9 employees
$523K
10-19 employees
$1.2M
20-99 employees
$3.5M
100-499 employees
$21.6M
500+ employees
$259.0M

🏆 Highest Revenue States

1.New York$12.2M avg2.Hawaii$6.7M avg3.New Jersey$6.7M avg4.Virginia$6.0M avg5.Massachusetts$5.9M avg6.Pennsylvania$5.3M avg7.Connecticut$5.2M avg8.Iowa$4.4M avg9.Arizona$4.2M avg10.Indiana$4.1M avg

📊 Industry Dynamics (Census BDS 2023)

New Business Rate

5.31%

openings/year

Closure Rate

9.67%

closings/year

Net Job Growth

-6.05%

annual

Businesses Closed

938

in 2023

Firm Count Trend

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10,012 firms9,394 firms

💡 Should You Start a Newspaper Publishers Business?

Startup Cost

$50K – $250K

Break-Even

2 months

5-Year Survival Rate

50.0%

🆚 Related Industries

Motion Picture and Video Production$2.0MSoftware Publishers$31.2MData Processing, Hosting, and Related Services$18.9MInternet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals$33.8MWireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)$9.0M

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