Financial Benchmarks - Integra Information

Integra Information, Inc. collects information from the government and the rest of the 34 data sources (listed below). Our staff of economists and statisticians bring all of these datasets together to form the Integra Infobase. This dataset represents the financial performance of over 4.5 million privately held businesses operating in over 900 industries.

This dataset represents the most complete and accurate way to understand the financials of companies operating in virtually any industry and any size.

We can use this information to help our customers understand the financials of companies operating in these industries. We can provide this information at a very summary level or at a very detailed level.

Professionals like Deloitte Touche, Merrill Lynch, Bank One and tens of thousands of others use our information on a daily basis to make better lending decisions, provide financial analysis and advise companies properly.

Our tools can help you in many ways

Designing a Business Plan

When planning to start or grow a company you need to be able to understand such key elements as profit margins, rent, cost of goods. Integra's tools will show you the value for these items and much more. We can show you the complete financial statements for companies in your industry and your size.

What's a business worth?

Have you ever wanted to understand the value of your business? Did you ever consider buying a business but had no way to understand if it was performing well compared to it's peers. Our reports can give you a guideline valuation for a business as well as isolate any areas of performance that should be called into question or are particularly positive. All this using a simple interface and the results written in simple English. In minutes understand the value of your business

Growing Your Business

Thinking of expanding? Our reports will help you understand all of the implications of growing a business. For example, you have a flower store that generates $1 million dollars in annual revenue. You would like to expand that to $5 million dollars in annual revenue. Our reports can show you the cash and debt necessary to run a $5 million dollar flower store. We can show you the marketing costs, profit margins, debt and cash levels and hundreds of other pieces of financial information. All this information can be invaluable when assessing the potential for growing a business.

Integra Information, Inc. is the developer of information tools that generates normative financial profiles from the Integra InfoBase by industry and sales size for analysis by business professionals. A financial profile consists of a balance sheet, income statement, cash flow analysis and financial ratios for a five-year historical period. The user can choose from over 950 industries based on the standard industrial classifications (SIC) and thirteen sales size ranges to generate a normative profile. The profiles represent over 4.0 million companies.

The Infobase is prepared from 31 individual sources (see listing below) which includes data from the US government and proprietary data sets that incorporate specific private company information. The data sets and products are maintained, updated, and tested by our product development team comprised of economists, statisticians, and analysts. The Infobase data sets are used to generate normative financial profiles. Specific data sources are used to derive detailed information within a given industry. Integra's methodologies are proprietary and were developed by information experts using widely accepted statistical and analytical techniques applied on a consistent basis. Our expertise in industry data and econometric analysis combine to provide a product which incorporates many of the highest quality and most reliable information sources into one database.

Integra Information is focused on helping you improve and grow your company. Our goal is to make the task of assessing and improving your business easier, and to help you make important decisions about your company. The process is simple and fast. No games, no hassles, just a focus on improving your results—and that’s the bottom line.

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