Report: Sales growth up at private companies; So are profit margins at accounting firms
Private companies in the United States grew sales by approximately 9.7 percent in the period ended February 2013, about the same as in the period ended January 2013 and close to the 10.1 percent growth seen one year ago. The average private company had a 7.6 percent net profit margin in the period ended February 2013, compared to 4.6 percent a year earlier.