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District of Columbia Industrial Areas Study DC Office of Planning Prepared by Phillips Preiss Shapiro Associates, Inc. The majority of businesses surveyed are independent. A total of 88 percent are headquarters locations, with only 12 percent identifying themselves as subsidiaries. These businesses are also generally small. Over half (54 percent) have fewer than 10 employees, and 55 percent have annual gross sales of $1 million or less. Nor have the responding businesses seen significant growth during the recent boom— the distribution of employment was virtually the same three years ago as it is today. Further, 40 percent of respondents expect their profitability to decline in the future, compared with 36 percent who expect it to increase (25 percent did not answer the question). 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 54% 21% Chart 6.1: Number of Employees Number of Employees - 167 - 55% 22% 17% 17% 5% 2% Number of Employees Today Number of Employees Three Years Ago Under 10 10-20 20-50 50-100 Over 100 2% 4%
District of Columbia Industrial Areas Study DC Office of Planning Prepared by Phillips Preiss Shapiro Associates, Inc. 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 36% Chart 6.2: Profitability Estimated Future Profitability 40% 1 - 168 - 25% More Less No Response The responding businesses serve a wide variety of customers. Table 5-2 below tabulates the percentage of respondents answering that they serve the following sectors. The table shows that while the “other” category was most often checked by respondents, responding businesses primarily serve retail customers, followed by government and the building trades. However, if restaurants and hotels are consolidated together as hospitality uses, then they would form the largest sector after “other,” with nearly 30 percent of respondents. 6.5.2 EMPLOYEE CHARACTERISTICS A significant number of people working in DC’s industrial zones come from outside the District. Around 40 percent of responding businesses report that 25 percent or fewer of their employees come from within the District. Under the most optimistic set of assumption, no more than 52 percent of respondent’s employees could be DC residents—the true percentage is likely closer to 40 percent. This means that the proportion of PDR jobs held by DC residents is perhaps only somewhat larger than the proportion for all jobs in the District.
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