5.5% closed in 2023, the newest year in the Census Business Dynamics Statistics, and 6.6% in an average year over the last five years with data.
Profitability
Is a brewery taproom profitable in Louisiana?
What the public record says about businesses like a brewery taproom in Louisiana: how many open and close each year against the national rate, how many are still open after each year, and a calculator for the margin your own numbers leave.
5.5%of manufacturing establishments in Louisiana closed in 2023
5.7% opened that year, among 2,916 establishments. Over the last five years with data, 6.6% closed in an average year in Louisiana, against 7.3% nationally.
- Closed in 2023
- 5.5%
- Opened in 2023
- 5.7%
- United States, closed
- 7.0%
- Net income, % of receipts (2023)
- 7.1%
What these figures include
The Census publishes these dynamics by sector, not by kind of business, so the figures are for every establishment in manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), which is where the Census counts brewery taprooms.
- Still open after 1 year (modeled)
- N/A
- Still open after 5 years (modeled)
- N/A
Profit margin calculator for a brewery taproom
Your sales and costs, the margin they leave and the sales that break even. Nothing is stored.
Profit margin19.1%$8,600 a month before income tax
Sole proprietors in manufacturing reported net income of 7.1% of receipts on their 2023 returns (IRS Statistics of Income). That figure is after the owner's own draw only when they paid themselves wages, so compare with care.
- Break-even sales
- $22,368 A month of sales at which profit is zero with these costs.
- Cost of goods
- $13,500
- Labor
- $14,400
- Rent, charges and other fixed costs
- $8,500 Rent plus charges is 11.1% of sales; DoorWorthy plans 6% to 10% as a healthy share for brewery taprooms.
From the odds to a location
- How many are thereCensus counts of brewery taprooms by state and metro area, per 10,000 residents, with the change over five years. See the counts
- The free location checkOne address measured from public records: who lives and works nearby, the brewery taprooms already there and the traffic on the road.
Have an address in mind?
Check the address freeNo account. The brewery taproom check reads public records at the address itself.
Sources and dates
U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics (establishment entry and exit rates by sector and state, 2023); IRS Statistics of Income, sole proprietorship returns 2023. Establishments with paid employees.