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Here's the Business Plan Template's Table of Contents:

1.0 Executive Summary
1.1 Objectives
1.2 Mission
1.3 Keys to Success
2.0 Company Summary
2.1 Company Ownership
2.2 Start-up Summary
Table: Start-up
3.0 Products and Services
4.0 Market Analysis Summary
4.1 Market Segmentation
Table: Market Analysis
4.2 Target Market Segment Strategy
4.3 Service Business Analysis
4.3.1 Competition and Buying Patterns
5.0 Strategy and Implementation Summary
5.1 Competitive Edge
5.2 Marketing Strategy
5.3 Sales Strategy
5.3.1 Sales Forecast
Table: Sales Forecast
5.4 Milestones
Table: Milestones
6.0 Management Summary
6.1 Personnel Plan
Table: Personnel
7.0 Financial Plan
7.0 Financial Plan
7.1 Start-up Funding
Table: Start-up Funding
7.2 Important Assumptions
7.3 Break-even Analysis
Table: Break-even Analysis
7.4 Projected Profit and Loss
Table: Profit and Loss
7.5 Projected Cash Flow
Table: Cash Flow
7.6 Projected Balance Sheet
Table: Balance Sheet
7.7 Business Ratios
7.7 Business Ratios
Table: Ratios

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Consulting Business Plan Template Market Analysis Summary Sample

Since the COMPANY NAME offers a broad array of individual and family counseling and therapy services to all ages and genders with an emphasis on medical referrals, its primary market is identified as those individuals in the tri-county area of Butte, Tehama, and Glenn counties with disabilities.  Its secondary market is identified as the remaining population of Butte, Tehama, and Glenn counties.

As medical referrals and business awareness become more wide spread, a tertiary market for the business would be identified as everyone in need of these services that reside within a 200-mile radius of the facility.  It is anticipated that this market segment will develop over time, but will still be in its infant stages of growth prior to January 1, 2013. 

4.1 Market Segmentation

Since the marketing focus has shifted to medical referrals, the primary market segment for the Awareness and Growth Center consists of the population with a disability residing in the tri-county area.  That area is specifically defined as Butte, Tehama, and Glenn counties.  The facility is located in Chico, California which is the largest metropolitan area in Butte County. Tehama and Glenn counties are very rural areas with the closest city of any size being Chico. That is the reason why the demographics of these three counties have been combined to form the primary market segment.

Per U.S. Census data, there were 57,140 individuals living in the primary market area in 2000 who were five years of age or older and had some form of disability.  The Census data does not define whether their disabilities were physical, mental, or emotional in nature, or the combined total of all three.  For purposes of this segmentation, we will define a disability as the combined total of the three disabilities.  In 2000, the population of the tri-county area was 285,663.  Therefore, 20.00% of the tri-county population reported to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2000 that they had some form of disability.  This compares to 2000 U.S. Census data percentages of 17.49% for the state of California and 17.68% for the United States.
 
With the total population of the tri-county area estimated in 2009 to have grown to 310,014, if the disabled population held at 20.00% of the total population there were 62,009 disabled individuals in the tri-county area in 2009.  Continuing the population growth rate of 0.95% annually into 2010, there are currently an estimated 62,590 disabled individuals out of a total tri-county estimated population of 312,949.  Based on these statistics, there is a significantly higher than average number of potential disabled clients that could be referred to the Center than one would statistically expect to find.  This is particularly important when one considers the quantity of area competitors (see section titled "Competition and Buying Patterns") which is also higher than one would statistically expect to find.

The secondary market segment is identified as the remaining population of the tri-county area, which totals 250,359 (80.00%) without reported disabilities.  Even though this market segment has no reported disabilities, a large portion has the need for the services offered by the Awareness and Growth Center.  There are literally thousands of non-disabled individuals and families need counseling for depression, marital struggles, phobias, and any number of other life challenges.  There are also literally thousands more that have a variety of aches, pains, and illnesses that leave them physically challenged, yet not disabled. 

There are two other important demographics for the area's population that must be mentioned and cannot be ignored when formulating marketing plans.  The median household income for the area is quite low at $39,823 (compared to $61,017 for California and $52,029 for the United States) and the percentage of impoverished individuals is 19.5% (compared to 13.3% for California and 13.2% for the United States).  Obviously, these statistics indicate that the general population, whether disabled or not, has substantially less discretionary income to spend on the services offered by the Center than does the overall state or national population. Even if services are needed or desired, the general population may have difficulty paying for services if they are not priced affordably or if they do not qualify for reimbursement from medical insurance claims or government subsidy programs.  The Center may want to perform a future evaluation of their services to determine if they are eligible for reimbursement and, if so, to determine whether it would be advantageous to file claims on behalf of their clientele.

Table: Market Analysis

MARKET ANALYSIS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

 

Potential Customers

Growth

 

 

 

 

 

CAGR

Tri-County Population With Disability

2%

57,140

58,283

59,449

60,638

61,851

2.00%

Remainder of Tri-County Population

2%

163,437

166,706

170,040

173,441

176,910

2.00%

Total

2.00%

220,577

224,989

229,489

234,079

238,761

2.00%

4.2 Target Market Segment Strategy

Marketing to the primary market segment by following the Center's plan to continue to increase medical referrals is very sound and sensible.  This is especially true if they are successful with referrals of specialized cases that require more in-depth emotional and physical treatment than most.  Further targeting those who require overnight stays may be an even higher quality market segment. 

Effective marketing to the secondary market (the entire tri-county area) is difficult from a geographic perspective unless one can find a marketing means that does not rely on expensive radio, television, and newspaper advertising.  Strategically, the Center's plan to target through an aggressive medical referral campaign appears even more sound and sensible.  This is especially true when considering that the Center's primary market area has an abundance of individuals with reported disabilities.  At the same time, it appears the market area also has an abundance of individuals with less than average discretionary income and a higher percentage below the poverty level.  With this in mind, great care must be taken to make certain that the marketing strategy is supported by:

  • A Center with a continued excellent reputation for trusted, honest, and outstanding service
  • Service offerings that unquestionably meet the needs of the disabled target market
  • Service offerings that are priced within the means of the individuals needing the service, or the service qualifies for health insurance reimbursement
  • If service are qualified for insurance reimbursement, determine if a Center employee who processes insurance claims on behalf of its clients is cost justified

4.3 Service Business Analysis

As is true of many service oriented businesses, the counseling and healing massage business is lucrative with a high gross margin.  As a result, there are many area competitors that provide similar services as those of the Awareness and Growth Center.  The counseling and therapy industry is made up primarily of individual counselors and physical therapists.  Few offer both counseling and massage therapy.  In addition, there are some large, commercially-run competitors that include health clubs.

COMPANY NAME currently competes directly with the individual counselors and physical therapists with the competitive advantage of offering both services.  With the completion of the proposed expansion, the Center will have another unquestionable competitive advantage over its smaller competitors.  In fact, with the planned service additions, the business will be in a position to compete with the larger commercial competitors.

4.3.1 Competition and Buying Patterns

COMPANY NAME exists in a purely competitive market in which there is potentially unlimited competition and easy entry/exit into the market.  It appears most competitors are small companies that have very restricted geographic reach and work only on a localized basis.  Price is not often a major issue when dealing in counseling and healing massage as pricing is not regularly advertised and price slashing to gain market share is not a common occurrence within the industry.  However, based on the demographics of the area with regard to income levels, pricing must always be a consideration for the Center.  Factors that influence a client's choice of counselors and healing massage therapists even more than pricing would include:

  • Professional credentials and reputation
  • Variety of services offered
  • Advertising awareness, word-of-mouth recommendations, and referrals
  • Whether services are covered by family health insurance and the ability of the business to process claims

These factors are particularly important to COMPANY NAME because there are many competitors located in the Chico and Butte County area.  Per the online Yellow Pages, there are 91 area businesses listed under "Counseling Services".  COMPANY NAME is listed under this category.  There are 121 area listings under "Massage Therapy", 81 area listings with "Massage Therapists" (most are duplicates of those listed under "Massage Therapy"), and 30 area listings under "Healing Massage".  None of these categories contain a listing for COMPANY NAME.

 

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