Sageworks, a financial information company, collects and analyzes data on the performance of privately-held companies and provides financial statement analysis software.

FORBES: 10 Most Profitable Industries

Sageworks, a financial information company, collects and analyzes data on the performance of privately-held companies in North America and the UK and provides financial statement analysis software.

FORBES: Why Unemployment Lags Behind GDP Growth

Sageworks performed a financial statement analysis of privately owned auto dealers and found that average sales have rebounded strongly since 2008 and 2009.

FORBES: Private auto dealers' sales cruising

Private, for-profit nursing homes and other nursing care facilities have experienced stable revenue growth and improving profitability in recent years, according to a financial statement analysis by Sageworks, a financial information company.

FORBES: Taking the pulse of nursing care centers

Financial-statement-analysis-of-small-businesses Manta, an online directory and network for small and medium businesses, this week said new business activity in the third quarter was up 12 percent from a year earlier.

FORBES: Are things getting better for small business?

Sales at privately owned general freight and specialized freight trucking companies are up more than 14 percent over the last 12 months, according to a financial statement analysis of privately held companies by Sageworks Inc.

FORBES: Trucking industry sales revving