What's inside. The complete entry ledger with revenue and Boring Index for all 33 owners. The startup-cost ladder, smallest documented outlay first, from $150 of window-cleaning gear to a $3 million car wash. The Boring Index methodology in full. The boring business lifecycle, the four-stage pattern from route to systems to manual to exit. The margin curve, and why margins fall as you hire. Category ledgers for all 11 industries. And a sources page attributing every figure, line by line.
Including the part most publications skip. The database contains one documented bankruptcy: a $2.1 million business bought on roughly $800,000 of stated owner earnings. It is in the report, because a ledger of only survivors quietly teaches that survival was inevitable.
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