What is a typical markup for outside services?

While we don't have an answer drawn from a database of printer information, we did check with two successful, large commercial printing companies that told us they used 25% and 35%, respectively, when marking up outside work. According to the PIA Ratios, a typical printer's expenses for outsourced services averages about 7.5% of sales with a range of 6-15 % depending on sales volume.

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