State of the Independent Store, 2026
Benchmarks from 3,000+ pawn shops, gun stores, gold buyers, and consignment shops. Margins, compliance overhead, and customer retention — measured from real point of sale data, not surveys. Publishing later this year. Join the early access list and be first to receive it.
- How margins, redemption rates, and compliance overhead compare across similar stores
- Where owners are spending the most time on paperwork and manual processes
- What the report covers across pawn, firearms, gold, and consignment
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Publishing later this year. Join the list and we will send you the full report the moment it is ready.
Benchmarks built for the counter, not the spreadsheet.
Every number comes from anonymized Bravo store data. No surveys. No self-reporting. Real point of sale transactions from stores like yours.
Redemption and loan performance
Redemption rates, loan volume per customer, shrink, and the compliance areas where pawn stores spend the most time.
Compliance overhead and audit readiness
Time spent on bound-book maintenance, ATF audit prep, and paperwork processing — broken down by store volume.
Buy-counter margin and pricing accuracy
Buy-counter margin benchmarks, scrap-to-resale ratios, and how stores across the network are approaching offer pricing.
Consignor retention and turn time
How quickly stores move consigned inventory, how fast consignors get paid, and what the data shows about repeat consignor rates.
Written for owners who run the counter themselves.
Pawn shops
Redemption rates, loan volume per customer, shrink benchmarks, and the compliance overhead most shops are still absorbing by hand.
Gun stores and FFLs
Bound-book audit prep time, compliance paperwork per transaction, and how stores across the network are managing processing overhead.
Gold buyers and jewelers
Buy-counter margin benchmarks, scrap-to-resale ratios, and how stores are approaching offer pricing relative to live spot.
Anonymized point of sale data from 3,000+ independent stores.
The Counter Report draws on anonymized transaction data from Bravo's network of independent retailers. No store is identified. No raw data is shared. What you see are aggregate benchmarks designed to help you understand where your operation stands and where the opportunity is.
Anonymous
All data is de-identified at the store level before analysis.
Aggregate
Only summary statistics appear. No individual store data is published.
Annual
Published yearly so benchmarks reflect current market conditions.
Be first to see the benchmarks.
The Counter Report draws on anonymized point of sale data from 3,000+ independent stores. Join the early access list and receive it the moment it publishes.