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Both appear on the income statement but serve different analytical purposes.",[],{"slug":1148,"title":1149},{"_type":154,"alternativeText":2185,"height":1055,"url":2186,"width":1057},"SG&A meaning: what are selling, general and administrative expenses","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.aspireapp.com\u002Fwebsites\u002Fblog\u002Fa22f56b75e070fbd16b3c30c5b29fcc3\u002Fshared-hk-a22f56b7_cover_shared-cover-business.jpeg",[2188,2195,2203,2210,2217,2225,2231],{"_key":1183,"_type":170,"children":2189,"level":1229,"listItem":1230,"markDefs":2194,"style":190},[2190],{"_key":2191,"_type":174,"marks":2192,"text":2193},"k1",[],"SG&A stands for selling, general and administrative expenses. It covers all operating costs a business incurs that are not directly tied to producing goods or services",[],{"_key":2196,"_type":170,"children":2197,"level":1229,"listItem":1230,"markDefs":2202,"style":190},"k5",[2198],{"_key":2199,"_type":174,"marks":2200,"text":2201},"k4",[],"SG&A breaks into 3 components: selling expenses (commissions, advertising, outbound shipping), general expenses (rent, utilities, insurance), and administrative expenses (executive salaries, legal, accounting fees)",[],{"_key":2204,"_type":170,"children":2205,"level":1229,"listItem":1230,"markDefs":2209,"style":190},"k8",[2206],{"_key":1190,"_type":174,"marks":2207,"text":2208},[],"The SG&A formula is: Selling expenses + General expenses + Administrative expenses. It sits on the income statement below gross profit and above operating profit",[],{"_key":1212,"_type":170,"children":2211,"level":1229,"listItem":1230,"markDefs":2216,"style":190},[2212],{"_key":2213,"_type":174,"marks":2214,"text":2215},"k10",[],"The SG&A ratio (SG&A ÷ net revenue × 100) shows how many cents a business spends on overhead for every dollar of revenue earned, making it a direct indicator of operational efficiency",[],{"_key":2218,"_type":170,"children":2219,"level":1229,"listItem":1230,"markDefs":2224,"style":190},"k14",[2220],{"_key":2221,"_type":174,"marks":2222,"text":2223},"k13",[],"SG&A is one of the most closely watched lines on an income statement by investors, used to benchmark cost discipline and management efficiency across comparable businesses",[],{"_key":1210,"_type":170,"children":2226,"level":1229,"listItem":1230,"markDefs":2230,"style":190},[2227],{"_key":1205,"_type":174,"marks":2228,"text":2229},[],"A healthy SG&A ratio for mature businesses is typically 10–20% of revenue; high-growth startups investing aggressively in customer acquisition often run at 30–50%, which is expected and normal at that stage",[],{"_key":2232,"_type":170,"children":2233,"level":1229,"listItem":1230,"markDefs":2237,"style":190},"k20",[2234],{"_key":1198,"_type":174,"marks":2235,"text":2236},[],"Founders must use SG&A actively, tracking it monthly by department, benchmarking it against industry peers and prior quarters, and managing each sub-component, to improve financial health and build investor confidence",[],[2239,2245],{"_key":1183,"_type":170,"children":2240,"markDefs":2244,"style":190},[2241],{"_key":2191,"_type":174,"marks":2242,"text":2243},[],"Analysing the cost section of an income statement is one of the most integral parts of maintaining and improving the financial health of a business. Every income statement has a few major cost sections: cost of goods sold (COGS), selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A), research and development, depreciation, and taxes, each working their way down from revenue to net profit. Of all these cost lines, SG&A is the one that most directly reflects how efficiently a business is being run day to day.",[],{"_key":2196,"_type":170,"children":2246,"markDefs":2250,"style":190},[2247],{"_key":2199,"_type":174,"marks":2248,"text":2249},[],"For founders, SG&A is more than an accounting line item. It is a mirror of your operational decisions. Every hire, every office lease, every marketing campaign shows up here. Investors scrutinise it closely when comparing businesses, and it directly shapes your runway. Understanding SG&A meaning, how to calculate it, and how to use it as a financial efficiency indicator gives you sharper control over your business as it scales.",[],"2026-07-10T00:00:00.000Z",{"_type":149,"metaDescription":2253,"metaTitle":2254,"socialShareImageUrl":2255},"Learn what SG&A means, how to calculate SG&A expenses, the difference between SG&A vs COGS, and how to use it as a business efficiency indicator.","SG&A meaning: selling, general and administrative expenses",{"_type":154,"alternativeText":2185,"height":1055,"url":2186,"width":1057},"selling-general-administrative-expense-sga-meaning",[2258,2265,2271],{"_key":1183,"_type":170,"children":2259,"level":1229,"listItem":2263,"markDefs":2264,"style":190},[2260],{"_key":2191,"_type":174,"marks":2261,"text":2262},[],"- SG&A Expense, Wall Street Prep - https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wallstreetprep.com\u002Fknowledge\u002Fselling-general-administrative-sga\u002F","number",[],{"_key":2196,"_type":170,"children":2266,"level":1229,"listItem":2263,"markDefs":2270,"style":190},[2267],{"_key":2199,"_type":174,"marks":2268,"text":2269},[],"- What is SGA, Corporate Finance Institute - https:\u002F\u002Fcorporatefinanceinstitute.com\u002Fresources\u002Faccounting\u002Fwhat-is-sga\u002F",[],{"_key":2204,"_type":170,"children":2272,"level":1229,"listItem":2263,"markDefs":2276,"style":190},[2273],{"_key":1190,"_type":174,"marks":2274,"text":2275},[],"- SG&A, Financial Edge - https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fe.training\u002Ffree-resources\u002Faccounting\u002Fselling-general-and-administrative-expenses-sga",[],1790926662848]