<ARTICLE> 5 <LEGEND> This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the consolidated financial statements of Paramark Enterprises, Inc. as of September 30, 1999 and the nine months then ended, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements. </LEGEND> <NAME> PARAMARK ENTERPRISES, INC. <CIK> 0000915661 <PERIOD-TYPE> 9-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1999 <PERIOD-START> JAN-01-1999 <PERIOD-END> SEP-30-1999 <CASH> 350,176 <SECURITIES> 0 <RECEIVABLES> 578,556 <ALLOWANCES> 57,500 <INVENTORY> 211,058 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 1,681,179 <PP&E> 755,155 <DEPRECIATION> 212,467 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 2,223,867 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 739,232 <BONDS> 0 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <COMMON> 33,935 <OTHER-SE> 1,340,557 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 2,223,492 <SALES> 3,002,089 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 3,002,089 <CGS> 2,409,730 <TOTAL-COSTS> 3,678,191 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 0 <LOSS-PROVISION> (40,079) <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 9,383 <INCOME-PRETAX> (645,406) <INCOME-TAX> 0 <INCOME-CONTINUING> (645,406) <DISCONTINUED> 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> (645,406) <EPS-BASIC> (0.19) <EPS-DILUTED> (0.19)