SDM checked in with more than a dozen stakeholders, including alarm dealers, equipment manufacturers, and distributors — and they were a bit more optimistic than the research shows. Most of them expect sales to be flat in 2009 — or to grow, but at a slower rate than the market has grown over the previous two years. Several said their numbers were down for fourth quarter of 2008 — no surprise considering that’s when the Wall Street meltdown happened. Nevertheless, almost everyone we spoke with expects 2009 to be at least a “good,” or even a “very good” year for monitored intrusion alarm system sales.
SecureNet Alarm Systems, a regional alarm dealer based in Maize, Kansas, actually saw sales increase between the third and fourth quarters of 2008. “And with what we have in the works, we have a good quarter coming,” comments SecureNet president, Randy Rosiere.