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SDM's 2021 Industry Forecast Shows Hope Ahead

While 2020 didn’t live up to expectations and 2021 Industry Forecast respondents reported a topsy-turvy year, the majority remain hopeful for a strong 2021, with the COVID-19 vaccine in sight and pent-up demand for security products and services.

Karyn Hodgson

January 5, 2021

To say 2020 was a bit of a roller coaster ride is perhaps an understatement. At this time last year, most security integrators anticipated a strong 2020, only to be thrown into turmoil late in the first quarter by the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

SDM 2020 Industry Forecast: Insight for the New Year

The ‘20s are here and security integrators have come roaring in with expected revenue growth of 19 percent this year, in the wake of 16 percent last year.

Laura Stepanek

January 6, 2020

Security integrators expect their brilliant business performance of 2019 to continue into 2020, according to results of SDM’s Industry Forecast Study, a report published each year since 1982.

SDM 2019 Security Industry Forecast: Channeling Momentum Into Opportunities

Results of SDM’s 2019 Industry Forecast Study show that security integrators grew their total annual revenue by an average of 15 percent last year; they expect that momentum to bring them face-to-face with prosperous opportunities in 2019, as long as the economy stays strong.

Laura Stepanek

January 2, 2019

Security integrators expect their stellar 2018 performance to continue into 2019, according to results of SDM’s 2019 Industry Forecast Study, a report published annually by SDM since 1982. Last year saw double-digit growth in both total annual revenue and recurring monthly revenue (RMR) for integrators and dealers who participated in the study.

SDM 2018 Security Industry Forecast: Moving Into High Gear

Results of the 2018 SDM Security Industry Forecast Study show that total industry revenue rose 8.5 percent last year, boosted by a thriving economy and high consumer and business confidence.

Laura Stepanek

January 1, 2018

Last year was good, but 2018 could be great, say security integrators and security dealers who participated in the 2018 SDM Industry Forecast Study and Panel, a report that SDM has published annually since 1982. The economy is roaring.

SDM 2017 Security Industry Forecast: Envisioning Change

Results of SDM’s 2017 Industry Forecast Study, coupled with the industry’s outlook for 2020, is optimistic and exciting.

Laura Stepanek

Meg Psiharis

January 1, 2017

If the word “change” isn’t part of your business plan this year, you’d better rethink it.

SDM 2016 Industry Forecast: Is the Security Space Too Congested?

Results of SDM’s 2016 Industry Forecast Study, coupled with an outlook from leading integrators, show how the competitive environment will shape the security industry this year.

Laura Stepanek

January 4, 2016

Fasten your seat belts: 2016 is going to be a bumpy ride.

SDM 2015 Industry Forecast

Laura Stepanek

January 1, 2015

Results of SDM’s Industry Forecast Study, coupled with an outlook from leading dealers and integrators, offers positive assurance for the security industry’s 2015 performance: 13.9 percent growth. It will be driven by a higher level of services being offered to consumers and businesses.

2014 Subscriber Market Forecast Study

Results of SDM’s Forecast Study coupled with an outlook from leading dealers and integrators, offers a very positive promise for the security industry’s 2014 performance: 12 percent growth.

Laura Stepanek

January 23, 2014

Sometimes it’s good to be wrong. In late 2012, security systems integrators and dealers forecasted that their total annual revenue would improve only slightly — 1 percent, on average — during 2013.

2013 Industry Forecast: Controlling the Game

Strategic play can help security companies get better results in 2013.

Laura Stepanek

January 10, 2013

Winning a security project today is a bit like playing a game of chess. With every potential job, you face a wide variety of opponents (competitors) who have an even wider variety of moves (security offerings/competitive advantages), all aimed at putting your king into checkmate; in effect, freezing you out of the job.

Stops, Starts & Bright Spots

As with anything challenging, there are things to be gained. In security in 2012, it’s going to be addressing the ‘bright spots’ or opportunities that present themselves during this slow recovery.

Laura Stepanek

January 17, 2012

Flat is a four-letter word when it comes to the economic performance of the security installation channel in 2011. Despite predictions last year for a meager, yet optimistic 1 percent uptick in 2011, expectations did not materialize and total industry revenue neither grew nor fell — keeping at $43.9 billion. Perhaps because of this, integrators and security dealers are now ultra cautious, offering flat projections for 2012.