Profile of participants
The following charts provide a profile of participants in the 2014 Monitor report:
Global profile
Participants by country
| Global location of respondents | |
| United States | 80% |
| Other Countries | 20 |
U.S. profile
U.S. region
| U.S. region | % of respondents |
| Northeast | 15 |
| Midwest | 52 |
| South | 21 |
| West | 12 |
Business activity
| Business activity | % of respondents |
| Manufacturing | 50 |
| Mostly manufacturing, some distribution | 16 |
| Distribution | 33 |
Revenue size
| Annual gross revenue | % of respondents |
| Less than $10 million | 16 |
| $10 million - $99.9 million | 55 |
| $100 million - $499.9 million | 24 |
| $500 million - $999.9 million | 3 |
| $1 billion or more | 3 |
Company operations
| Type of operations | % of respondents |
| Equipment-intensive | 23 |
| Labor-intensive | 22 |
| Warehousing | 15 |
| Job shop | 15 |
| Innovation-focused | 11 |
| Processing- or time-intensive | 9 |
| Other | 5 |
Note: multiple responses possible
Annual gross revenue
| % of respondents | |
| Average | $305,228,647 |
| Median | $45,000,000 |
Core customers
| Customer type | % of respondents |
| Manufacturers | 52 |
| Distributors | 33 |
| Government | 14 |
| Retailers | 14 |
| Health care | 11 |
| Service industries | 10 |
| Transportation | 10 |
| Institutional | 9 |
| Consumers | 7 |
| Other | 16 |
Note: multiple responses possible
Manufacturers—products primarily manufactured
| Products | % of respondents |
| Industrial and commercial machinery | 23 |
| Metal fabrication | 22 |
| Automotive (OEM and aftermarket) | 17 |
| Food and beverage | 11 |
| Transportation equipment (other than aerospace or automotive) |
11 |
| Aerospace | 9 |
| Biotech, life sciences, medical equipment and supplies | 9 |
| Building materials | 9 |
| Chemicals, petroleum and plastic | 9 |
| Computers, electronics and electrical components and appliances | 9 |
| Furniture and fixtures | 7 |
| Energy and cleantech | 6 |
| Household goods and products | 5 |
| Wood, paper products and printing | 5 |
| Textiles, apparel and accessories | 4 |
| Personal care products | 2 |
| Other | 23 |
Note: multiple responses possible
Distributors—products company distributes
| Products | % of respondents |
| Building materials | 21 |
| Industrial and commercial parts and machinery | 19 |
| Hardware, plumbing, heating equipment and supplies | 15 |
| Food and beverage | 11 |
| Chemicals, petroleum and plastics | 9 |
| Computers, electronics, electrical and appliances | 9 |
| Household goods and products | 7 |
| Motor vehicles and parts | 5 |
| Medical equipment and supplies | 3 |
| Wood, paper and office products | 3 |
| Furniture and fixtures | 3 |
| Personal care products | 3 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 3 |
| Textiles, apparel and accessories | 3 |
| Metal service centers | 2 |
| Energy and cleantech | 0 |
| Other | 28 |
Note: multiple responses possible
Type of company
| Corporate entity | % of respondents |
| Private or closely held business | 77 |
| Private-equity owned business | 14 |
| Publicly traded corporation—U.S. stock exchange | 3 |
| Division of a larger public company | 3 |
| Division of a larger private company | 2 |
| Publicly traded corporation—non-U.S. stock exchange | 1 |
Primary customer market
| Primary customer market | % of respondents |
| Industrial or commercial | 69 |
| Retail or consumer | 20 |
| Construction | 9 |
| Government | 3 |
Title of respondent
| Title of respondent | % of respondents |
| Chief executive officer, president, managing director, owner | 43 |
| Chief financial officer, senior finance executive | 35 |
| Chief operating officer | 4 |
| Principal, managing partner, partner | 3 |
| Chairman | 2 |
| Chief marketing or sales officer | 1 |
| Other title | 12 |
Full-time employees
| Total | In U.S. | Outside U.S. | |
| Median | 125 | 115 | 0 |
| Average | 812 | 459 | 363 |
Acknowledgements >