We ask about quality spending overall and then look for patterns or changes among various categories. Basically, the survey aims to find out answers to the Five W’s. Who is purchasing equipment? What are they buying? Where are they from? When do they make these purchases? Why do they buy these items? And of course, how much are they spending?
Let’s take a closer look at who responded to the survey this year. This year we had more respondents from smaller companies. The mean company size was 337, down from last year’s 494. Respondents came from the Midwest (37%), the South (27%), the Northeast (19%) and West (17%).