2012 FULL YEAR DATA NOW AVAILABLE The Annual Census of the Music Industries Industry Census: Detailed sales statistics on all music and sound equipment. 63 different categories, average unit prices, sales by price point, unit volume, retail and wholesale margins, year-to-date, and 6-year historical data. From grand pianos to power amplifiers and synthesizers, if it has to do with the creation of sound, our research department has detailed sales information from the U.S. market. Cost in Print supplied as PDF $35 - ORDER Now or fax 201-871-0455 or call 1-800-423-6530 Cost In Microsoft EXCEL + PDF $89.95 - Spreadsheets includes 9 years of sales history with year over year comparisons, wholesale, and retail value, unit sales and average unit selling prices- ORDER Now or fax 201-871-0455 or call 1-800-423-6530 Music Trades' authoritative market data on sales of all musical instruments, sound and publishing products covers 55 distinct categories of products. Below is a sample of data presented in this annual report. Similar information is available for the following product groups: Acoustic Guitars Brass Instruments, Cabled Microphones Cables CD Players Digital DJ Controllers Cymbals Digital Pianos Digital Tape Multi-Track Drum Heads Drum Kits Drum Machines Educational Percussion Electric Guitars Electronic Pianos Electronic Player Pianos Fretted Instrument Strings General Accessories Grand Pianos Hand Percussion Hard-Disk Multi-Track Home Organs Individual Drums Hardware Institutional Organs Karaoke Machines Karaoke Software Keyboard Synthesizers | Karaoke Software Keyboard Controllers (44-88 note) Keyboard Controllers (Under 44 note) Keyboard Synthesizers Multi-Effect Floor Processors Non-Powered Mixers Notation Software Plug In Software & Loops Portable Keyboards(Over $199) Portable Keyboards(Under $199) Power Amplifiers Powered Mixers Print Music Rack Mounted Samplers Rack-Mounted Processors Recording/Sequencing Software Rhythm Machines, Production Centers Sequencers Sound Cards, Computer Hardware Speaker Enclosures Special Effects Lighting Units Sticks & Mallets Stringed instruments Turntables Ukuleles Vertical Pianos Wireless Microphones Woodwind Instruments |
Here is a sample of data provided on 55 different categories of Music and Sound Products (These are not actual figures): Total Guitar Sales Year | Units | % Change | $ Retail | Change | Avg Price | | 2012 | 2,489,390 | -.9% | $1,000,676,130 | 3.7% | $403 | | 2011 | 2,512,416 | 5.7% | $934,971,450 | 11.4% | $372 | | 2010 | 2,377,310 | 4.6% | $839,000,000 | 2.2% | $353 | | 2009 | 2,273,000 | 17.9% | $820,746,000 | 21.0% | $361 | | 2008 | 2,341,551 | 20.5% | $903,261,000 | -1.9% | $386 | | 2007 | 1,942,625 | 11.4% | $921,057,000 | .13% | $529 | | 2006 | 1,742,498 | 5.6% | $922,280,000 | -0.1% | $529 | | 2005 | 1,648,595 | 23.3% | $923,522,000 | 21.2% | $560 | | 2004 | 1,337,347 | 15.9% | $762,185,000 | 9.6% | $569 |
Guitars A Breakdown by Price Point and Product | Type | Units | | Acoustics | | | Under $100 | 390,028 | | $101 to $200 | 410,030 | | $201 to $350 | 110,008 | | $351 to $500 | 40,003 | | $501 to $1,000 | 40,003 | | $1,001 to $1,500 | 10,001 | | Over $1,501 | 20,001 | | Total | 1,326,500 |
| Electrics | | | Under $100 | 256,354 | | $101 to $200 | 561,537 | | $201 to $350 | 195,317 | | $351 to $600 | 97,659 | | $601 to $1,000 | 61,037 | | $1,001 to $1,250 | 24,415 | | $1251 to $1,600 | 13,185 | | $1,601 to $2,000 | 12,207 | | $2,001 to $3,000 | 11,229 | | Total | 1,162,890 |
From grand pianos to power amplifiers and synthesizers, if it has to do with the creation of sound, you will find the detailed sales data you need in this informative report from Music Trades. Cost in Print supplied as PDF $35 - ORDER Now or fax 201-871-0455 or call 1-800-423-6530 Cost In Microsoft EXCEL + PDF $89.95 - Spreadsheets includes 9 years of sales history with year over year comparisons, wholesale, and retail value, unit sales and average unit selling prices. - ORDER Now or fax 201-871-0455 or call 1-800-423-6530 |