| October 2004, Cline Dive Industry Report | |||||||
| Number of Entities Reporting This Survey by Classification: | |||||||
| Click On Each Classification for a Data Set For Each | Number in Panel | Number Reporting This Survey | % Reporting | Notes | |||
| Dive Retailers | 188 | 96 | 51% | U.S. Dive Retailers | |||
| Independent Dive Instructors | 120 | 55 | 46% | Independent Instructors, both affiliated and not affiliated with local dive stores | |||
| Travel Resorts and Travel Sellers | 62 | 33 | 53% | Dive Travel Resorts and Dive Operations, Primarily in the US/Caribbean Basin | |||
| Manufacturers | 35 | 12 | 34% | Manufacturers, primarily based in the U.S. | |||
| All Other Companies, Not Classified | 56 | 30 | 54% | All other businesses, including media, publishing, training, environmental, etc. | |||
| Total Reporting This Survey | 461 | 226 | 49% | ||||
| All Gross Revenues Averaged | All New Certifications Averaged | All Travel Revenues Averaged | All Equipment Revenues Averaged | Retail Sales Resort or Travel Only | All Revenues Averaged | ||
| Indicated Business Reporting for Listed Values | 7.6 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 17.1 | 10.5 | Percentage of Growth/Decline |
| Number Reporting | 213 | 175 | 126 | 112 | 32 | 451 | |
| 4.7 | |||||||
| Retailers Only | |||||||
| 4th Quarter Outlook, Is Trend Reported in First Three Quarters Going to Remain the Same, Be Less or More than What Has Been Reported (click for chart) | |||||||
| Gross Revenues Change Outlook | New Certifications Change Outlook | Travel Revenues Change Outlook | Equipment Revenues Change Outlook | Diver Counts Outlook (Travel Only) | Dive Advertising Expenditures Outlook (Mfg Only) | R&D Expenditures Outlook (Mfg Only) | |
| 4th Quarter Outlook | Percentages | Percentages | Percentages | Percentages | Percentages | Percentages | Percentages |
| Less | 40.1% | 45.4% | 32.0% | 28.4% | 46.7% | 27.3% | 0.0% |
| same | 29.6% | 36.5% | 26.1% | 27.5% | 10.0% | 36.4% | 45.5% |
| more | 24.2% | 18.1% | 21.1% | 12.0% | 43.3% | 36.4% | 54.5% |
| Number Reporting | 218 | 169 | 145 | 144 | 30 | 11 | 11 |
| When Asked About Their Outlook in 2005, The Following Was Reported (click for chart) | |||||||
| 2005 Outlook | Percentages | ||||||
| Things are slowly improving. | 50.4% | ||||||
| Things are stagnant, and not changing either way much. | 24.7% | ||||||
| Things are greatly or rapidly improving. | 6.0% | ||||||
| Things are slowly worsening. | 3.5% | ||||||
| Have no opinion. | 3.6% | ||||||
| Other outlook not listed. | 2.4% | ||||||
| Things are greatly or rapidly worsening. | 0.0% | ||||||
| Number Reporting | 125 | ||||||
