CONFIDENCE SURVEY
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INTERNATIONAL
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2013
F
irstly, it is worth noting confidence
levels of participants when asked to rate
opportunity levels for their businesses
over the next five years, (see chart below).
At 65.5% the figure is at its highest this year
since 2008 when it stood at 71.3%, just short
of 2007 when confidence was at its highest,
72.5%. Certainly there is a renewed sense of
Cautious yet confident
There is a real sense of
optimism in the
AI
2013
Confidence Survey, but
caution will play a major
role over the next year.
2014 PROSPECTS:
ALL SECTORS
2014 PROSPECTS:
RENTAL COMPANIES
2014 PROSPECTS:
END USERS
2014 PROSPECTS:
MANUFACTURERS/DISTRIBUTORS
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0% >10% growth 0-10% growth No growth 0-10% decline >10% decline
30 28
24 25
11
20 22
18
28
49
40
42
45
37
5
9
4
8
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
>10% growth 0-10% growth No growth 0-10% decline >10% decline
30
36
25 24
17
8
11
17 15
52
43
37
49
32
35
8
16
9
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0% >10% growth 0-10% growth No growth 0-10% decline >10% decline
33
9
12
27
36
17
17 15
42
55
44
65
41
3 4 5
4
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
>10% growth 0-10% growth No growth 0-10% decline >10% decline
40
28
24
26
13
25 23
20
25
40 38
23
35
45
37
6
12
5 5
3
15
17
7 7
8
5 3
8 9
1 5
9
21
3
44
7
4
4
8
7 75
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
CONFIDENT
NO CONFIDENCE
NEUTRAL
62.1
63.6
63.8
62.2
68.8
72.5
71.3
61.5
65.4
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2014
Respondents were asked how they rate
opportunities for their business over the
next five years
HOW CONFIDENT?
