The_2019_Membership_Marketing_Benchmarking_Report (1)

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ASSOCIATION STATISTICS

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How has your membership changed in the past one year period?

MEMBERSHIP CHANGE IN PAST YEAR

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Total (n = 823)

Individual (n = 373)

Trade (n = 240)

Combination (n = 210)

Increased

45% 26% 28%

46% 28% 26%

46% 23% 30%

44% 24% 30%

Decreased

al and Reinstatement (Retention)

Remained the same

Not sure

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y Compared to 2018, there is a slight downturn in the percentage of associations reporting increases in membership over the past year (45% vs. 48% in 2018). Similar to results from 2018, one-quarter of associations report declines in membership in the past year (26%), while 28% report no change. y Across all types of organizations, most report increases in membership over the past year, although the percentage of trade associations reporting increases has dropped since 2018 (46% vs. 52% in 2018). y Associations reporting declines in membership over the past year are significantly more likely to also report renewal rates below 80% (35%

vs. 23% with renewal rates over 80%), while associations reporting increases in their one- year membership are significantly more likely to report increases in their five-year overall membership, new member acquisitions, and overall renewal rates. y More than half of associations with annual budgets over $20 million report increases in their membership over the past year (56%). Furthermore, associations reporting a renewal rate of at least 80% for first-year members are significantly more likely to report overall increases in membership over the past year (52%). Conversely, those with new member renewals less than 80% are significantly more likely to report declines in overall membership over the past year.

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Associations reporting increases in their five-year membership numbers are significantly more likely to also report increases in membership over the past year, increases in their new members, and increases in their overall renewal rates.

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