Hot from the press at CBJ, they have completed their Gyms and Trends 2021.
Their findings show continuing growth in the climbing gym marketspace.
Highlights include:
89% of gyms are in metropolitan areas
Gyms have grown consistently over the last 30 years
In the last 20 years, gyms have seen an average 5% growth
Details in the links.
The Strati Climbing Homewall Survey results are in and CBJ has released their first ever Homewalls & Trends report.
Big take-aways are:
A staggering 2/3 of home walls have been built in the last year
These add to peoples’ training options with most climbers still going to commercial gyms for the social benefits and quality route setting
They have great data on spend, reasons, future plans and usage!
Read more below.
The AusPlay data for 2019-20 has been released showing detailed data for our climbing community.
Key figures include:
218.8 thousand participants in our sport
205.2 thousand adults (36% female)
13.6 thousand kids (54% female)
Reasons for climbing
Fun/enjoyment
Physical health or fitness
Psychological/mental health/therapy
Social reasons
Get the details in the Rock Climbing/Abseiling/Caving Report.
Vertical-Life have released the 2020 International Climbers' Survey.
According to the publisher,
“This comprehensive study (over 12,000 respondents) has been designed to get an in-depth understanding of climbers as consumers within the climbing industry. Get specific insights on your preferred targets. The survey report describes a series of 6 key personas, result of a multi-segmented cross-analysis, giving relevant insights for the different types of climbers, their values and motivations as well as demographics.”
