2023 GREEN INDUSTRY OUTLOOK sponsored by
Irrigation and lighting
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s individual markets, irrigation and lighting have continued to see growth in the past year com- pared to landscaping as a whole. For the 2022
season, those who offered irrigation services expected growth (75%) slightly more than the average (73%). Tose who offered landscape lighting services were even more op- timistic at 80%. Te overall number of respondents working in either
market hasn’t shifted drastically over the season. Almost exactly the same number of respondents are in irrigation services as in last year’s survey (73%), and the same held true for those providing landscape lighting services (48%). One of the new questions this year found that if a re-
spondent does irrigation work, it more often makes up less than half of the company’s overall services (56%). Compare that to the landscape lighting market, which has a full 80% of respondents who say it makes up less than a quarter of their overall services. When asked about which services re-
How has the demand for irrigation services changed this year?
Specialties in focus
spondents expect to add in 2023, irrigation (27%) and land- scape lighting (19%) rank among the highest options, but it doesn’t look like most respondents are focusing their entire businesses around them. Slightly more irrigation professionals say the market
for system upgrades and retrofits has remained the same or slowed (57%) compared to last year (51%). Tat cooper- ates with the increase in respondents who say that at least a quarter of their customers use smart controllers (51%) com- pared to last year (44%). For landscape lighting professionals, the retrofit market has either remained the same or slowed (81%) at a much higher rate compared to last year (60%). It sounds as though if professionals are looking for work in landscape lighting, they’re better off learning to design and install new systems.
Kyle Brown is the editor-in-chief of Irrigation & Lighting and can be reached at
kylebrown@irrigation.org.
How has the demand for irrigation system upgrades or retrofits changed in the last year?
What percentage of your overall services are focused on irrigation?
14% 30%
34% 22%
25% or fewer 26%-50% 51%-75% 76% or more
Have you done landscape irrigation work as a subcontractor this year?
51% Yes
Demand has greatly decreased. Demand has decreased. Demand has remained about the same. Demand has increased. Demand has greatly increased.
Demand has greatly decreased. Demand has decreased. Demand has remained about the same. Demand has increased. Demand has greatly increased.
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4% 10% 44% 34% 8%
3% 9% 45% 36% 7%
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