Poll results: Sales expectations

More than 60 percent of respondents to HBSDealer’s latest poll question are expecting sales gains in 2024, with 11 percent of respondents anticipating double-digit growth.

HBSDealer specifically asked “What are your expectations for sales growth in 2024.

The results:

More than 235 readers participated in the poll. Click here to add your forecast to the 2024 sales survey.

While the recent stats are more optimistic than pessimistic, they are less optimistic than a similar survey  executed in early 2022. 

Here is how the two surveys, taken two years apart compare:

Forecast          2022                2024

Up >10%         18%                 11%

Up 5 to 10%    26%                 17%

Up 0 to 5%     28%                 33%

Flat                  19%                 27%

Down               8%                   11%

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