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OUTDOOR TECHNOLOGY
'Digging' into the Challenges
of Outdoor Technology
2022 CE Pro Outdoor Technology Deep Dive Study reveals unique
set of impediments, including explaining pricing and interacting
with outdoor-centric trades. Median installation price falls back
to pre-COVID range. by Jason Knott
WHEN IT COMES SELLING, designing and installing
outdoor technology for their clients, integrators find
themselves facing a number of challenges that are unique to
outdoor projects; however, all of those hurdles are worth the
headaches as the market for outdoor audio, video, lighting,
security and networking equipment continues to flourish. For
dealers, the super-high price premium they were able to
charge spurred by the pandemic in 2021 has waned, but the
demand for outdoor installations remains strong.
According to the 2023 CE Pro Outdoor Technology Study,
integrators performed a median number of eight outdoor installations
in 2022. That is up slightly from seven installations
in 2021. According to the 2023 CE Pro State of the Industry
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Study, a typical custom integration company performed 50
installations, so that means 16% of all projects in 2022 included
an outdoor element.
From a pricing perspective, the price per outdoor project
came back to earth (pun intended), hitting a price point of
$8,751. That is on par with the pre-pandemic installation
price point of $7,034, but a far cry from the uber-demand
median of $13,125 that dealers were able to command during
the pandemic and when the supply chain situation was out
of whack.
As every integrator knows, the demand spike for outdoor
projects after COVID-19 hit was through the proverbial roof
as clients sought entertainment options in the fresh air of
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