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DBA Annual Survey Report
The DBA Annual Survey Report is an invaluable members-only business tool which enables you to benchmark your financial performance with those of your peers. Released each October it covers fees, salaries, utilisation, income, recovery rates, benefits and trends within DBA member companies. Data is segmented by geography and size of agency to make comparisons more relevant.
The survey collecting data for the 2018 Report will be open during June 2018. DBA members will be sent a unique link to the online survey. If you do not have this email contact membership@dba.org.uk for it to be sent directly to you. Download a PDF Preview of the survey questions here.
Only those members who complete the survey get full access to the finished online report and data tables.
If you have any questions about the survey or would like some help contact adam@dba.org.uk.
Getting Access
The Annual Survey Report comes in two formats – a PDF / hard copy summary report or our micro-site with report, full data and dynamic tables enabling users to benchmark across a range of variables including upper/lower quartiles as well as averages.
Read – To receive a copy of the PDF report email membership@dba.org.uk.
Interact – All members who participate in the survey automatically receive access to the Annual Survey Report website. Contact membership@dba.org.uk if you cannot locate your login details.
Watch – You can also watch a recording of the launch event for the 2017 Annual Survey Report here (login required) featuring analysis of the findings from Esther Carder, partner at Kingston Smith.
How DBA members use the survey results, and what they have to say about it.
“We’ve gathered the data, created the spread-sheets, done the sums and calculated our new standard rate card. It all ‘adds up’ but how do we know whether we are competitive and what is going on in the market?
Without the DBA Annual Survey Report we have to learn the hard way; by losing pitches because we are too expensive or winning pitches that we can not make profitable. The DBA survey helps The Team win profitable new business.”
– James Dix, Commercial Director, The Team
“For many years here at Elmwood we have used the DBA Annual Survey Report as a guide when we are creating business plans and budgets for our business.
The information gives a number of benchmarks that then allow you to road test your own numbers and thinking versus what is happening within the sector. Always very useful!”
– Deborah Longbottom, FD, Elmwood
“As a small (and sometimes isolated) business, the DBA Annual Survey Report is the only way of really knowing how we compare with other agencies. Otherwise we’re just second guessing in the dark.
It’s essential in helping us to benchmark what we pay our staff and what we charge clients, in order to remain competitive.”
– Andy West, Director, MultiAdaptor
“As much as we’ve learned over the years, Human After All inevitably operates within something of a bubble, lacking context on the actions of our peers agencies.
The DBA Annual Survey is a benchmarking platform that gives us both great insight and great comfort that we’re moving in the right direction.”
– Danny Miller, CEO, Human After All
Any questions about filling out the survey? Email adam@dba.org.uk
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