Quarterly MDM-Baird Distribution Survey

Research: Distributors’ Top Concerns to Start 2025

There's no better time to find out what keeps distribution executives up at night than at the start of the year. We analyze more than 250 write-in responses to our early January survey question asking about their top concerns.

January 22, 2025

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At MDM, one of the most common questions we seek commentary from our audience about is their top concerns. What are they most worried about? What keeps you up at night? - These are the type of inquiries that we seek both quantitative and qualitative input on. This is particularly true at the end and start of the year as we look to gauge the industry’s temperature of what distributors are keeping an eye on for the next 12 months. To formally research this sentiment, we included a completely qualitative question in the 4Q24 Baird-MDM Industrial Distribution Survey — conducted in early January…

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