2025 INNERGY Industry Benchmarking Tool

Choosing the Wrong Benchmarks Costs More Than You Think

Running a woodworking business without context is guesswork. Wages, win rates, backlog, margins—on their own, they’re just numbers. The IIBT shows you how those numbers stack up against real peers by region, size, and market, so you can make decisions with confidence instead of instinct.

Download the report: INNERGY Industry Benchmark Tool (IIBT) — 2025 Results

Use this report to:

• Calibrate compensation with wage and benefit benchmarks so offers retain talent without overspending.
• Tighten pricing and margins using income statement benchmarks (including margin and EBITDA) by company size and region.
• Right-size staffing with turnover trends and staffing ratios to spot over/under resourcing.
• Sharpen bid strategy with hit-rate (win rate) and backlog analytics to focus on jobs you actually win.
• Gut-check cash flow by comparing AR and pipeline sentiment to where the market is cooling or heating up.
• Set targets you can defend for revenue per employee, schedule health, and profitability—grounded in industry context.

You’ll also get:

• Peer comparisons sliced by region, company size, and market (commercial vs. residential).
• Clear operational KPIs (backlog ranges, win rates, AR trends) you can plug into planning meetings.
• Comp & staffing insights to align HR and production on what “competitive” really looks like.
• Methodology you can trust—built with Inverra, the same firm behind AWI’s benchmarking study.

The outcome

No more quoting in the dark, guessing at wages, or arguing targets. You’ll leave with a short list of actions—adjust pricing where margins lag, right-size crews, clean up AR, and pursue the work your shop is built to win.

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Because better decisions start with better context.