• Industry Performance Report
   
• Plant Employee Compensation Report

 
It’s usually heartwarming for TRSA members to compare the sales growth of the median provider in the annual Industry Performance Report to U.S. GDP growth for the year covered in the member survey that provides the data for that report. In the most recent iteration, covering 2014, the median respondent’s revenues were up 5.2%; 2014 GDP growth was 2.4%. That’s a more impressive margin than the previous year (TRSA 3.6%, GDP 2.2%).
 
On the expense side, the highest cost category of textile services—plant ...