Your Participation Matters.

Help our industry succeed by completing surveys that may affect your bottom line.

VenueDataSource is the research program of IAVM and is a valuable resource for its members, partners, and the public.

VenueDataSource offers information and detailed reports on industry performance, benchmarking, and other key indicators that guide venue management throughout the world. We facilitate information-gathering, sharing and tracking to create more informed facility managers and educators.

We serve and educate through reports, webinars, custom surveys, information-processing, and more.

Members who participate in the information-gathering survey process receive these comprehensive reports – covering topics such as staffing, salary, and revenue – free of charge, while non-members and other interested parties may purchase the reports.

For more information or to purchase custom surveys, please contact research@iavm.org today!

REPORTS

Click below to purchase our industry reports:

2026 Salaries & Wages Report

2025 Staffing Report

2016-2017 Reports

CEIR REPORTS

IAVM Members have some access to the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) reports. Be sure to read the Access Instructions to gain entry to the reports. CLICK HERE to download access instructions.

HANDBOOKS

IAVM has developed a series of benchmarking handbooks by sector type.

Performance reporting is crucial to communicating the role and relevancy of the arena to its stakeholders. Effective and standardized reporting delivers not only an opportunity to reveal and educate but is also a key resource guiding operational and reporting excellence for your venue and the community it serves.

This workbook, produced and overseen by Keen Independent Research LLC, IAVM’s Research Committee and its Arenas Performance Reporting Task Force, incorporates reporting standards which should be an integral part of an arena’s sales and promotion efforts.

The overarching purpose of this handbook is to standardize definitions and metrics to allow for side-by-side reporting and comparison among other venues in the industry. This handbook can also be a teaching tool that highlights frequently used industry terms and language, which can then be shared amongst the venue management community as well as with stakeholder groups who are interested in learning more about the operation of sport and entertainment arena facilities.

Performance reporting is crucial to communicating the role and relevancy of Performing Arts Centers to its stakeholders and the community served. Effective reporting delivers not only a tremendous opportunity to reveal and educate, it is also a key resource management tool for guiding operational and reporting excellence for your venue and the community it serves.

The Standard PAC Performance Reporting: An IAVM Handbook for Performing Arts Centers provides performance arts centers with benchmarks for evaluating and communicating their organization’s performance. This workbook, overseen by IAVM’s Research Committee, incorporates reporting standards which should now become an integral part of a performing arts center’s sales and promotion efforts.

  • Convention Center Performance Reporting Framework Handbook
    Performance reporting is crucial to communicating the role and relevancy of the Convention Center to its stakeholders and the community served. Effective reporting delivers not only a tremendous opportunity to reveal and educate, it is also a key resource management tool for guiding operational and reporting excellence for your venue and the community it serves.

The Convention Center Performance Reporting Framework: An IAVM Handbook for Convention Centers provides convention centers with benchmarks for evaluating and communicating their organization’s performance. Activity, performance, and productivity measures are covered in all key venue functional areas. ROI formulas and definitions are also included.

This workbook, overseen by IAVM’s Research Committee and its’ Convention Center Performance Reporting Task Force, incorporates reporting standards which should now become an integral part of a convention center’s sales and promotion efforts.

PROJECTS

COVID-19 Surveys

IAVM conducted a series of industry impact studies to help our members compare their activities and decisions with their peers during the course of the novel coronavirus pandemic.