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Calling independent bike shops and workshops: CIN Market Data survey needs you

Posted on in Business News , Cycles News

Cycling Industry News (CIN) is once again asking independent bike dealers and workshops to take part in its annual Market Data Survey to help build an accurate view of the UK cycling market.

CIN Market Data 2026
CIN Market Data 2026

In return, participating dealers and workshops will receive the collated and anonymised results to help them benchmark their businesses, when published later in Q1.

  • What trends are bringing customers into bike shops?
  • Is annual workshop revenue up or down?
  • Where are bike shops investing and cutting back?

Those are some of the focus areas of this year’s Market Data, which aims to provide an accurate snapshot of the UK market, taking into account insights from frontline independent dealers and workshops like you.

Participation is open only to UK-based independent retailers and workshops, businesses that do not qualify will be removed from the final dataset. All data is anonymised.

You can take part in the Cycling Industry News Market Data survey today

Broad topic areas include:

  • Retail + workshop businesses performance
  • State of the industry
  • Key retail trends
  • Supply chain

It takes just a few minutes to complete, and the more voices involved, the clearer the picture we can share back with the industry.

You can take part in Market Data survey today.

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