NRCA experienced solid membership recruitment during the year, adding 501 new members
(385 contractors and 116 in other membership categories). The retention rate for
the year was 82 percent. In addition, 525 companies have been NRCA members for 25-49
years, and 58 companies have been NRCA members for 50 years or more.
NRCA membership composition
Contractors—77.1 percent
Manufacturers—2.8 percent
Manufacturers representatives—0.1 percent
Distributors—2.3 percent
Raw material providers—0.2 percent
Service providers—0.8 percent
Architects/engineers/consultants—8.2 percent
Industrial/institutional—2.4 percent
International—6.1 percent
Type of work: contractor membership
Commercial—41 percent
Residential—8 percent
Both—51 percent
Sales volume: contractor membership
Less than $1 million—48 percent
$1 million-5 million—37 percent
$5 million-10 million—10 percent
$10 million-20 million—4 percent
More than $20 million—1 percent
Employees during peak season: contractor membership
1-5 employees—15.5 percent
6-10 employees—7.8 percent
11-20 employees—15.4 percent
21-35 employees—18.5 percent
36-49 employees—10.8 percent
50-99 employees—12.6 percent
More than 100 employees—6.7 percent
Unknown—12.7 percent
Type of business: contractor membership
Union—23.7 percent
Open-shop—50.2 percent
Dual-shop operations—2.4 percent
Unknown—23.7 percent
Regional breakdown: contractor membership
East North Central (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)—18.9 percent
East South Central (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee)—4.9 percent
Middle Atlantic (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania)—11.7 percent
Mountain (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming)—5.1
percent
New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)—5.3
percent
Pacific (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington)—11.2 percent
South Atlantic (Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Puerto Rico,
South Carolina, Virginia, Virgin Islands, Washington, D.C., West Virginia)—21.2
percent
West North Central (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South
Dakota)—8.3 percent
West South Central (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas)—13.4 percent