2025 U.S. Tour Operators Industry Market Research Report with Updated Recession Risk Analysis & Forecasts

Key market opportunities for tour operators include potential growth through strategic planning, operational streamlining, and enhanced sales and marketing strategies. Companies could focus on maximizing employee productivity, mitigating inflation impacts, and optimizing operating expenses to drive profitability.


Dublin, Oct. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Tour Operators - 2025 U.S. Industry Market Research Report with Updated Recession Risk Analysis & Forecasts" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The 78-page 2025 Tour Operators Market Research Report is one of the most comprehensive and in-depth assessments of the industry in the United States with over 100+ data sets covering 2016-2029.

This report is full of industry insights including historical and forecasted market size, revenue and industry breakdowns by product lines, size of company, concentration segmentation, business structure, customer type, state and MSA, profitability, financial ratios, balance sheet benchmarks, BCG matrix, extensive statistics by state and MSA, operating expense details, workforce composition, industry consolidation analysis, sector benchmarks, employee productivity, price inflation, pay bands for the top 20 industry jobs, trend analysis and forecasts on numerous industry statistics including companies, locations, employees, pay, and much more.

The Tour Operators industry includes companies primarily engaged in arranging and assembling tours. The tours are sold through travel agencies or tour operators. Travel or wholesale tour operators are included in this industry.

This report was developed utilizing the results from extensive business surveys and econometrics. Professionals utilize this report for market sizing, industry analysis, benchmarking, forecasting, strategic planning, market analysis, due diligence, valuation, sales & marketing strategy, operational streamlining, organizational strategy, evaluating opportunities, and many other analyses.

Below are a few of the hundreds of stats from the report:

INDUSTRY SIZE

  • In 2024, industry sales were $11.9 billion
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INDUSTRY GROWTH

  • Over the past 5 years, the industry has declined at an annual rate of -4.1%
  • The report has historical, annual and forecasted growth rates

COMPANY GROWTH

  • There are 3,514 companies in the industry
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SALES PER COMPANY

  • In 2024, the average sales per company was $3.4 million
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INFLATION & PRICING

  • Inflation has averaged 0.4% over the past 5 years
  • The report has historicals (2016-2024), 4 years of monthly figures, and 2025 & 5-year forecast

PROFITABILITY

  • For unprofitable companies, the average net loss is -7.9%
  • The report has more on market and profitability dynamics

PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS

  • Employee productivity is $268,595
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EXPENSE BENCHMARKING

  • 2.4% of expenses is spent on health insurance
  • Benchmark against 24 other expense categories

OPERATING EXPENSES

  • In 2024, industry operating expenses grew 3.5%
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PAYROLL BY STATE

  • California averages $57,952 in payroll per employee
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JOB CATEGORIZATION BENCHMARKS

  • 11.3% of employees in the industry are in management positions
  • Benchmark against 25 other job categories

JOB CATEGORIZATION PAY RANGES

  • The average industry hourly pay for office and administrative jobs is $23.06
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Key Topics Covered:

SECTION ONE

REVENUE & GROWTH ANALYSIS

Industry Growth Details

  • Industry Revenue, Companies, Locations
  • 2016-2024 historicals, 2025 & 5-yr forecasts

Growth Benchmarks

  • Revenue per Company & Location
  • 2016-2024 historicals, 2025 & 5-yr forecasts

Revenue by Product Lines

  • % of Revenue from Product Lines

BCG Income vs Revenue Growth Matrix

  • Service Subsectors vs. Industry

Total Revenue by Industry Segments

  • Concentration, Size, Structure & Franchise

Total Revenue per State

  • Revenue per State and State Rankings

Revenue per Capita by State

  • Revenue per Capita and State Rankings

Revenue per Metropolitan Statistical Area

Revenue per Capita per Metropolitan Statistical Area

Revenue per Company by Industry Segment

  • Concentration, Business Size, & Business Structure

Revenue per Location by Industry Segment

  • Concentration, Size, Structure, & Franchise

Revenue per Location by State

  • Revenue per Location and State Rankings

Revenue per Location per MSA

Industry Segmentation by Business Size

  • Revenue, Companies, Locations, Employees & Payroll
  • Absolute Figures & % of Industry

Industry Consolidation Analysis

  • Revenue, Companies, Locations & Employees
  • 2019 vs. 2024 by Business Size

Industry Consolidation Benchmarks

  • Revenue per Company, Location & Employee
  • 2019 vs. 2024 by Business Size

Industry Segmentation by Top 50 Companies

  • Revenue, Locations, Employees & Payroll
  • Absolute Figures & % of Industry

Sector Concentration Benchmarks

  • % of Sector Revenue from the Top 50 Companies
  • 12 Sectors

Industry Segmentation by Business Structure

  • Revenue, Companies, Locations, Employees & Payroll
  • Absolute Figures & % of Industry

Pricing & Inflation

  • Annual Inflation - Indexed to 2006
  • 2016-2024 historicals, 2025 & 5-yr forecasts
  • Monthly Inflation Figures for the Past 4 Years

Service Subsector Growth

  • Revenue and 5-Year CAGR
  • 12 Subsectors

Service Subsector Analysis

  • Revenue per Company
  • Revenue per Location
  • 12 Subsectors

Service Subsector Analysis

  • Revenue per Employee
  • Payroll per Employee

SECTION TWO

COST & FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

Profitability & Financial Ratio Analysis

  • Percent of Companies that are Profitable
  • Average Net Income as a Percent of Revenue
  • 10 Financial Ratios

Balance Sheet Benchmarks

  • 17 Asset & 14 Liabilities Categories
  • Indexed at 100 to Total Revenue

Operating Expenses

  • Industry Operating Expenses
  • Industry Revenue vs. Operating Expense Growth
  • Operating Expense as a Percent of Revenue
  • 2016-2024 historicals, 2025 & 5-yr forecasts

Operating Expenses by Company & Location

  • Operating Expenses per Company
  • Operating Expenses per Location
  • Revenue vs. Expenses Growth per Location
  • 2016-2024 historicals, 2025 & 5-yr forecasts

Operating Expense Detail

  • 32 Categories covering Employee, Property, Equipment, IT, Inventory, & Miscellaneous Costs
  • % of Cost Structure

Productivity & Industry Employment

  • Revenue per Employee
  • Total Industry Employees
  • Employees per Company
  • 2016-2024 historicals, 2025 & 5-yr forecasts

Employee Productivity by Segments

  • Revenue per Employee
  • Concentration, Business Size, Structure & Franchise

Employee Productivity by State

  • Revenue per Employee and State Rankings

Employee Productivity per MSA

  • Revenue per Employee

Industry Payroll

  • Payroll per Employee
  • Payroll per Company
  • Payroll per Location
  • 2016-2024 historicals, 2025 & 5-yr forecasts

Workforce Composition Benchmarks

  • 17 Job Categories across Management & Finance, Sales, Services, Marketing, Ops, IT, & Others
  • Percent of Industry's Employees

Job Categorization Pay Ranges

  • 17 Job Categories across Management & Finance, Sales, Services, Marketing, Ops, IT, & Others
  • Pay Bands (10%, 25%, Mean, 75%, 90%)

Top 20 Jobs Breakdown

  • Percent of Total Employees by Job
  • Rank Ordered by Top 20 Job Categories

Pay Ranges of Top 20 Jobs

  • Pay Bands (10%, 25%, Mean, 75%, 90%)

Payroll per Company by Segments

  • Concentration, Business Size, & Business Structure

Payroll per Location by Segments

  • Concentration, Business Size, Structure, & Franchise

Payroll per Employee by Segments

  • Concentration, Business Size, Structure, & Franchise

Payroll per Employee by State

  • Payroll per Employee
  • State Rankings

Payroll per Employee per MSA

Employees per Company by Segments

  • Concentration, Business Size, & Business Structure

Employees per Company by Segments

  • Concentration, Business Size, Structure, & Franchise

Total Employment by State

  • Number of Employees and State Rankings

Population to Every Employee by State

  • Number of Residents to Industry Employee
  • State Rankings

Total Employment per MSA

Locations per Company by Segments

  • Concentration, Business Size, & Business Structure

Locations per MSA

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