How many households in the USA have Marine Aquariums (no google)

[MnFish1]

SO - people have said many time - that the number of hobbyists the have marine tanks is trivial - and therefor (whatever the discussion was) - How many home have marine tanks in the USA?

 

[Anirban]

Done..

 

[hatfielj]

I'm going to guess over a million. There's like 330,000,000 people in the US right? So, if even 0.5% of the population has a tank, that's nearly 2 million people. Wouldn't be hard to hit 1 mil IMO

 

[MnFish1]

I'm going to guess over a million. There's like 330,000,000 people in the US right? So, if even 0.5% of the population has a tank, that's nearly 2 million people. Wouldn't be hard to hit 1 mil IMO

It is an interesting question though - assume everyone bought product x - and assume product x had a need for an every 2 month product y. Or product x needed to be replenished every 3 months.....

 

[cracker]

Good question ! I have no idea though .

 

[link81]

well, there are a little over 100 people in my company and at least 3 of us either have, or have had successful reef tanks. 2 of us multiple tanks.

 

[MrObscura]

I'm going to say over 1 mil as well as it wouldn't be that hard to hit that number in a country as populated as the US.

 

[Jason_J]

The question is households and not individuals, so the starting point is much lower. From memory I am going to say there are 120M households in the US and going to guess those with a marine tank are at 0.5% or below, so somewhere in the 250-400k range.

 

[Lowell Lemon]

Less than a million.

 

[FishyDP]

My guess is well below 1 million, just based on cost! Maybe around 300,000-500,000 households have a reef tank? That is my guess.

 

[Lowell Lemon]

The next question is how many are torn down after one year and after two years?

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

If I had to put a number on it... I'd say... 5?

 

[MTBake]

No idea. I'd be surprised if it was over 1mil.

 

[ccombs]

You know what just hit me? The amount of turnover in the hobby has to keep suppliers and vendors busy. This hobby has a lot of people leaving after a few years I bet, but there are still new reefers who want to buy new to replace them.

I have mentioned on some posts that we have a niche market, and I still stand by that in the grand scheme of things (compared to other industries), but the turnover is probably very beneficial for manufacturers.

 

[MTBake]

I just spent a little time researching this. The answer surprised me for sure. I can post a link if anyone is interested.

 

[MnFish1]

I just spent a little time researching this. The answer surprised me for sure. I can post a link if anyone is interested.

Thats what 'no google' meant lol (or other research) - yet

 

[ccombs]

I just spent a little time researching this. The answer surprised me for sure. I can post a link if anyone is interested.

I can't wait for the answer, I have been googling it (after I voted) and I cannot find a solid answer.

 

[MrObscura]

After posting I did a little research...

Spoiler: Not the answer but some stats

there are about 7 million households with aquariums. I figure most are fresh, but I'd say at least 1 million are salt[/SPOILER

 

[ccombs]

After posting I did a little research...

If that is right I was wayyyy off.

 

[MTBake]

Thats what 'no google' meant lol (or other research) - yet

That's why I didn't post the link

I've always kinda wondered about this. I'm not even positive the source I found is the best answer. This info isn't readily available from what I've found.

I was way off on my vote. I will say that