Readership and Demographics

Circulation and Readership

  • Circulation = 15,000
  • Readership = 60,000 (based on # of readers per issue)
  • 76% have been reading In Business for 4 or more years
  • 64% keep their issue of In Business for 2 or more months
  • 41% refer to In Business at least 2 times a month
  • 77% read In Business in the office


In Business is the first choice for business news!

Our readers ranked In Business #1 as their primary source of local business news! (Even combined, the following are a ''primary source'' for only 7% of our readers: Madison Magazine, Business Watch, Corporate Report and Capital Region Business Journal).
Source: Independent Readership & Consumer Survey, MarketTools, Inc., Mill Valley CA

Reader Profile

Gender
Male 59%
Female 41%
Age
25-34 6%
35 to 44 21%
45 to 54 34%
55 and over 38%
Household Income
$75,000-$149,999 33%
$150,000-$300,000 40%
$300,001 and over 16%
Profession:
Owner, partner, president, CEO, CIO, CFO, COO, board chairman, GM, director or other senior management 77%
Manager: sales, marketing, advertising 10%
Legal, accounting, scientific, sales, education, government, medical and other 13%
Education:
College graduate 88%
Post-graduate studies 26%
  • Average net worth of our readers = $1,508,000
  • Average value of primary residence = $435,250

Corporate Demographics

Employee size:
50 or less 58%
51 - 200 15%
201+ 27%
Gross revenue:
Gross revenues less than $1 million 33%
$1 - 5 million 18%
$5 - 10+ million 34%
Purchasing decisions:
Accounting 29%
Advertising/Marketing 56%
Banking 31%
Benefits 25%
Cell Phones 34%
Computer Systems 42%
Executive Education 26%
Insurance 36%
Investments 20%
Legal 24%
Local & Long Distance 26%
Move, expand, or renovate office 35%
New Website/Redesign 40%
Office Supplies 46%
Printing 33%
Security 12%
Staffing 39%
Training 38%

Business travel & Meetings:

  • 86% plan to travel in-state for business in the next 12 months
  • 76% plan to travel out-of-state for business in the next 12 months
  • 40% plan to host business meetings in Dane County in the next 12 months
  • 20% plan to host business meetings outside of Dane County in the next 12 months

Lifestyle Demographics

Personal Travel:

  • 95% plan to travel on vacation in the next 12 months
  • 77% plan to take 2 or more vacations in the next 12 months

Hobbies:
Golf 54%
Boating 38%
Biking 43%
Hunting/fishing 36%
Gardening 42%
Fitness 59%
Gourmet cooking 23%

Consumer Buying Habits:

  • 38% plan to buy a vehicle in the next 12 months
  • 29% play to purchase property in the next 12 months
  • 28% plan to remodel or redecorate their homes in the next 12 months
  • 33% plan to purchase funiture for their homes in the next 12 months
  • 28% plan to buy new investment services in the next 12 months
  • 23% plan to find personal legal services in the next 12 months
  • 25% plan to buy personal insurance in the next 12 months

Additional information available! Contact advertising coordinator Jessica Hamm at jessicah@magnapubs.com or 608-204-9655 ext. 35 for more information.