LMT's Exclusive Fee Survey Reports

The majority of respondents to LMT's 2023 Fee Survey are upbeat about their economic health, sales and profit levels.

The results of LMT's 2021 Fee Survey are in: Despite a tumultuous 2020, 70% of laboratory operators are optimistic about the future and two-thirds report increased sales and profitability during the first half of this year.

Despite the fact that overall laboratory fees show no growth over the last two years, the majority of owners and managers say business has improved since 2016 and they are increasingly hopeful about the next several years, according to LMT’s 2018 Fee Survey. Sixty-one percent of respondents say...

One of the recurring comments from laboratory owner-respondents to LMT’s Fee Survey is that they’re feeling the bottom-line effects of the retirement of one or more long-time clients. 

That’s the thing about long-time clients: they get old. Sure, you have developed wonderful relationships...

Many of the laboratory owner-respondents to our 2018 Fee Survey who report healthier businesses point to an emphasis on controlling costs and making sound financial decisions. Here are a few of their strategies: 

A vigilant ROI process. When Michael Farago, CEO, Concord Dental Laboratory, Westford,...

The vast majority of respondents to LMT’s 2016 Fee Survey are delaying price increases due to price competition and other factors.

LMT’s 2014 Fee Survey respondents offer a mixed picture of their sales and profitability. On one hand, laboratory sales seem to be slowly improving. Profits, though, seem to be lagging behind.

The majority of respondents to LMT's 2012 Fee Survey are delaying fee increases in the face of price-cutting competition and declining caseloads.

The specialty once considered to be the least glamorous is thriving. According to initial results of LMT’s 2008 Fee Survey, 58% of our denture lab respondents report an increase in profitability in the past two years, largely due to increased sales,

Laboratory restoration fees show no significant increase over the last two years, according to LMT’s 2010 Fee Survey.

Despite the challenges of offshore competition, a limited labor pool and price cutting, the majority of respondents to LMT’s 2008 Fee Survey are optimistic about the future of our industry.

Seventy-nine percent of respondents to LMT's biennial fee survey say their business is either...

Fees are up 8% nationwide over the last two years, according to a comparison of LMT’s 2008 and 2006 Fee Surveys. Prices have increased across the board for all specialties and 70% of respondents say profitability has improved.

Fees Remain Flat as Laboratories Ride Out Tough Economy

A whopping 80% of respondents to LMT's 2010 Fee Survey say they've delayed usual fee increases due to the lagging economy, and that's evident in our data: restoration prices have not undergone any significant increase over the last two years.

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