SSI 2026 Access Control Deep Dive Survey

1. Does your company sell, design and/or install electronic access control products, systems and/or solutions? *This question is required.

• Yes
• No

2. Which of the following best describes your company? *This question is required.

• Security installing dealer with central station
• Security installing dealer without central station
• Installing systems integrator
• Other that designs / installs access control systems
• Other - Write In Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

3. Which types of access control devices and technologies do you routinely deploy in your projects? Select all that apply.

• Biometric readers
• Cloud-managed systems
• Controllers
• Credential management platforms
• Electrified locks
• Intercom/entry systems
• Keypads
• Mobile access platforms
• Readers
• Turnstiles/gates
• Visitor management
• Other - Write In Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

5. Approximately how much has your company's access control business grown during the past year and past five years?

Space Cell	Declined	No growth - flat	1%-5%	6%-10%	11%-25%	26%-50%	51%-75%	76%-100%	More than 100%
Past-year growth	Past-year growth: Declined	Past-year growth: No growth - flat	Past-year growth: 1%-5%	Past-year growth: 6%-10%	Past-year growth: 11%-25%	Past-year growth: 26%-50%	Past-year growth: 51%-75%	Past-year growth: 76%-100%	Past-year growth: More than 100%
5-year growth	5-year growth: Declined	5-year growth: No growth - flat	5-year growth: 1%-5%	5-year growth: 6%-10%	5-year growth: 11%-25%	5-year growth: 26%-50%	5-year growth: 51%-75%	5-year growth: 76%-100%	5-year growth: More than 100%

6. What is your familiarity level and usage of cloud-based hosted or managed Access Control as a Service (ACaaS) solutions?

• Not familiar at all
• Familiar but choose not to sell them
• Familiar and considering offering them to customers
• Familiar and currently do offer to customers

7. Thinking about cloud-based hosted or managed access control as a service (ACaaS), approximately how much growth has been realized the past year?

• 0%
• 1-3%
• 4-6%
• 7-8%
• 9-10%
• 11-15%
• 16-20%
• 21-25%
• 26-30%
• 31%-50%
• 51%-75%
• More than 75%

8. What are the TOP THREE reasons for your company either has not maximized or does not offer cloud-based hosted or managed access control as a service (ACaaS)?

• Training
• Staffing
• Developing pricing or business model
• Costs
• Determining sales incentives
• Marketing
• Codes, regulations or standards
• Demand and marketplace acceptance

9. What are the TOP THREE challenges your commercial/industrial customers face when they decide to run a physical access control solution on their corporate network?

• Higher network costs
• More complex networks
• Cybersecurity risks
• Quality of service concerns
• Longer deployment cycles
• Disruption to business
• Network reliability
• Demands on staff and skill set
• ROI being questioned
• System access privileges
• Conflicts with IT staff