People are always asking us about the correlation between customer experience and business results. While we recommend that companies examine this relationship for their specific company, we’ve done extensive industrywide analyses on the topic. At the bottom of this post we’ve assembled a number of industry-specific charts that you can download and use.

In the report, ROI of Customer Experience, 2016, we provide a lot of data on how customer experience affects a number of different aspects of loyalty for 20 industries. Here’s a summary of some of the data showing the average connection between customer experience and loyalty across all industries.

Here’s how we calculate this data:

We ask 10,000 U.S. consumers to identify the companies that they’ve interacted with during the previous 90 days
We have those consumers rate their experiences and segment the respondents into five buckets based on their Temkin Experience Ratings feedback
For each of the five buckets of consumers, we calculate the average loyalty of the group across different dimensions using the calculations below…

CX and Purchase Intention Charts for 20 Industries

If you’re looking for good data for your industry, we’ve put together these 20 industry charts that show the relationship between customer experience and future purchase intention. Feel free to use them within your presentations in accordance with our citation policy.

For example, here’s some draft copy you might use, together with your industry’s chart, in your company’s internal or external blog:

At [Your Company’s Name], we work hard to improve our Customer Experience, and this industry chart from Temkin Group shows why it’s important and meaningful. As our Customer Experience improves, research shows that consumers are more likely to increase their spending with us, which is one of the many ways in which our customers show their increased loyalty.