Planning a Wedding in Chicago

2010 Wedding Statistics & Wedding Market

Wedding Statistics & 2010 Wedding Market; 2.3 Million Weddings and Wedding Cost of $26,800. The 2010 U.S. wedding market can expect a 1% increase in the number of weddings over the previous wedding year with 2,271,910 estimated weddings. Number of weddings could reach 2,268,500 by 2010. Expect a 4% increase in wedding cost with an estimated cost of $26,800.00. Wedding cost could reach $31,400 by 2010.

In 2010 consumers will spend $1,841.00 on Wedding Attire, $2,337.00 on their Wedding Ceremony, $1,104.00 on Wedding Favors & Gifts, $1,136.00 on Wedding Flowers, $1,739.00 on Wedding Jewelry, $922.00 on Wedding Music, $2,659.00 on Wedding Photography & Video, $13,692.00 on their Wedding Reception, $809.00 on Wedding Stationery, and $563.00 on Wedding Transportation.

Online wedding market worth more than $7.9B

Recent results from our wedding survey show that 77% of couples will use the Internet to help plan their wedding. As related to their engagement, wedding, honeymoon, and time after, 43% will use the Internet to research products and services, while 13% will purchase products and services. These results are based on a sample of 499 surveys.

We estimated 2,271,910 weddings with an average wedding cost of $26,800 for 2010. 976,921 (43%) of those weddings will research products and services online while 295,348 (13%) weddings will buy products and services online. We believe this makes the online wedding market worth over $7.9 billion.