Cover Story New ground support equipment is entering the market, as this year's survey saw a slight rise in equipment aged 0-4 years and a slight decrease in equipment older than 20 years. But the vast majority of equipment is between 5 and 19 years old, which is similar to the results of the 2022 State of the Industry survey. However, we could see more equipment purchases in 2023 as nearly 90 percent of those surveyed indicated their budget would increase or remain the same this year - more than half indicated their budgets will increase. It is possible that improved supply chain conditions could increase the amount of new GSE in the field this year. As supply chain bottlenecks had an increasingly larger effect on the industry, some GSE customers utilized the secondary market and deployed more used GSE into operations. More than 80 percent of those surveyed are using diesel-powered GSE in their operations - 27 percent of which are using exclusively diesel-powered equipment. This number seems to indicate that the industry's larger trend to electrify GSE will require time to take effect. However, 13 percent of our survey's respondents stated their GSE fleets were comprised of a majority of electric ground support equipment. Another 3.48 percent stated their fleets are comprised entirely of electric GSE. What is the average age of equipment in your GSE fleet? 0-4 YEARS 5-9 YEARS 20.00% 22.61% 10-19 YEARS 20-29 YEARS 30+ YEARS 10.43% 0.87% What is your GSE fleet comprised of? All diesel- / gasolinepowered equipment 26.96% A majority of diesel/ gasoline-powered equipment 54.78% A majority of electricpowered GSE 13.04% All electric GSE 3.48% Other alternative energy-powered GSE 1.74% 20 || Ground Support Worldwide || February 2023 What type of GSE is your fleet comprised of? A majority of motorized GSE 57.39% Half motorized, half nonmotorized GSE 30.43% A majority of nonmotorized GSE 12.17% 46.09%