What Bishop & Associates does

Bishop & Associates, Inc. is a privately held market research firm incorporated in 1985 and headquartered at 1209 Fox Glen Drive, Saint Charles, Illinois. The company specializes exclusively in the global electronic connector industry, providing market analysis, industry performance measurement, product and regional forecasts, technology trend analysis, financial benchmarks, and competitive intelligence to connector manufacturers, distributors, and interconnect-industry professionals across more than 40 countries in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.

The firm's product portfolio centers on four recurring assets: The Bishop Report (a monthly subscription newsletter on world connector performance and forecasts), the World's Connector Companies database (a subscription product with detailed profiles of over 750 connector companies worldwide), the Connector Supplier weekly email newsletter (a free, sponsored publication), and The Connector Industry Yearbook (an annual review). Layered on top are off-the-shelf multi-chapter reports such as the World Connector Market Handbook, Top 100 Connector Manufacturers, World RF Coax Connector Market, regional analyses (e.g., the European Connector Market), and custom market research engagements priced per project scope.

Revenue is generated through subscription fees, individual report sales via the bishop-research.com eCommerce storefront, custom research projects sold directly to enterprise clients, and media partnerships via the Connector Supplier Preferred Supplier program. The firm employs between 51 and 100 people, operates with no disclosed external funding or parent company, and is led by Ron Bishop alongside Executive Vice President Lynda Nolen (promoted November 2024) and Managing Editor John Bishop.

Name

Bishop & Associates

Legal name

Bishop & Associates, Inc.

Website

https://bishopinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Bishop & Associates is a privately held, 40-year-old market research firm specializing in the global electronic connector industry. It serves connector manufacturers and interconnect professionals worldwide through subscription newsletters, proprietary company databases, off-the-shelf research reports, and custom research services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industry Market Research

NAICS

Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (541910)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Industry & Sector Research (Syndicated/Custom) (BPAHALAE)

Keywords

• Connector market research
• Electronic connector industry
• Interconnect market analysis
• Connector industry forecasts
• Industry market reports

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Charles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bishop & Associates provides market research, industry performance analysis, and forecasts for the global electronic connector industry. Its portfolio includes subscription newsletters (The Bishop Report, Connector Supplier), a subscription database of connector company profiles (World's Connector Companies), annual industry yearbooks, regional and product-specific multi-chapter research reports, and bespoke custom market research services sold to manufacturers and industry professionals worldwide.

Product overview

Bishop & Associates is a market research firm (not a technology product company) that provides comprehensive analysis of the global electronic connector industry. The company offers a unified portfolio of research products consisting of: The Bishop Report (monthly newsletter), World's Connector Companies database (subscription with 750+ company profiles), Connector Supplier (free weekly newsletter), and various off-the-shelf research reports including the World Connector Market Handbook, Top 100 Connector Manufacturers, World RF Coax Connector Market, European Connector Market, and Connector Industry Yearbook. Additionally, they provide custom market research services for specialized customer needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Bishop Report: Monthly newsletter providing comprehensive and timely information on the global connector industry including market analysis, industry performance, trends, and forecasts.
• World's Connector Companies
• Connector Supplier
• The Connector Industry Yearbook

Products and services

• The Bishop Report Monthly subscription newsletter providing comprehensive and timely information on the global connector industry, covering market analysis, industry performance, trends, and forecasts for manufacturers and industry professionals.
• World's Connector Companies Subscription-based online database providing detailed profiles of over 750 connector companies worldwide, including headquarters, products, markets served, annual sales, employee count, regional sales, plant locations, leadership, and company history; used to identify acquisition targets and benchmark competitors.
• Connector Supplier Free weekly email newsletter delivered on Tuesdays, covering news, trends, new product innovations, companies, and personalities that impact the global interconnect industry; supported by a Preferred Supplier media partnership program for manufacturers and distributors.
• World Connector Market Handbook Multi-chapter comprehensive report analyzing all aspects of the world electronic connector market, sold via the firm's research eCommerce store.
• Top 100 Connector Manufacturers Ten-chapter research report providing comprehensive analysis of the world's Top 100 Electronic Connector Manufacturers, sold via the research eCommerce store.
• World RF Coax Connector Market Research report covering sales results by region and connector series, with discussion of cable assemblies, new coax connectors, waveguides, technology, and applications.
• European Connector Market Regional research report providing historical data and forecasts for the European connector market, including 2024 actuals and 2026F/2031F projections.
• Connector Industry Yearbook Annual review of the connector industry based on annual reports from publicly traded connector companies, including consolidated income statements and balance sheets.
• Connector Industry Forecast to 2030 Multi-year connector industry forecast covering performance analysis and regional projections for the 2025-2030 period.
• Custom Market Research Bespoke in-depth market studies covering products, end-use equipment markets, or technology, executed for specialized customer needs; project scope, duration, and cost vary with difficulty.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• VLSI Research: Specialist market research firm covering the semiconductor and electronics manufacturing supply chain, with a similar subscription/report business model and tight focus on a single industrial vertical — closely analogous to Bishop's niche-research approach in connectors.
• Electronics.ca Publications: Electronics industry research publisher producing market reports and forecasts on electronic components and subsystems; comparable to Bishop as a similarly-sized specialist research house targeting the electronics manufacturing ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Frost & Sullivan: Large global research and consulting firm with broad coverage of industrial and electronics markets, including some overlap on electronic components and interconnect; competes with Bishop on custom research and syndicated reports but at much larger scale.
• IDC (International Data Corporation): Global market intelligence firm covering IT, semiconductors, and electronics components; competes indirectly with Bishop through broader electronics and components research that includes supply chain and supplier coverage.
• S&P Global Market Intelligence (formerly IHS Markit): Large financial and industry intelligence provider covering electronic components, automotive, and industrial markets through syndicated research and proprietary databases; overlaps with Bishop on industry-level analysis of electronics supply chains.
• Gartner: Premier technology and electronics research and advisory firm; while not focused exclusively on connectors, it produces adjacent electronics-component and supply-chain research that competes for the same enterprise research budgets.
• MarketsandMarkets: Global market research and consulting firm publishing syndicated reports across electronics, semiconductors, and components; directly comparable to Bishop's off-the-shelf reports and competes on price for similar connector-adjacent research.

Emerging players

• Mordor Intelligence: Fast-growing market research firm publishing syndicated reports across electronics and industrial verticals, including connector-adjacent categories; a lower-priced emerging competitor for off-the-shelf report sales.
• BIS Research: Emerging-technology market research firm producing reports on electronics, semiconductors, and emerging applications; partial overlap with Bishop on connector end-market coverage (e.g., EV, IoT, aerospace).
• Future Market Insights: Market research firm producing syndicated industry reports across electronics and industrial sectors; competes with Bishop on lower-priced report sales to corporate strategy and procurement buyers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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