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46%
46% -- share of firms recording decline for MCA member firms (2026)
46% of MCA member firms recorded a decline last year according to Oxford Economics' 2026 report.
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46%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Oxford Economics for the MCA
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Tier A
https://membership.quest/membership-consultants ↗
Source Article
Membership Consultants: A Complete Guide
Specialist membership consultants · the complete guide · September 2026
Membership consultants who keep members
What a specialist consultant does, costs and delivers, from market scoping to handover.
How long a member staysmonths
25
at 40 cancellations per 1,000 members a month — 48% a year
Average …
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Oxford Economics for the MCA
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Oxford Economics 2026 report for the MCA
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MCA member firms: 46% share of firms recording decline. Source: Oxford Economics for the MCA (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/mca-member-firms-decline-2026
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