Providing Market Intelligence for 40 Years

In The News

The Smart Money: Residential Security Continues Market Shift

Parks Associates’ data shows that consumers no longer view security as a fixed installation, but as an adaptive service. AI-enhanced cameras, integrated subscriptions, and flexible monitoring options have changed the consumer relationship between “safety” of the home and the providers of these products and services.

From 2022 to 2025, device-only adoption has doubled from 7% to 14%, which translates to about 17 million households that own a networked camera, video doorbell, or floodlight camera. Paid service adoption across security systems and security devices also increased from 30% in 2022 to 35% in 2025.

Professional monitoring of security systems still commands most subscriptions (57% of paid services), yet self-monitoring of systems continues to grow, representing nearly one-fifth of the paid base. Among households without systems, 66% of video doorbell owners and 63% of smart camera owners pay for at least one service, most commonly video storage and emergency alerts to users’ phones. This trend highlights a critical dynamic: consumers equate ongoing payment with functionality, not necessarily monitoring 24/7.

From the article, "The Smart Money: Residential Security Continues Market Shift" by Daniel Holcomb

Previously In The News

65% Broadband Users Engage With Second-Screen

Digital media research from Parks Associates finds 65 per cent of US broadband households engage in at least one second-second screen activity on at least a monthly basis. The research finds the most...

Facebook Reportedly In Talks To Stream NFL's 'Thursday Night Football' Games

"The more customers, the higher price the NFL can command," said Brett Sappington, director of research at Parks Associates. "For Facebook, the NFL would drive huge volumes of consumption to get adver...

TVE Use Now 40% Of US Pay-TV

Research from Parks Associates shows usage of authenticated video viewing, or TV Everywhere, reached 40 per cent of US pay-TV consumers in 2015, up from 22 per cent in 2013. Entertainment Habits on Co...

OTT Growing In Europe, US Continues To Pull Ahead

Parks Associates has published international data from the company’s OTT Video Market Tracker service showing OTT video usage in Western Europe is continuing to expand, with 55 per cent of UK broadban...