We surveyed 1,320 maintenance professionals across industries to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges they’re facing in 2025. Dive into the data to discover the realities of preventive maintenance programs today and hear how maintenance leaders are confronting the ongoing talent shortage and embracing AI tools.
The preventive maintenance execution gap
While 71% of organizations cite preventive maintenance as part of their strategy, less than 35% of teams actually spend the majority of their time on preventive maintenance.
Preventive maintenance
71%
Reactive maintenance
38%
Contract maintenance
32%
Predictive maintenance
27%
Condition-based maintenance
18%
Time dedicated to preventive maintenance
The data suggests that most maintenance teams are still primarily reactive, with 58% of facilities dedicating less than 40% of their total maintenance time to planned maintenance.
13%
of teams surveyed
Spend
more than 60%
of time on preventive maintenance
22%
of teams surveyed
Spend
41 - 60%
of time on preventive maintenance
26%
of teams surveyed
Spend
21 - 40%
of time on preventive maintenance
32%
of teams surveyed
Spend
less than 21%
of time on preventive maintenance
Embracing the age of industrial AI
At what stage are your operations in adopting AI-powered maintenance solutions?
AI adoption is on the rise for maintenance teams. 44% of organizations have implemented or are piloting AI-powered maintenance solutions.
No current plans to implement
29%
Fully implemented across multiple processes
17%
Partially implemented in specific areas
15%
Pilot program testing
12%
Actively evaluating options
14%
Key factors that are increasing downtime costs
Wear and tear on critical assets
Rising costs of parts and shipping
Cost of labor
Cost of labor
Cost of labor
Cost of labor
Key factors that are decreasing downtime costs
Improved parts and inventory management
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Lean initiatives
Implementation of an EAM or CMMS
Cost of labor
Cost of labor
Cost of labor
Key factors that are decreasing downtime costs
Improved parts and inventory management
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Lean initiatives
Implementation of an EAM or CMMS
Cost of labor
Cost of labor
Cost of labor
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