Sizing the Used Pinball Market; How Big is it Really? (Hint: Bigger than you think!)

Editors note: This is the first official contribution from Ted "Doc" Finlay, Ph.D. You may have seen some of his data integrated into our pinball games directory, or on a post we wrote earlier this year on the best used pinball machines. If this is your first experience with Ted, he's been running PinballPrices.com for the last 5 years, collecting and publishing pinball sales data for the pinball community. We really appreciate the work that goes into this effort, particularly some of the market analysis he's done in the past for This Week in Pinball.

How Big is the Used Pinball Machine Market?

How big is the used pinball market? Ten million dollars? Fifty million? One hundred million? Pinballers all seem to buy and sell constantly, but what does that all add up to? 

As a market researcher, I've done more than my fair share of market size assessments. Whether it be for pharmaceutical companies developing a new flu vaccine, sizing up demand for an online gaming platform, or CBD chews for dogs - I've done it.  For the past five years, my contribution to the pinball industry has been tracking and publishing . Why? Well, every industry seems to have a way to track the value of its used products. The auto industry has . Baseball card collectors have the . And pinball buyers and sellers have .