{"id":120419,"date":"2022-05-02T11:39:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T11:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/corp\/?p=120419"},"modified":"2025-03-30T08:20:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T08:20:59","slug":"benchmarking-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/business-benchmarking\/benchmarking-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"The 6 Benchmarking Questions Every Organization Needs to Ask"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a lot that goes into benchmarking. You might be working with tons of data, multiple tools, and benchmarking endless activities, all with different purposes. It\u2019s totally normal to feel overwhelmed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/business-benchmarking\/ultimate-guide-benchmarking\/\">benchmarking process<\/a>\u00a0or get so carried away that you\u2019ve lost sight of the bigger picture.<\/p>\n<p>It happens, but you need to make sure you stay on track and keep your eyes on the goal. One pro way to do so is by keeping a list of <strong>benchmarking questions to ask whenever you need to refocus.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s where we come in. We don\u2019t want to blow our own trumpet, but we have years of benchmarking experience and house a ton of benchmarking data. We consulted our in-house experts and picked the top six benchmarking questions every business should ask.<\/p>\n<p>If you can answer these questions, you\u2019re in a great place with your benchmarking process.<\/p>\n<p>Ready to go? Let\u2019s start.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Why am I benchmarking?<\/h2>\n<p>Why are you benchmarking? Because everyone else is doing it? Because you heard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/business-benchmarking\/benchmarking-in-business\/\">benchmarking was the secret to business success<\/a>? If these are your answers, I have some bad news: you\u2019re not maximizing your benchmarking exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever you create a benchmark, you need to start with why you\u2019re doing it.<\/p>\n<p>Refocus on these sub-questions: Are you looking for new opportunities or to improve efficiency? Are you trying to get a better idea of what your competitors are doing and what\u2019s standard in your industry?<\/p>\n<p>Figuring out why you\u2019re benchmarking will help you set goals, determine which type of benchmarking you need, and set the process to obtain your benchmarks.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Which departments benefit from benchmarking?<\/h2>\n<p>Any part of your business that could be improved can benefit from benchmarking. However, certain teams have the most to gain from it, mainly those that focus on market research, corporate strategy, business intelligence, and consumer insights and audience.<\/p>\n<p>For example, your market research and corporate strategy teams will use benchmarking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/market-research\/what-is-market-analysis\/\">analyze the market<\/a>, determine your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/market-research\/market-share-guide\/\">market share<\/a>, and develop different strategies including the ever-important <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/digital-analysis\/digital-strategy\/\">digital strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Your business intelligence team, on the other hand, will benefit from benchmarking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/business-benchmarking\/benchmarking-engagement-metrics\/\">engagement metrics<\/a> to determine your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/market-research\/website-stickiness\/\">website\u2019s stickiness<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/marketing\/marketing-strategy\/competitive-insights\/\">competitor insights<\/a>, and other data to help them analyze performance.<\/p>\n<p>Any team that focuses on customers will benefit from benchmarking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/audience-and-brand-building\/target-audience-analysis\/\">target audiences<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/market-research\/consumer-behavior\/\">consumer behavior<\/a>, which will provide ideas to obtain new customers.<\/p>\n<p>Hone in on not only what you want to achieve from benchmarking, but who it will be relevant for to achieve a higher level of focus.<\/p>\n<h2>3. When should I benchmark?<\/h2>\n<p>Benchmarking might be a strategic initiative that\u2019s part of a planned change in your company or it may be an ongoing project that you do periodically. Your answer for when to benchmark depends on your answer to \u201cWhy am I benchmarking?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For strategic initiatives, benchmark before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/digital-analysis\/digital-transformation-strategy\/\">transforming digital activities<\/a>, refreshing your brand, launching a new product, changing your leadership team, or responding to a crisis. In these cases, a benchmark will reveal what\u2019s expected in your industry and will set you up for success.<\/p>\n<p>With ongoing projects, you could benchmark weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually, or in accordance with different campaigns or initiatives. For example, you might benchmark every time you launch a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/marketing\/sem-ppc\/ppc-strategy\/\">PPC campaign<\/a>. Ongoing benchmarking helps you track performance and identify areas for improvement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-120426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/benchmarking-questions-strategic-vs-ongoing.png\" alt=\"When to use strategic versus ongoing benchmarking.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/benchmarking-questions-strategic-vs-ongoing.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/benchmarking-questions-strategic-vs-ongoing-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/benchmarking-questions-strategic-vs-ongoing-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/benchmarking-questions-strategic-vs-ongoing-768x402.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>4. What should I benchmark?<\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s go back to the first question. It depends on your goals. Once you know what you\u2019re looking for, you can decide the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/business-benchmarking\/benchmarking-types\/\">type of benchmarking you need<\/a> and what information you\u2019re benchmarking.<\/p>\n<p>Prime example: You\u2019re trying to improve your sales process. You\u2019ll want to benchmark your sales process against your competitors\u2019 processes. You can map their sales process, analyze their marketing channel mix, and calculate their conversion metrics. Comparing your process to theirs will show you where yours needs improvement and will give you ideas of what to change.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, maybe you\u2019re benchmarking because you want to improve your website. You\u2019ll benchmark your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/business-benchmarking\/website-benchmarks\/\">website metrics<\/a> and track changes over a period of time. For example, you want to benchmark the bounce rate and conversion rate in your industry. You\u2019ll also want to know whether your own performance has improved over time, meaning you\u2019ll benchmark your metrics at different time periods.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-120428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot_1-1.png\" alt=\"Benchmarking question metrics.\" width=\"1310\" height=\"752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot_1-1.png 1310w, https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot_1-1-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot_1-1-1024x588.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot_1-1-768x441.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1310px) 100vw, 1310px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>5. Who am I benchmarking against?<\/h2>\n<p>You might be benchmarking against your competitors, your company\u2019s prior activities, or between different departments. We sound like a broken record already, but who you benchmark against depends on your answer to that golden first question.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/business-benchmarking\/competitive-benchmarking\/\">Competitive benchmarking<\/a> is hugely important for you to understand your industry, your rivals, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/digital-analysis\/trendspotting\/\">market trends<\/a>. You\u2019ll need to analyze your market to determine which companies to benchmark. Benchmarking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/market-research\/industry-leaders\/\">industry leaders<\/a> is a good way to get inspired on how to improve while benchmarking companies with metrics similar to yours might bring opportunities for you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/market-research\/market-share-increase\/\">steal market share<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Internal benchmarking is a good way to look inwards and analyze your own performance. You can benchmark different processes, workflows, and activities to see if some are more efficient than others. You can also benchmark different teams to see if one outperforms the other. Internal benchmarking is a great way to motivate employees to improve!<\/p>\n<h2>6. What should I do differently to improve?<\/h2>\n<p>After the first question, this is definitely the most important. Collecting well-researched data is great, but knowing what to do with it is where you\u2019ll get the most benefits out of your benchmark. Maybe you identified new opportunities while conducting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/company-research\/swot-analysis\/\">SWOT analysis<\/a> as part of your benchmark. Or maybe you found that your procurement process includes bottlenecks. Or maybe, you noticed that a competitor\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/blog\/research\/market-research\/bounce-rate\/\">bounce rate<\/a> is much lower than yours. You probably also found streamlined processes that you could implement or marketing practices that explain your competitor\u2019s low bounce rate.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you learned, you need to apply it. You started with your goals, you figured out your position, and now you can follow the map to guide you to success.<\/p>\n<h2>Eyes on the benchmark<\/h2>\n<p>Knowing why, when, and what you\u2019re benchmarking, who will benefit, who you\u2019re benchmarking against, and how you can improve, will make sure your benchmarking activities provide the most benefit. We recommend writing these benchmarking questions down somewhere in your office so everyone can see them. Keep your answers in mind during your benchmarking process and you\u2019ll surely find success.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"post-banner post-banner--base\">\n        <div class=\"post-banner__wrapper\">\n            <div class=\"post-banner__text\">\n                                    <p class=\"post-banner__title\">See Similarweb In Action<\/p>\n                                    <p class=\"post-banner__subtitle\">Benchmark better. Get the latest data and insights.<\/p>\n                                <div class=\"post-banner__button-wrapper\">\n                                            <a class=\"swui-button swui-button--solid swui-button--primary post-banner__button js-post-banner\"\n                           href=\"https:\/\/account.similarweb.com\/journey\/registration\/\"\n                           data-disable-dynamic-tracking\n                        >Try Similarweb free<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<h2>FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>What questions should you ask when benchmarking?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before you start asking questions about your competitors, ask yourself why you\u2019re benchmarking and what you want to find out. Once you have these answers, you should ask yourself who you are benchmarking against (and why) and what are your outcomes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are some benchmarking questions examples?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some examples of the questions you want to answer while benchmarking are: What is the average bounce rate in my industry? What is the average marketing channel mix in my industry? What\u2019s my industry\u2019s average conversion rate? How much has my performance improved? Am I doing better or worse than my competitors?<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do I find the answers to my benchmarking questions?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Accurate data is key for benchmarking. To get external data about your competitors and your industry, you can search for information online or use digital intelligence platforms. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/corp\/web\/benchmarking\/\">Similarweb Benchmarking Tools<\/a> gather data and answer all the questions you have about your and your competitors\u2019 digital activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a lot that goes into benchmarking. You might be working with tons of data, multiple tools, and benchmarking endless activities, all with different purposes. It\u2019s totally normal to feel overwhelmed with the benchmarking process\u00a0or get so carried away that you\u2019ve lost sight of the bigger picture. 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