Getty Images Historic Numbers -- 2002 Thru 2007

Posted on 8/1/2008 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (0)

Below is a list of the Getty Images revenue for the various segments of their business quarter by quarter from Q3 2002 through Q4 2007. At the beginning of 2008 Getty stopped supplying quarterly breakdowns.

It is important to note that much of the increases were do to acquisitions and price increases. In Q3 2002 the average price for a RF image was $107. That had risen to $200 by Q2 2004 and was $238 in Q2 2005. The peak was $256 per image licensed in Q1 2006.

The prices for RM images stayed relatively stable throughout this period hovering around $550.



The number of images licensed tended to jump whenever they made an acquisition, but remained relatively flat between acquisitions. The figures for Microstock for 2006 and 2007 are included in the RF numbers. They are estimates based on the number of downloads they reported for each quarter. We do know that iStock’s gross revenue in 2007 was $72 million.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Gross
RM
2002 $66.19 $63.56 129.752
2003 $72.83 $66.40 $65.40 $68.50 273.13
2004 $79.30 $73.65 $70.60 $73.75 297.3
2005 $79.97 $78.75 $78.04 $78.96 315.72
2006 $86.10 $83.70 $78.00 $77.90 325.7
2007 $81.60 $79.70 $71.80 $71.90 305
2008
RF
2002 $33.10 $35.31 68.406
2003 $36.09 $39.59 $43.16 $42.47 161.31
2004 $50.08 $47.95 $51.88 $54.62 204.53
2005 $62.30 $70.60 $70.85 $69.12 272.87
2006 $73.53 $78.23 $77.25 $79.16 308.17
2007 $82.91 $81.75 $79.80 $82.88 327.34
2008
RM + RF
2002
2003 $108.92 $105.99 $108.56 $110.90 434.37
2004 $129.30 $121.60 $122.40 $128.30 501.6
2005 $142.30 $149.30 $148.80 $148.20 588.6
2006 $159.71 $166.99 $155.30 $157.10 639.1
2007 $164.55 $161.54 $151.66 $154.85 632.6
2008
Microstock
2006 $1.76 $2.52 $3.13 $5.83 13.24
2007 $13.70 $15.87 $18.54 $23.64 71.75
Editorial
2002 $11 11
2003 $13.75 $13.80 $15 $13.90 56.45
2004 $16.12 $15.48 $17.96 $19.29 68.85
2005 $20.65 $20.94 $21.59 $22.11 85.29
2006 $22.10 $24.90 $25.36 $26.66 99.02
2007 $26.56 $35.97 $36.55 $39.26 138.34
2008


Copyright © 2008 Jim Pickerell. The above article may not be copied, reproduced, excerpted or distributed in any manner without written permission from the author. All requests should be submitted to Selling Stock at 10319 Westlake Drive, Suite 162, Bethesda, MD 20817, phone 301-461-7627, e-mail: wvz@fpcubgbf.pbz

Jim Pickerell is founder of www.selling-stock.com, an online newsletter that publishes daily. He is also available for personal telephone consultations on pricing and other matters related to stock photography. He occasionally acts as an expert witness on matters related to stock photography. For his current curriculum vitae go to: http://www.jimpickerell.com/Curriculum-Vitae.aspx.  

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