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In this article, MaintainX shares a collection of useful stats and insights about preventive maintenance, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and other trends that impact maintenance teams. Additionally, read on to find out what this data says about the year ahead and how you and your team can optimize your maintenance operations.

Key takeaways

• While downtime incidents are decreasing, downtime costs are rising: Maintenance teams are facing rising cost pressures despite making progress in eliminating reactive maintenance and unplanned downtime, mostly due to aging equipment and parts costs.
• Preventive maintenance still dominates maintenance strategies … in theory: A majority of maintenance professionals say preventive maintenance is their primary strategy, yet most facilities spend the majority of their time on unplanned maintenance.
• Predictive maintenance adoption is rising steadily, but still faces obstacles: While predictive maintenance (PdM) adoption is on the rise, its growth is still stalling at many facilities due to costs and internal skills gaps.
• The use of sensors and IIoT devices is growing: More than a third of maintenance professionals say they use sensors extensively, and more are testing them, creating a need for processes, people, and technology that can act on the asset data collected.
• AI is crossing the chasm: More than two-thirds of maintenance teams say they will adopt AI by the end of 2026 despite budget, skill, and security barriers.

Maintenance by the numbers: Stats to know for 2026

Maintenance strategy and adoption

• Preventive maintenance is the most commonly used maintenance strategy among maintenance teams, with 71% of maintenance professionals reporting its use. This is followed by reaction/run to failure (38%), predictive maintenance (27%), condition-based maintenance (18%), and reliability-centered maintenance (16%).
• 58% of facilities spend less than half their time on scheduled maintenance, while less than 35% spend a majority on preventive maintenance tasks. Predictive maintenance adoption decreased slightly, going from 30% in 2024 to 27% in 2025.
• Predictive maintenance can reduce maintenance costs up to 25% and increase uptime by 10% to 20%.

Downtime and maintenance costs

• 74% of maintenance leads reported less or the same amount of unscheduled downtime in 2025.
• 31% of maintenance and operations managers said downtime costs increased in 2025, while 20% said they decreased.
• 55% of maintenance professionals said that paying more for parts was the main reason for higher downtime costs.
• Unplanned equipment downtime alone costs the average Fortune 500 company $2.8 billion every year, which is about Read more

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On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law the budget reconciliation package known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). This law makes some of the most significant changes to the U.S. healthcare system in years, and it affects Medicaid, Medicare, Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage, and employer-sponsored benefits.

Some people may face new rules to keep their health insurance. Others may gain more flexibility through tax-advantaged accounts. Understanding what’s changing — and when — can help you avoid coverage gaps and unexpected healthcare costs, GoodRx, a platform for medication savings, reports.

Key takeaways:

• The One Big Beautiful Bill Act makes major changes to Medicaid. These include new work requirements, tighter eligibility checks, and new cost-sharing copays.
• New verification rules will require some Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace enrollees to reverify eligibility. Also, repayment caps for excess subsidies will be removed, and the law did not extend enhanced ACA subsidies, which are scheduled to expire after 2025.
• Several other healthcare changes are also on the horizon. These include more ACA marketplace plans becoming HSA eligible and updates to Medicare drug price negotiation rules.
• Most changes go into effect from 2026 to 2028.

How does the Big Beautiful Bill affect health insurance?

The OBBBA makes major changes to how people get and keep health insurance, especially through Medicaid and ACA marketplace coverage.

Medicaid is a joint federal-state program that provides free or low-cost health coverage to more than 70 million low-income adults, children, older adults, and people with disabilities. ACA marketplace coverage refers to private health insurance plans purchased through HealthCare.gov or state exchanges. This often includes income-based premium tax credits.

Health policy researchers and federal budget analysts expect that the law’s insurance-related provisions could lead to millions of people losing coverage over the next decade. The biggest impacts are expected to come from new Medicaid work requirements, stricter eligibility and verification rules, and the expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies.

Estimates from the Congressional Budget Office and other health policy researchers suggest the following impacts:

• Medicaid work requirements. More than 5 million people could lose health insurance by 2034 as a result of new work and reporting requirements.
• More frequent eligibility checks. About

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After a few years of volatility, 2025 proved to be a rebound year for small businesses.

To dig deeper into this year’s boom, Bluevine combined data from more than 210,000 active business checking accounts with a proprietary survey of 1,067 U.S. small business owners to find the industries and cities that thrived the most.

Here’s what stood out.

Key takeaways

• The administrative services, education, retail, business management, and health sectors grew the most, each posting projected year-over-year growth rates in Bluevine business checking account applications ranging between 64% and 91%.
• Smaller metros experienced a surge in small business activity—for example, there was a 175% growth in total Bluevine account applications in Washington, D.C.
• 58.4% of small businesses met or exceeded their revenue projections for 2025, and 68.3% of respondents rated their company’s overall financial health as strong or stable.

5 industries saw major growth or recovery in 2025

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The data that Bluevine collected and analyzed suggests small business activity rebounded across the country. It’s a refreshing signal after what was largely a slow year in 2024.

Note: While precise industry-specific business growth can be challenging to pinpoint, Bluevine used thousands of its business checking account applications as a metric to help estimate where year-over-year industry growth was most evident.

1. Administrative services

The market for office administrative services reached $272 billion in 2024 and is projected to grow to $425 billion by the end of 2029.

Bluevine data backs this upward trajectory—the administrative service businesses sector posted a blistering 91% growth in funded checking accounts year over year, the strongest among all industries.

This follows a similarly stellar 16.5% year-over-year growth rate in 2024, a year in which it was one of the only industries to post positive growth. This highlights a continued shift towards white collar operations in the small business landscape.

2. Education

Recent surveys from the Cato Institute show that COVID-19 reshaped the U.S. educatio

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Six women who were drugged and raped or sexually assaulted by the same Denver cardiologist filed a lawsuit against Match Group on Dec. 16, accusing the world’s largest dating app company of “accommodating rapists across its products” through “negligence” and a “defective” product.

The women, backed by four law firms, said that by allowing known abusers like Stephen Matthews to remain on its apps, Tinder and Hinge, even after they are reported for rape, the company fostered a breeding ground for “sexual predators.”

“Even when Match Group receives reports about rapists, they continue to welcome them, fail to warn users about the general and specific risks, and affirmatively recommend known predators to members,” the complaint said. “Rapists know each Match Group platform offers a catalog of available victims.”

Though Match Group claimed to a survivor who reported Matthews that they had “permanently banned” him, the suit contends, he remained active on Hinge — and was even promoted as a “Standout” match.

“Dating apps have a duty to protect their users from known dangers,” said Carrie Goldberg, one of the attorneys representing Matthews’ survivors. Goldberg, who is known for high-profile lawsuits against large companies, including Amazon and Meta, and high-profile abusers, like Harvey Weinstein, said “Stephen Matthews was a known danger,” calling dating apps “potentially the most dangerous product.”

The 54-page complaint, filed in Denver District Court, cites an 18-month investigation into Match Group by the Dating App Reporting Project, published in The Markup in February.

In October 2024, Matthews was sentenced to 158 years to life in prison. He was convicted in August of 35 counts of drugging and/or sexually assaulting 11 women between 2019 and 2023. The six women bringing civil suit against Match Group are proceeding anonymously to protect their identities.

Match Group did not provide comment before publication. In February, in a statement provided to the Dating App Reporting Project by company spokesperson Kayla Whaling, the company cast itself as an industry leader in deploying technology to promote safety, including “harassment-preventing AI tools, ID verification for profiles, and a portal that helps us better support and communicate with law enforcement investigating crimes. … Every person deserves safe and respectful experiences. We are committed to doing the work to make dating safer on our platforms and beyond.”

“We recognize our role in fostering safer communities and promoting authentic and respectful connections worldwide,” the February statement read. “We will always work to invest in and improve our systems, and search for ways to help our users stay safe, both online and when they connect in real life.”

The Dating Apps Reporting Project investigation found that Match Group, an $8 billion dating app behemoth that operates in more than 40 languages and 190 countries, had kn

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When homeowners review their policy, their focus often remains on Coverage A: Dwelling, which is the physical structure of the main house. However, a significant portion of a property’s value resides in its external, unattached structures, such as detached garages, fencing, sheds, and gazebos.

Cheap Insurance explains how these external structures are covered under a different section of the homeowners insurance policy, usually designated as Coverage B: Other Structures. Understanding this section’s limitations, exclusions, and unique valuation is essential to prevent significant financial loss after a claim.

Defining Coverage B: What Does Other Structure Include?

Coverage B provides protection for structures on the residence premises that are separated from the main house by clear space. The structure is considered “detached” or “appurtenant.”

The core definition of Other Structure includes any building or feature at the insured location that is not directly attached to the primary dwelling. If a structure is connected only by a fence, utility line, or similar minimal attachment, it is typically still classified under Coverage B.

Common structures that fall under Coverage B include:

• Detached garages and carports
• Storage sheds, utility buildings, and workshops
• Fences (wood, chain link, or vinyl)
• Gazebos and pergolas
• In-ground swimming pools and related equipment (often covered under Coverage B or A, depending on the specific policy language)
• Guest houses or casitas (if not rented out)

Attached Versus Detached Distinction

The distinction between Coverage A and Coverage B is crucial. An attached garage, a sunroom, or a deck physically connected to the house is covered under Coverage A: Dwelling. A structure set apart by clear space falls under Coverage B: Other Structures. Incorrectly valuing these structures can lead to underinsurance on a claim.

The Automatic Coverage Limit: A Common Gap

In nearly all standard homeowners insurance policies (the industry-standard HO-3 form), the limit for Coverage B is set automatically as a percentage of your main dwelling coverage (Coverage A).

• Standard limit: The limit for Coverage B: Other Structures is typically 10% of your Coverage A dwelling limit.
• Example: If your main house (Coverage A) is insured for $500,000, your automatic Coverage B limit for all other structures combined is only $50,000.

This automatic 10% limit represents a major coverage gap for many homeowners. If you have a substantial detached garage used for storage, a high-quality perimeter fence, and an expensive in-ground pool, the combined replacement cost can easily exceed this 10% threshold, leaving you significantly underinsured after a total loss. Homeowners must calculate the full replacement cost of all secondary structures and proactively ask their agent to increase the Coverage B limit if needed.

Common Exclusions and Pitfalls in Coverage B

While Coverage B protects