Prospect needs vs Prospect need

Both "prospect needs" and "prospect need" can be correct depending on the context. "Prospect needs" is used when referring to the needs of multiple prospects, while "prospect need" is used when talking about the need of a single prospect.

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Prospect needs

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to the needs of multiple prospects.

Use "prospect needs" when discussing the needs of more than one prospect or potential customer.

Examples:

Understanding the prospect needs is crucial for successful sales.
The company conducted a survey to identify the prospect needs in the market.

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In this technological sector, as in many other industrial sectors, both the medium and long-term prospects need to be borne in mind, and in this respect the situation is uncertain at the moment.
Economic operators need prospects and legal stability.
Moreover, it would not be fair on the new Member States, for they need future prospects in order to continue their cohesion policy and to be fully integrated into the common market.
To understand the current economic situation and the current short to medium-term prospects we need to take a step back and consider the imbalances that were building up on our continent until mid-2007, imbalances that were evidently unsustainable and that underlie the corrections we are going through.
whereas the economic recession of 2008 affected both skill demand and supply in the employment sector, thus increasing dramatically the uncertainty about job prospects and fostering the need for people to be better informed about employment prospects of the labour market,
D. whereas the economic recession of 2008 affected both skill demand and supply in the employment sector, thus increasing dramatically the uncertainty about job prospects and fostering the need for people to be better informed about employment prospects of the labour market,
You need to improve your prospects of finding employment.
I need you to cut off that prospect rocker.
And thirdly, the ongoing prospects of developing better, more humane traps need to be considered.
In this regard, we need to consistently hold up definite European prospects before them.
The region does not need further tension and prospects of nuclear escalation.
Turkey needs to know that this is damaging its prospects.
We also need to look at the future prospects of Europe and the world.
There is a need for the support and prospects offered by technology.
Young people simply need to see what future prospects they would have in maritime transport.
I need you to come down to Prospect Gardens and ask Lloyd the manager a few questions.
My sisters need me to make a good marriage, their own prospects depend on it.
There is a need to improve the television broadcasting prospects of European works on the European and international markets.
Prospects are picking me up. Need everybody at the clubhouse.
Europe needs a new approach to research in areas which offer promising prospects for our competitiveness and well-being.

Alternatives:

prospects' needs
needs of the prospects
needs of potential customers

Prospect need

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to the need of a single prospect or potential customer.

Use "prospect need" when discussing the specific need of an individual prospect or potential customer.