Worldwide customer relationship management software market size 2015-2026

The global customer relationship management (CRM) software market is forecast to grow to ** billion U.S. dollars in size in 2025. This is a projected increase of almost **** billion U.S. dollars from 2021, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of *** percent.

Customer relationship management

Customer relationship management, or CRM, is the technology used to analyze and manage a company’s interaction with customers or potential customers. The goal of CRM is to improve companies’ relationships with customers, therefore increasing customer retention rates and ultimately driving sales growth. According to a 2018 survey, only 16 percent of U.S. organizations considered their company’s delivery of real-time customer interactions across touch points and devices as effective, showing that it is important for organizations to make use of the CRM technology. Scaling customer-centered decisions and actions across function in the business is the main driver behind organizations’ increased investment in real-time customer analytics in the United States.

CRM vendors

Salesforce is the leader in the CRM applications market, with a share of **** percent in 2018. Other contenders in the market include Oracle and SAP, with *** and *** percent market shares respectively in 2018.