The mashed potatoes image can only mean one thing: it’s time for the 2025-2030 eDiscovery Marketplace Mashup from Rob Robinson & ComplexDiscovery!
In the article titled Market Intelligence: eDiscovery market growth from 2012 to 2030, Rob released the first part of his 2030 eDiscovery Market Size Mashup last Friday. The 2025-2030 eDiscovery Marketplace Mashup shares general market sizing estimates for the software and services area of the electronic discovery market for the years between 2025 and 2030. However, it goes beyond that: this year’s report again shows market growth all the way back from 2012 to the projected market in 2030 – 19 years in total! That reflects 18 years of total market movement being tracked, as 2012 is year zero.
This is the fourteenth(!) year I’ve covered the “mashup” (and the sixth year on eDiscovery Today), which represents an integrated analysis of market sizing trends for the eDiscovery industry, focusing on software and services.
Here are initial highlights from this year’s “mashup”:
- Global eDiscovery Market Growth: The global eDiscovery market is growing, with total spending expected to rise from $19.61 billion in 2025 to $28.08 billion by 2030, representing a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 7.44%, which is a drop from the 8.25% CAGR reported last year. As Rob notes: “The compression is not theoretical: AI-assisted review is reducing per-document review labor faster than data growth can offset it on the spend side, which is the principal reason the forward five years compound more slowly than the historical 18.”
- Software Segment Growth: According to my calculations, eDiscovery software is projected to grow at a CAGR of 10.4%, which is higher than the 9.43% CAGR reported last year. Software spending is forecasted to increase from $6.67 billion in 2025 to $10.95 billion by 2030.
- Services Segment Growth: According to my calculations, eDiscovery services is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.8%, which is lower than the 7.57% CAGR reported last year. Services spending is forecasted to increase from $12.94 billion in 2025 to $17.13 billion by 2030.
- The Software/Services Ratio: The ratio of software to services is growing over time. Back in 2012, software ($1.42 billion) comprised 30% of the total of $4.72 billion, with services comprising the other 70% at $3.31 billion. That ratio rose to 34%/66% in 2025, with software at $6.67 billion and services at $12.94 billion. That ratio is expected to rise again to 39%/61% by 2030, $10.85 billion and $17.13 billion respectively.
Rob will be dishing out more “helpings” of his 2025-2030 eDiscovery Marketplace Mashup (see what I did there? 😉) with several segmentation views that follow this article in subsequent Market Intelligence analyses, including software deployment (on-premise versus off-premise), cloud composition (SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS), geography (United States versus the rest of the world), demand sector (government and regulatory versus non-government), direct delivery approach, and task composition. I’ll provide links to those as they come out in the weekly Kitchen Sink.
So, what do you think of the 2025-2030 eDiscovery Marketplace Mashup? Do any of these numbers surprise you? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.
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