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Market Share: Worldwide Database Management Systems Software Shares, 2025 — Agentic AI and Vendor Consolidation Reshape Competitive Dynamics

Publisher IDC
Published Sep 12, 2026
Length 24 Pages
SKU # IDC21570241

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This IDC presentation examines worldwide database management systems (DBMSs) software vendor revenue and market shares for 2025, with the market reaching $107.8 billion, up 15.8% over 2024. It analyzes share and growth across the leading vendors, by deployment model and region, and provides commentary on the competitive dynamics and AI-driven developments shaping the market, along with guidance for technology suppliers.In 2025, the database market pivoted from adding AI features to operationalizing agentic AI, and growth concentrated among cloud and AI-native vendors that embedded vector retrieval, semantic layers, and autonomous operations as core platform capabilities rather than add-ons. Strategic M&A consolidated the market around integrated platforms supporting converged transactional, analytical, and agentic AI workloads simultaneously.“The DBMS market expanded as databases became the operational foundation for AI, analytics, and automation. In 2025, leading vendors embedded vector search, autonomous operations, and AI model access directly into core platforms as baseline capabilities, with multicloud and hybrid flexibility and open standards becoming requirements rather than differentiators.” — Devin Pratt, research director, Database Systems for Enterprise Intelligence, IDC

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