This MGI MarketView™ is a market summary of CLM spend and growth. It provides an overview of factors like the total addressable market (TAM), compound annual growth rate (CAGR) by country and company size, top-spending industries and countries, a summary of adoption headwinds and tailwinds, and more. This MarketView contains essential data for CLM vendors, institutional investors, and corporate buyers building board presentations and making critical go/no-go decisions.
MGI Research estimates global spend on cloud CLM tools by publicly traded companies will reach nearly $8.1 billion in 2026, representing a 18% CAGR.
What is CLM?
Contract lifecycle management (CLM) describes the management of processes and data associated with the lifespan of legal agreements between two or more parties in a business context. It encompasses the stages or phases that a contract goes through from its creation to its conclusion, while applying effective planning, organizing, coordination, and control techniques to achieve specific goals and objectives. It encompasses activities such as contract creation, negotiation, execution, monitoring, renewal, and closure.
How big is the CLM market?
The market for cloud CLM tools among publicly traded companies is projected to reach nearly $8.1 billion in 2026, growing at a 3-year CAGR of 18%.
Which countries and industries are investing in CLM?
Micro companies are increasing their spend on contract lifecycle management software at a CAGR of 25.8%, and small companies are growing their spend by 20.5% each year. Midsize and large companies are investing at a relatively slower rate – 17.7% and 13.9%, respectively.
The United States, Japan, and South Korea are spending the most on contract lifecycle management software – the US alone represents more than 30% of the CLM total addressable market. CLM spending is growing fastest in Japan with a CAGR of 20%, followed by China (19%) and South Korea (16%).
Software, Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components, and IT Services are the top-spending industries in the CLM market.
Why are companies investing more in contract lifecycle management tools?
CLM adoption is driven by increasing pressure on the Office of Legal Counsel to manage risk, increase self-service, and maintain or lower costs as the business scales. Greater regulatory compliance is also requiring companies to invest in contract digitization. Finally, buyers are seeking intelligent, data-first solutions that go beyond simple document storage and instead leverage contract data to support all parts of the business.
Who are representative CLM software vendors?
Examples of vendors in the CLM market include Agiloft, Conga, Contractbook, DealHub, DocuSign, Icertis, Ironclad, JAGGAER, LinkSquares, Malbek, Onit, PandaDoc, Sirion, and Workday.
This is a select list of representative suppliers. MGI Research covers over 40 vendors in the CLM market. Go deeper with MGI’s coverage of this space here.
What is an MGI MarketView™?
An MGI MarketView™ is a market summary of the key characteristics of a given market. It provides the total addressable market, compound annual growth rate, spending by region and industry, an overview of growth drivers and inhibitors, representative suppliers, and more. MGI MarketViews™ are based on the comprehensive data and analysis contained in MGI Market Forecasts, MGI ICP Notes™, and MGI 360 Ratings™.
