Customer Support Adoption Among the Global Top 100
Customer Support Adoption Among the Global Top 100

This report delves into the adoption of Customer Support platforms by the Global Top 100 companies, both privately-held and publicly-traded, as ranked by size, including employee count and revenue metrics, such as those found in the Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 listings. We explore how these leading enterprises are leveraging Customer Support to pursue strategic goals and drive lasting benefits across various business functions.

The adoption of Customer Support within these top companies reveals significant investments in CRM technology, highlighting a broad and diverse approach. These organizations frequently partner with multiple vendors, integrating complementary CRM solutions to achieve their business objectives. This multi-vendor approach allows them to tailor CRM deployments that drive competitive advantages, operational efficiencies, and overall sustainability.

Our latest findings detail the software purchases related to Customer Support platforms among these top 100 enterprises, their technology investments span a range of CRM tools and solutions, underscoring the complexity of CRM adoption at this level.

Generative AI Vendors Among the Global Top 100

Salesforce currently holds a 58% market share in the Customer Support space, making it the leading provider among the Global Top 100, followed by Zendesk, Oracle, Microsoft, and LivePerson.

VendorCustomer Support AppsMarket share
SalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud, Salesforce Service Cloud Voice58%
ZendeskZendesk Service, Zendesk Support Ticketing System21%
OracleOracle Service Cloud (ex RightNow)9%
MicrosoftMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service4%
LivePersonLiveEngage3%
FreshworksFreshDesk Customer Support2%
Help ScoutHelp Scout2%
ServiceNowServiceNow Customer Service Management2%
IntercomIntercom1%
Grand Total100%

The insights derived from our research will empower marketers, product managers, and IT professionals to better understand the adoption trends shaping the future of Customer Support. These trends can potentially lead to significant shifts within the competitive landscape, impacting strategies and market positioning for years to come.

By monitoring these top enterprises and their technology choices, we equip our clients with the knowledge needed to anticipate changes and stay ahead in the rapidly transforming world of enterprise software and CRM innovation.

Custom data cuts related to the Customer Support Market are available:

  • Top Customer Support Vendors, Market Size and Market Forecast 2023-2027
  • Customer Support Market By Vertical Market (21 Industry)
  • Customer Support Market By Country (USA + 45 countries)
  • Customer Support Market By Region (Americas, EMEA, APAC)
  • Customer Support Market By Customer Size (revenue, employee count, asset)
  • Customer Support Market By Channel (Direct vs Indirect)
  • Customer Support Market By Vendor or Product
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Global Top 100 adopting Customer Support Platforms

The influence of these top 100 organizations on the broader CRM market is profound, despite their representation of only a small segment of the digital transformations we track annually. These companies often serve as early adopters and trendsetters, shaping the future of CRM and driving innovations that impact the industry at large.

Our Buyer Insight Technographics Database provides a closer look at these major organizations, capturing the size and intricacy of their IT stacks, along with the frequency of their technology investments. This unique database reveals patterns in CRM adoption and highlights emerging trends, which are crucial for understanding the evolving landscape of Customer Support.

Our research team continuously tracks the adoption of various Customer Support platforms, drawing on both publicly available information, such as press releases and case studies, and proprietary data sources. Each quarter, we update our records to reflect new CRM implementations, providing clients with current and relevant insights into market shifts.

Here are the Global Top 100 companies and their adoption of Customer Support platforms

CustomerIndustryEmpl.RevenueCountryVendorCustomer Support AppsWhen
WalmartRetail2100000$648.1BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2015
AmazonRetail1525000$57.5BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2018
AmazonRetail1525000$57.5BUnited StatesZendeskZendesk Support Ticketing System2021
AmazonRetail1525000$57.5BUnited StatesFreshworksFreshDesk Customer Support2019
Allied UniversalProfessional Services800000$22.0BUnited StatesZendeskZendesk Service2020
Allied UniversalProfessional Services800000$22.0BUnited StatesZendeskZendesk Support Ticketing System2018
KFCLeisure and Hospitality800000$31.1BUnited StatesZendeskZendesk Service2019
The Coca-Cola CompanyConsumer Packaged Goods700000$45.8BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2016
Compass GroupLeisure and Hospitality550000$39.3BUnited KingdomMicrosoftMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service2016
United Parcel Service (UPS)Transportation500000$91.0BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2017
G4S plcProfessional Services490000$8.5BUnited KingdomSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2017
Home DepotRetail465000$15.7BUnited StatesLivePersonLiveEngage2015
Home DepotRetail465000$15.7BUnited StatesZendeskZendesk Service2021
Home DepotRetail465000$15.7BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2018
Home DepotRetail465000$15.7BUnited StatesZendeskZendesk Support Ticketing System2015
SubscribeProfessional Services440000$7.1BUnited StatesOracleOracle Service Cloud (ex RightNow)2017
SubscribeRetail440000$109.1BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2017
SubscribeHealthcare440000$324.1BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2010
SubscribeProfessional Services440000$7.1BUnited StatesZendeskZendesk Service2018
SubscribeProfessional Services440000$7.1BUnited StatesZendeskZendesk Support Ticketing System2020
SubscribeRetail414000$150.0BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2020
SubscribeRetail414000$96.0BNetherlandsSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2018
SubscribeLeisure and Hospitality411000$23.7BUnited StatesZendeskZendesk Service2021
SubscribeProfessional Services402600$84.9BGermanySalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2019
SubscribeRetail381000$36.0BUnited StatesZendeskZendesk Service2016
SubscribeRetail381000$36.0BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2014
SubscribeRetail376000$134.2BGermanySalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2018
SubscribeProfessional Services364000$50.3BUnited KingdomSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2017
SubscribeProfessional Services364000$50.3BUnited KingdomZendeskZendesk Support Ticketing System2018
SubscribeRetail354744$77.6BUnited KingdomZendeskZendesk Service2018
SubscribeRetail354744$77.6BUnited KingdomZendeskZendesk Support Ticketing System2020
SubscribeRetail354744$77.6BUnited KingdomZendeskZendesk Guide2020
SubscribeRetail354744$77.6BUnited KingdomOracleOracle Service Cloud (ex RightNow)2013
SubscribeRetail350000$19.6BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2021
SubscribeProfessional Services347700$19.4BUnited StatesZendeskZendesk Service2021
SubscribeProfessional Services347700$19.4BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesForce Customer Success Platform2015
SubscribeProfessional Services340000$22.5BFranceSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2015
SubscribeCommunications338467$86.4BJapanSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2015
SubscribeRetail330000$139.1BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2010
SubscribeRetail329000$30.5BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2016
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SubscribeRetail319565$73.4BFranceOracleOracle Service Cloud (ex RightNow)2018
SubscribeConsumer Packaged Goods318000$91.5BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2018
SubscribeRetail316000$242.3BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2018
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SubscribeRetail305309$102.5BFranceOracleOracle Service Cloud (ex RightNow)2018
SubscribeRetail305309$102.5BFranceServiceNowServiceNow Customer Service Management2022
SubscribeRetail305309$102.5BFranceZendeskZendesk Support Ticketing System2018
SubscribeRetail300000$86.4BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2017
SubscribeRetail290000$72.0BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2015
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SubscribeProfessional Services182502$305.6BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2015
SubscribeNon Profit180000$200MGermanyZendeskZendesk Service2020
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SubscribeManufacturing154000$20.1BIrelandSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2015
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SubscribeCommunications146040$122.4BUnited StatesOracleOracle Service Cloud (ex RightNow)2017
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SubscribeRetail138808$87.6BUnited StatesServiceNowServiceNow Customer Service Management2019
SubscribeGovernment138662$31.5BUnited StatesZendeskZendesk Service2015
SubscribeCommunications136430$43.5BFranceSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2019
SubscribeConsumer Packaged Goods135000$47.0BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2016
SubscribeAutomotive132500$2.0BFranceHelp ScoutHelp Scout2019
SubscribeTransportation132100$52.8BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2017
SubscribeConsumer Packaged Goods132000$22.1BUnited KingdomMicrosoftMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service2017
SubscribeConstruction and Real Estate130000$31.9BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2014
SubscribeProfessional Services130000$13.7BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2017
SubscribeRetail128000$24.2BCanadaSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2021
SubscribeAutomotive127855$81.5BUnited StatesZendeskZendesk Service2017
SubscribeAutomotive127855$81.5BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2013
SubscribeAutomotive125000$18.9BFranceHelp ScoutHelp Scout2019
SubscribeRetail125000$20.0BNetherlandsSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2019
SubscribeManufacturing124800$54.2BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2017
SubscribeLife Sciences122000$42.9BUnited StatesOracleOracle Service Cloud (ex RightNow)2014
SubscribeLife Sciences122000$42.9BUnited StatesSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud2017
SubscribeLife Sciences122000$42.9BUnited StatesZendeskZendesk Service2018
SubscribeManufacturing122000$69.6BUnited StatesMicrosoftMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service2020
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Source: APPS RUN THE WORLD, October 2024

Research Methodology

Each year our global team of researchers conduct an annual survey of thousands of enterprise software vendors by contacting them directly on their latest quarterly and annual revenues by country, functional area, and vertical market. We supplement their written responses with our own primary research to determine quarterly and yearly growth rates, In addition to customer wins to ascertain whether these are net new purchases or expansions of existing implementations.

Another dimension of our proactive research process is through continuous improvement of our customer database, which stores more than ten million software purchases and records on the enterprise software landscape of over 2 million organizations around the world.

The database provides customer insight and contextual information on what types of enterprise software systems and other relevant technologies are they running and their propensity to invest further with their current or new suppliers as part of their overall IT transformation projects to stay competitive, fend off threats from disruptive forces, or comply with internal mandates to improve overall enterprise efficiency.

The result is a combination of supply-side data and demand-generation customer insight that allows our clients to better position themselves in anticipation of the next wave that will reshape the enterprise software marketplace for years to come.