Worldwide Life Sciences Software Market Forecast 2024-2029, $M - APPS RUN THE WORLD
Worldwide Life Sciences Software Market Forecast 2024-2029, $M – APPS RUN THE WORLD

In 2024, the global Life Sciences software market grew to $20.6 billion, marking an 8.9% year-over-year increase. The top 10 vendors accounted for 56.5% of the total market. IQVIAled the pack with a 16.3% market share, followed by Microsoft, Veeva Systems, and Salesforce.

Through our forecast period, the Life Sciences applications market size is expected to reach $27.5 billion by 2029, compared with $20.6 billion in 2024 at a CAGR of 5.9%, as shown in the Apps Top 500 Report – Excel Edition [Preview] .

Life Sciences (Pharmaceuticals, medical devices and life technologies) – Clinical trial management, Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management, Incentive compensation, sales performance management, Financials, HR, Procurement

Compliance, risk management and PLM apps will continue to play a key role in life sciences vertical with CROs assuming more functions previously held by big pharmaceuticals companies, which are wrestling with revenue model changes as drug prices could fluctuate widely with the advent of smart medications in small dosages.

Top 10 Life Sciences Software Vendors in 2024 and their Market Shares

RankVendorLife Sciences Apps2022 Life Sciences Apps Revenues, $M2023 Life Sciences Apps Revenues, $M2024 Life Sciences Apps Revenues, $MYoY Growth2024 Life Sciences Market Share, %
1IQVIAIQVIA Planning Suite, IQVIA OneKey Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe5.0% Subscribe
2MicrosoftMicrosoft 365, Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe7.8% Subscribe
3Veeva Systems Inc.Veeva CRM, Veeva Vault, Veeva CTMS Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe16.2% Subscribe
4SalesforceSalesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce Service Cloud, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe9.4% Subscribe
5Dassault SystemesDassault Medidata Platform, Dassault Medidata Clinical Data Studio, Dassault Medidata Edge CTMS, Dassault Biovia, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe2.6% Subscribe
6SAPSAP S/4 HANA, SAP Advanced Track and Trace for Pharmaceuticals, SAP Information Collaboration Hub for Life Sciences, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, SAP Analytics Cloud Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe11.9% Subscribe
7OracleOracle Cloud ERP, Oracle Cloud HCM Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe11.5% Subscribe
8Revvity, Inc. (ex Perkinelmer, Inc.)Revvity Signals One, Revvity ChemDraw Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe0.2% Subscribe
9ServiceNowServiceNow ITSM Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe30.0% Subscribe
10ClarioClario CTMS, Clario eCOA Clinical Trials Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe1.2% Subscribe
Subtotal Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe8.2% Subscribe
Other Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe9.9% Subscribe
Total1741318929206228.9%100.0%

Source: Apps Run The World, July 2025

Other Life Sciences software providers included in the report are: Adobe, Atlassian, ArisGlobal, ADP, Ansys Inc., Aurea, Autodesk, AVEVA Group, Axway, Box Inc., Cegedim, Cisco Systems, Constellation Software Inc., Citrix, Concentra Analytics Ltd, Cornerstone OnDemand, Dropbox, DocuSign, Inc., Edgeverve, Fiserv, Flex Databases, Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Google, IBM, IDBS, Infor, Intuit Inc., Jaggaer, Koerber Group, LabWare, McKesson, Model N, Nakisa, NeoGrid, ON24, Open Text Corporation, Optalert Limited, Optymyze, PerkinElmer, PTC, QAD Inc., Qlik, Randstad Sourceright, Rockwell Automation, Roper Technologies, SAS Institute, SCC Soft Computer, Synopsys, Schrodinger, ServiceNow, Siemens Digital Industries Software, Softworks.com, StayinFront, TELUS Health, UKG, Visma, Workday, Xactly, Zoom Video Communications, and others.

Vendor Snapshot: Life Sciences Market Leaders

ARTW Technographics Platform: Life Sciences customer wins

Since 2010, our research team has been studying the patterns of Life Sciences software purchases, analyzing customer behavior and vendor performance through continuous win/loss analysis. Updated quarterly, the ARTW Technographics Platform provides deep insights into thousands of Life Sciences customer wins and losses, helping users monitor competitive shifts, evaluate vendor momentum, and make informed go-to-market decisions.

List of Life Sciences customers  

CustomerIndustryEmpl.RevenueCountryProductCategory
AbbVieLife Sciences55000$56.3BUnited StatesSAP S/4 HANAERP Financial
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.Life Sciences510$484MUnited StatesVeeva CRMCRM
Almac GroupLife Sciences7500$1.0BUnited KingdomMicrosoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and OperationsERP Financial
Amplitude SurgicalLife Sciences460$114MFranceDassault Systemes SolidWorksComputer-Aided Design (CAD)
Avanir PharmaceuticalsLife Sciences566$120MUnited StatesIQVIA OneKeyAccount Based Marketing
AxxamLife Sciences200$32MItalyRevvity SignalsClinical Trial Management,Laboratory Management
BauerfeindLife Sciences2272$750MGermanyMicrosoft 365Collaboration
Bausch Health CompaniesLife Sciences20700$9.6BCanadaSalesforce Sales CloudSales Automation,CRM,Sales Engagement
Bausch Health Companies IncLife Sciences21700$6.4BCanadaIQVIA OneKeyAccount Based Marketing
Bio-TechneLife Sciences3100$1.1BUnited StatesMicrosoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and OperationsERP Financial
Boehringer IngelheimLife Sciences53500$28.2BGermanyVeeva CRMCRM
Bristol Myers SquibbLife Sciences34100$48.3BUnited StatesIQVIA OneKeyAccount Based Marketing
Bruker CorporationLife Sciences9707$3.0BUnited StatesSAP S/4 HANAERP Financial
CamurusLife Sciences250$66MSwedenRevvity SignalsClinical Trial Management,Laboratory Management
ClinChoiceLife Sciences4000$750MUnited StatesDassault Medidata PlatformClinical Trial Management
CSL Behring USALife Sciences27000$13.3BUnited StatesSalesforce Sales CloudSales Automation,CRM,Sales Engagement
Edwards LifesciencesLife Sciences19800$6.0BUnited StatesOracle Cloud ERPERP Financial
EisaiLife Sciences11076$4.9BJapanDassault Medidata Clinical Data StudioClinical Trial Management
Eli LillyLife Sciences47000$45.0BUnited StatesRevvity SignalsClinical Trial Management,Laboratory Management
Eli Lilly & Co IrelandLife Sciences3615$700MIrelandMicrosoft 365Collaboration
Eli Lilly & Co IrelandLife Sciences3615$700MIrelandSalesforce Sales CloudSales Automation,CRM,Sales Engagement
Eli Lilly and CompanyLife Sciences47000$45.0BUnited StatesServiceNow ITSMIT Service Management
Emergent BioSolutionsLife Sciences1600$1.0BUnited StatesVeeva CRMCRM
Fate Therapeutics Inc.Life Sciences449$56MUnited StatesClario CTMSClinical Trial Management
FutureMedsLife Sciences397$36MUnited KingdomClario CTMSClinical Trial Management
GSKLife Sciences68629$42.7BUnited KingdomClario eCOA Clinical TrialsClinical Trial Management
Haemonetics CorporationLife Sciences3657$1.3BUnited StatesOracle Cloud ERPERP Financial
HengruiLife Sciences24431$3.3BChinaDassault Medidata Edge CTMSClinical Trial Management
Hikma PharmaceuticalsLife Sciences8700$2.5BUnited KingdomSalesforce Sales CloudSales Automation,CRM,Sales Engagement
IlluminaLife Sciences10590$4.5BUnited StatesSAP S/4 HANAERP Financial
Johnson & Johnson Innovative MedicineLife Sciences40000$20.0BUnited StatesClario eCOA Clinical TrialsClinical Trial Management
LabcorpLife Sciences67000$12.2BUnited StatesOracle Cloud ERPERP Financial
LonzaLife Sciences17834$7.6BSwitzerlandServiceNow ITSMIT Service Management
MasimoLife Sciences3800$2.0BUnited StatesOracle Cloud ERPERP Financial
MerckLife Sciences73000$64.2BUnited StatesVeeva CRMCRM
Merz PharmaLife Sciences3212$1.0BGermanyVeeva CRMCRM
Millennium PharmaceuticalsLife Sciences1500$3.8BUnited StatesIQVIA OneKeyAccount Based Marketing
Millipore Sigma, a Merck CompanyLife Sciences28000$7.0BUnited StatesRevvity SignalsClinical Trial Management,Laboratory Management
NovartisLife Sciences75883$51.7BSwitzerlandSAP S/4 HANAERP Financial
NovartisLife Sciences75883$51.7BSwitzerlandServiceNow ITSMIT Service Management
Novo Nordisk U.S. headquartersLife Sciences7257$1.8BUnited StatesIQVIA OneKeyAccount Based Marketing
Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryLife Sciences6000$1.6BUnited StatesOracle Cloud ERPERP Financial
Piramal PharmaLife Sciences6719$1.1BIndiaSAP S/4 HANAERP Financial
RocheLife Sciences103249$78.5BSwitzerlandServiceNow ITSMIT Service Management
Sahajanand Medical TechnologiesLife Sciences1500$124MIndiaMicrosoft 365Collaboration
Santen PharmaceuticalLife Sciences3744$2.1BJapanDassault Medidata Edge CTMSClinical Trial Management
SK Life ScienceLife Sciences350$55MUnited StatesRevvity SignalsClinical Trial Management,Laboratory Management
Teva PharmaceuticalsLife Sciences36000$14.9BIsraelServiceNow ITSMIT Service Management
Thermo Fisher ScientificLife Sciences122000$42.9BUnited StatesClario CTMSClinical Trial Management
VIGO GroupLife Sciences450$100MBelgiumSalesforce Marketing CloudMarketing Automation

Source: ARTW Buyer Insights Technographic Database

Custom data cuts related to the Life Sciences Applications market are available:

  • Top 950+ Life Sciences Applications Vendors and Market Forecast 2024-2029
  • 2024 Life Sciences Applications Market By Functional Market (16 Markets)
  • 2024 Life Sciences Applications Market By Country (USA + 45 countries)
  • 2024 Life Sciences Applications Market By Region (Americas, EMEA, APAC)
  • 2024 Life Sciences Applications Market By Revenue Type (License, Services, Hardware, Support and Maintenance, Cloud)
  • 2024 Life Sciences Applications Market By Customer Size (revenue, employee count, asset)
  • 2024 Life Sciences Applications Market By Channel (Direct vs Direct)
  • 2024 Life Sciences Applications Market By Product

Worldwide Enterprise Applications by Vertical Market

Exhibit 3 provides a forecast of the worldwide enterprise applications by vertical market from 2024 to 2029, highlighting market sizes, year-over-year growth, and compound annual growth rates across different industry sectors from Aerospace and Defense to Utilities.

Exhibit 3: Worldwide Enterprise Applications by Vertical Market Forecast 2024-2029 by Functional Market ($M)

Vertical Market, $M202220232024YoY Growth20292024-2029 CAGR, %
Aerospace & Defense Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe6.6
Automotive Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe5.6
Banking and Financial Services Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe5.5
Communications Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe6.2
Construction Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe6.1
Real Estate Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe5.8
Consumer Packaged Goods Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe6.3
Distribution Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe6.6
K-12 Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe6.2
Higher Education Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe6.6
Federal Government Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe5.9
State and Local Government Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe5.7
Public Safety Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe6.5
Healthcare Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe5.7
Life Insurance Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe5.7
P&C Insurance Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe6.1
Specialty Insurance Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe7.1
Leisure and Recreation Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe6.6
Hospitality and Lodging Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe6.1
Life Sciences Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe5.9
Manufacturing Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe5.9
Media Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe6.5
Faith-Based Nonprofit Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe5.7
Youth & Elderly Care Nonprofit Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe5.9
Special Cause Nonprofit Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe5.9
Oil and Gas Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe5.8
Professional Services Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe6.9
Retail Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe6.9
Transportation Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe6.9
Utility Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe5.3
Total Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe6.2

Source: Apps Run The World, July 2025

Exhibit 4 shows our projections for the enterprise applications market by vertical segment, based on the buying preferences and the customer propensity to invest in new software within those industries as they continue to upgrade and replace many legacy industry-specific applications that have been identified and tracked in our Buyer Insight Database.

Worldwide Enterprise Applications Market Forecast 2024-2029, By Vertical Market, $M
Worldwide Enterprise Applications Market Forecast 2024-2029, By Vertical Market, $M
Worldwide Enterprise Applications Market Forecast 2024-2029, By Functional Market, $M
Worldwide Enterprise Applications Market Forecast 2024-2029, By Functional Market, $M

More Enterprise Applications Research Findings

Based on the latest annual survey of 10,000+ enterprise software vendors, Apps Run The World is releasing a number of dedicated reports, which profile the world’s 1,500 largest Enterprise Applications Vendors ranked by their 2024 product revenues. Their 2024 results are being broken down, sorted and ranked across 16 functional areas (from Analytics and BI to Treasury and Risk Management) and by 21 vertical industries (from Aerospace to Utility), as shown in our Taxonomy. Further breakdowns by subvertical, country, company size, etc. are available as custom data cuts per special request.

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 one million 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.

Buyer Intent: Companies Reading this Research Report
ARTW Buyer Intent uncovers actionable customer signals, identifying software buyers actively reading this research report. Gain ongoing access to real-time prospects and uncover hidden opportunities. Companies Actively accessing this research report include:
  1. IQVIA, a United States based Life Sciences organization with 89000 Employees
  2. Aroik, a Singapore based Professional Services company with 10 Employees
  3. Palmdale Regional Medical Center, a United States based Healthcare organization with 10 Employees
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