First Module of the 2026 PLM MAR Report Series
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 4 June 2026—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata 2026 Executive PLM Market Report. This report offers an executive-level overview of CIMdata’s comprehensive 2025 PLM market analysis, featuring summary charts of the overall market and specific PLM solution segments (including the chart below). It also presents perspectives on current trends in the PLM industry and how they may affect suppliers and investments.
Distribution of 2025 PLM Revenue by Market Sector
The Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) market continued its upward trajectory in 2025, reaching $88.3 billion, a 9.9% increase over 2024. Growth was particularly notable within the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) segments.
“The PLM market continued its strong growth in 2025,” said John MacKrell, CIMdata’s Chairman. “Manufacturing companies increasingly desire to develop more complex and higher-quality products, forcing them to collaborate more frequently across mechanical, electrical, and software components. This increases the need for much stronger solution and process management capabilities that are the backbone of today’s PLM systems.”
In addition to market sizing, the annual report details emerging trends across the broader PLM ecosystem, specifically highlighting the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in PLM and the adoption of digital twins and digital threads.
This report is the first of five modules in the CIMdata 2026 Market Analysis Report Series to be released. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis of the worldwide PLM market in calendar year 2025. It includes analyses of major trends and issues; revenues of leading PLM providers; revenue analyses by geographical region and industry sector; and historical and projected data on market growth.
The CIMdata PLM Market Analysis Report Series is packaged in five modules:
- The CIMdata 2026 Executive PLM Market Report provides an overview of CIMdata’s complete global analysis. It includes key charts on PLM market investment statistics through 2025, investment forecasts for 2026 through 2030, and a summary of PLM solution providers’ 2025 performance.
- The CIMdata 2026 PLM Industry Review and Trends Report is primarily qualitative and focuses on key issues facing the global PLM Ecosystem of solution providers and end-user organizations. It highlights changes that occurred in 2025, the effects those changes may have in the short and medium terms, and what is on the horizon in the years to come.
- The CIMdata 2026 PLM Market and Solution Provider Analysis Report provides measurements and forecasts for the overall PLM market and its key segments in 2025, including Tools, Product Innovation Platform, and Digital Manufacturing. The Tools section provides additional details on sub-segments such as MCAD, CAM, S&A, EDA, and AEC. It also includes CIMdata’s estimates of PLM solution provider revenues in these segments and sub-segments for 2026 through 2030.
- The CIMdata 2026 PLM Market Geographic Analysis Report offers an additional view of the 2025 market results by major geography. CIMdata’s 2025 estimates and market forecasts for PLM and its major segments are provided for the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific. In addition, the report includes estimates and forecasts for the Product Innovation Platform segment in selected European and Asia-Pacific countries and regions.
- The CIMdata 2026 PLM Market Industry Analysis Report provides an industry segmentation view of the 2025 market results. CIMdata’s 2025 estimates and market forecasts for PLM and Product Innovation Platform are provided for ten industry sectors: aerospace and defense, automotive and other transportation, electronics/telecommunications, fabrication and assembly, process-packaged goods, process-petrochemical, utilities, construction, infrastructure, and shipbuilding.
The CIMdata PLM Market Analysis Report Series is available as a five-module set, or each module can be purchased separately. Selected modules are also available as part of the CIMdata Community Memberships. Further details and pricing information about the report and Community Memberships are available at www.cimdata.com.
