Veeam Ranked the #1 Data Protection Software in Market Share Worldwide for 2H 2025

VeeamSoftware, a data and AI trust company, has been ranked #1 for worldwide data protection software market share by IDC in its latest IDC Semiannual Software Tracker, 2025H2.The tracker reports that Veeam captured 13.6% market share in 2025H2, increasing from 13.2% in 2025H1. IDC also reports that Veeam delivered 11.5% sequential growth in 2025H2, outpacing the market average of 8.8%.

“Market share is the verdict on how well we achieved the things customers and partners care about, namely, can we get them back to business when something goes wrong,” said Anand Eswaran, CEO, Veeam. “We’ve been singularly obsessed with precision recovery for when ransomware hits, when a model drifts, when an agent goes rogue, when a region goes dark. Now the ground is shifting. With AI, the perimeter is gone; policy and identity now travel with the data itself. AI moves faster than the data feeding it, which may not be secure or trustworthy. Customers need a unified platform across data security, governance, and resilience. And because we already protect more of the world’s data than anyone else, we’re not just part of what comes next; we’re defining it.”

Veeam’s unified data platform for the agentic enterprise is powered by the data command graph. The Data Command Graph is the only contextual engine that continuously maps relationships across structured and unstructured data, identities, access, policies, and AI systems – across both production and backup environments. It operates with unmatched breadth across domains, depth at file and data-element levels, and scales across millions of files and billions of data points with best-in-class classification accuracy.

It also enables something entirely new for our category: precision resilience. When an AI agent makes an unintended change, the platform understands exactly what changed, where it changed, and what data was involved, allowing organizations to reverse that specific action, without the need to recover entire systems.

With Veeam, customers can detect and remediate threats faster and with less effort – enabling safe, rapid AI adoption. Security becomes a business accelerator, not a constraint. Veeam moves organizations beyond simply protecting data, empowering them to activate and unlock its . That is the trusted data platform for the agentic enterprise.

Veeam will expand on these themes at VeeamON 2026, Veeam’s flagship one-day event focused on data, security, and resilience in the age of AI, where practitioners and leaders will get clear guidance on securing AI-driven systems, designing resilience into modern architectures, and operating with confidence as autonomous systems scale.

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Veeam once again demonstrates its strong market presence through a solid product portfolio. Like several other vendors, the company has had to navigate the shifting IT landscape, but it has done so strategically, making key acquisitions to close gaps and directly address emerging needs and market demands. These moves have also reinforced its position as a serious contender in the cybersecurity space.

Its above-average annual growth rate, outpacing most top competitors, reflects sustained user confidence in Veeam's solutions.

At the same time, a 13.6% market share for the leading position underscores just how competitive and fragmented this market remains, with multiple vendors holding leadership positions across different dimensions, including revenue. The top five or six players collectively account for roughly 55 to 60% of the market, with a long tail of challengers behind them. Beyond the numbers, Veeam's trajectory over the years has been remarkable, from its roots in SMB and virtualized environments, the company has steadily expanded its capabilities through advanced features and strategic software acquisitions, ultimately repositioning itself as a full-fledged enterprise backup software vendor. The continued emergence of new players also signals a market that remains dynamic and responsive to evolving needs.

AI is reshaping the landscape in fundamental ways, with lasting implications for jobs, workflows, and software capabilities alike. Veeam has clearly recognized this shift, as illustrated by its acquisition of Security AI, a move that signals a commitment to embedding critical AI-driven functions into its platform.

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