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B2B Growth Marketing Industry Statistics

B2B marketing spend is forecast to grow 4% annually from 2024–2026—plan your channel mix around the buyer journey.
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B2B Growth Marketing Industry Statistics
Felix ZimmermannWritten by Felix Zimmermann·Edited by Helena Kowalczyk·Fact-checked by Olivia Thornton
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01Editorial Scope

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01 Industry overview

The b2b growth marketing industry at a glance

B2B growth marketing is becoming an AI-enabled, technology-intensive industry: global marketing technology was valued at $580 billion in 2025, while B2B marketers continue shifting budgets toward digital channels and measurable revenue outcomes.

$10.11B[66]
B2B martech spending, 2025
7.7%[51]
Marketing budget share of revenue, 2025
24.2%[55]
Marketing activities using AI, 2026
69%[51]
B2B buyers validating AI insights with sales, 2026
Market size
B2B marketing technology spending was estimated at $10.11 billion in 2025, covering software and technology used for functions such as data, content, campaign management, automation, account-based marketing and engagement. A broader marketing-technology estimate placed the total global martech market at $580 billion in 2025, but that figure is not limited to B2B.[66][67]
Forecast & CAGR
The broader global marketing-technology market is forecast to grow from $660.91 billion in 2026 to $1.27 trillion by 2031, representing a 13.95% CAGR from 2026 to 2031. US B2B martech spending is forecast to reach $13.97 billion in 2027, according to eMarketer.[67][37]
Segmentation
B2B growth marketing is commonly segmented into B2B product and B2B services activity, alongside digital advertising, marketing technology, marketing data, content and sales enablement. In The CMO Survey’s 2025 industry breakout, expected next-year digital-marketing spending growth averaged 11.46% for B2B product companies and 12.27% for B2B services companies.[23]
Trends, drivers & challenges
AI adoption and efficiency are central growth drivers: 96% of marketers in a 2026 B2B trends survey reported using AI, while 45% said AI was making them more efficient. At the same time, limited resources, reduced budgets, measurement difficulty and data-infrastructure constraints remain major challenges; Forrester reported that 88% of B2B marketing organizations had adopted AI tools or built their own in 2026.[68][59]
Consumer behavior & competition
B2B buyers increasingly combine self-service research, generative AI and human validation. Gartner found that 69% of surveyed B2B buyers used sales representatives to validate AI-generated insights, indicating that competition is shifting toward brands that are visible across digital channels while still providing credible expert support.[51][69]
M&A
M&A activity is expanding integrated B2B growth capabilities. In January 2025, Marketbridge acquired April Six to combine growth consulting and marketing services, while Yes& said its 2026 acquisition of Modo Modo was its third strategic B2B acquisition in 18 months.[70][71]
Regulation
In the United States, commercial email is governed by the CAN-SPAM Act, which requires accurate sender and routing information and gives recipients the right to stop further emails. In the United Kingdom, PECR rules differ by recipient type: electronic-mail consent requirements generally do not apply to corporate subscribers, but sole traders and some partnerships receive individual-level protection and messages must include an opt-out route.[72][73]
Latest news
The latest industry research in 2026 points to rapid AI adoption but uneven operational readiness. The CMO Survey reported that AI use rose to 24.2% of marketing activities in 2026 from 13.1% in 2024, while Adobe found that B2B organizations expect agentic AI to manage at least half of customer interactions in the near future.[55][74]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the B2b Growth Marketing Industry

The leading companies in the b2b growth marketing industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 10, 2026 · Next review December 10, 2026

Verdict

Adobe leads Gitnux's 2026 b2b growth marketing ranking with an Overall score of 9.7, with Adobe Digital Experience including Marketo Engage, Campaign, Analytics and GenStudio. Salesforce is the highest-ranked CRM and marketing automation platform at 9.6, with reported $41.5 billion FY2026 revenue and CRM products for sales and marketing teams.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in marketing experience platforms

    Adobe

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.7 · Marketing experience platforms

    Why we picked it: It links performance marketing applications inside Adobe Digital Experience, including Marketo Engage, Campaign, Analytics and GenStudio.

    See in ranking ↓Visit adobe.com ↗

  2. Leader in CRM and marketing automation

    Salesforce

    US

    Ranked #2 · 9.6 · CRM and marketing automation

    Why we picked it: It reports FY2026 revenue of $41.5 billion and markets CRM products for sales and marketing teams.

    See in ranking ↓Visit salesforce.com ↗

  3. Leader in marketing services

    Publicis Groupe

    FR

    Ranked #3 · 9.4 · Marketing services

    Why we picked it: It reports €14.547 billion 2025 net revenue with more than 114,000 employees in data-led marketing and customer experience.

    See in ranking ↓Visit publicisgroupe.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Picks 2 and 3 are the highest-ranked companies in the top 5 that add a new segment.

Full ranking

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Top 10 companies in the b2b growth marketing industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Adobe

Marketing experience platforms · US

9.7
2

Salesforce

CRM and marketing automation · US

9.6
3

Publicis Groupe

Marketing services · FR

9.4
4

HubSpot

Inbound and CRM automation · US

9.2
5

Klaviyo

Customer engagement automation · US

9.2
6

Accenture

Marketing transformation and customer experience services · IE

9.1
7

Demandbase

B2B account-based marketing and pipeline intelligence · US

8.9
8

Semrush

SEO, demand intelligence and marketing analytics · US

8.8
9

Salesloft

Revenue orchestration and sales engagement · US

8.3
10

Walker Sands

B2B demand generation, content and communications · US

8.0

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 10, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Felix Zimmermann. (2026, February 13). Top 10 companies in the b2b growth marketing industry. In B2B Growth Marketing Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/b2b-growth-marketing-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Projection

U.S. B2B marketing technology spending

U.S. B2B marketing technology spending grew from $4.8B in 2020 to $10.1B in 2025.

$4.8B
Start
+16.31%
CAGR · 5y
$10.1B
Projected
20202025
source-verifiedrkma.com2025

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

Generative AI use spreads broadly and moves from experimentation into automation and cross-team integration, with 99% of B2B marketing organizations exploring or using AI.

AI in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • Two-thirds of B2B marketing respondents use generative-AI applications, up 20% from 2023, according to LinkedIn’s 2024 benchmark research.[1]
  • 55% of B2B marketing organizations provide generative-AI training opportunities, according to LinkedIn’s 2024 benchmark research.[1]
  • 27% of B2B marketing organizations have multiple AI use cases integrated and working across teams, according to a 2025 survey.[2]
  • 59% of B2B marketing organizations have established guidelines for generative-AI use, according to LinkedIn’s 2024 benchmark research.[1]
  • 99% of B2B marketing organizations are exploring or using AI in some form, according to a 2025 benchmark survey.[2]
  • 23% of B2B marketing organizations have one or two AI use cases in production, according to a 2025 survey.[2]

Automation in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 56% of B2B marketers rated AI-powered automation as a high or medium priority for 2025, according to Content Marketing Institute research.[3]
  • 41% of marketers reported that their customer journeys were mostly or fully automated in 2026, according to Ascend2 research summarized by Search Engine Land.[4]
  • 26% of marketers reported that their multichannel marketing strategy was mostly or fully automated in 2026, according to Ascend2 research.[4]

Digital Transformation in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across 15 countries, 77% of organizations used generative AI for marketing content creation in 2025.[5]
  • 57% of companies in the marketing sector were in the emerging stage of digital transformation in the U.S. in 2024, meaning new technology was not yet integrated into processes.[6]
  • 30% of agencies, brands and publishers had fully integrated AI across the media campaign lifecycle in the advertising industry in 2025.[7]
  • Across 15 countries, 75% of organizations used generative AI for search-engine optimization in 2025.[5]
  • Across 15 countries, 70% of organizations used generative AI to measure and track customer and marketing metrics in 2025.[5]
  • 44% of client-side marketing respondents said their companies were actively bringing more marketing functions in-house in 2024.[8]

Technology Adoption in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 83% of advertising executives said their companies had deployed AI in the creative process in 2026, up from 60% in 2024.[7]
  • 77% of marketers reported using AI in 2024, up from 57% in 2023, based on Digiday+ Research surveys.[9]
  • 63% of multinational brand owners were already using generative AI in marketing in 2024, most commonly for content creation, ideation and task automation.[10]
  • 96% of major brands used AI in marketing in 2026, including 80% using it for content creation and 54% for media buying or optimization.[10]

Cloud Computing in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 85% of large EU businesses used paid cloud computing services in 2025, compared with 52% of small and medium-sized enterprises.[11]
  • 52.74% of EU enterprises used paid cloud computing services in 2025.[11]
  • 72% of EU enterprises using cloud computing used it for office software in 2025, while another 72% used it for file storage.[11]
  • 85% of EU enterprises using cloud computing used it to host email systems in 2025.[11]

Big Data in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 33% of EU enterprises used data analytics performed by their own employees in 2025.[11]
  • 40% of EU enterprises performed data analytics internally or through another organization in 2025.[11]
  • 25% of enterprises in Poland performed data analytics internally or externally in 2025, the lowest share among the EU countries reported.[11]
  • 60% of enterprises in Denmark performed data analytics internally or externally in 2025, the highest share among EU countries.[11]

IoT in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 48% of large EU enterprises used Internet of Things devices or systems in 2021, compared with 26% of small enterprises.[11]
  • 34% of EU information and communication enterprises used IoT devices or systems in 2021.[11]
  • 29% of EU enterprises used Internet of Things devices or systems in 2021.[11]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Teams report difficulty linking marketing outputs to business goals and integrating data across applications. Measurement and data-governance programs remain central constraints in 2024–2025.

Business intelligence in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 76% of B2B companies reported having a CRM in the 2025 GTM Readiness Index.[12]
  • 55% of enterprise B2B marketers reported data silos as a content-performance measurement challenge in 2025.[3]
  • 49% of enterprise B2B marketers reported inability to tie content performance to business goals in 2025.[3]
  • 30% of B2B marketers cited lack of data hygiene and integrity as a measurement challenge in 2024.[13]
  • 36% of enterprise B2B marketers reported difficulty extracting valuable information from data and analytics in 2025.[3]
  • 33% of B2B marketers cited inability to connect and analyze data across applications and platforms as a measurement challenge in 2024.[13]

Data analytics in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 59% of B2B marketers said they had the measurement tools needed to meet managers’ expectations in 2024.[13]
  • 38% of B2B marketers reported inability to measure activity between specific buyer stages in 2024.[13]
  • 48% of B2B marketers reported difficulty integrating or correlating data across multiple platforms in 2023.[3]
  • 37% of B2B marketers reported difficulty delivering metrics showing marketing’s bottom-line value to executives in 2024.[13]
  • 49% of B2B marketers said their organizations measured content performance accurately in 2023.[3]
  • 38% of B2B marketers reported pressure to prove ROI within too short a period in 2024.[13]

Data Quality in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 31% of CMOs say data completeness is the biggest data-quality problem affecting their marketing organizations across the surveyed markets in 2025.[14]
  • 67% of marketing professionals report that poor data quality disrupts lead handoffs between marketing and sales.[15]
  • 73% of marketers say at least 10% of their lead data is inaccurate or outdated, based on a survey of more than 200 marketing operations and demand-generation professionals.[15]
  • 45% of CMOs estimate that the marketing data their teams use for decisions is incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated; the survey covered marketers across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in 2025.[14]
  • 30% of CMOs identify improving data quality as the biggest lever for improving marketing performance across surveyed marketing organizations in 2025.[14]

Data Governance in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 49% of advertising and data decision-makers at U.S. brands, agencies, and publishers are creating or planning dedicated teams or departments in response to privacy and data-governance requirements in 2024.[7]
  • 92% of marketing decision-makers report investing in automated data-governance platforms, according to a survey of more than 200 marketing operations and demand-generation professionals.[15]
  • 58% of organizations with data-governance programs report improved data quality in 2024, based on a global survey of data and analytics professionals.[16]
  • 14% of organizations in the Dutch marketing sector report using data governance in 2024, down from 16% in 2022.[17]
  • 45% of respondents identify regulatory compliance as a goal of their data-governance program in 2024, in a global survey of data and analytics professionals.[16]
  • 71% of global respondents report that their organization has a data-governance program in 2024, up from 60% in 2023.[16]

KPIs in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 67% of B2B content marketers used website traffic as a content-performance KPI in 2024.[18]
  • 46% of B2B content marketers used email-engagement KPIs to measure content success in 2024.[18]
  • 33% of B2B content marketers used white-paper downloads as a content-performance KPI in 2024.[18]
  • 22% of B2B marketers cited focusing on the wrong KPIs as a measurement challenge in 2024.[13]
  • 42% of B2B content marketers used qualified leads as a content-performance KPI in 2024.[18]
  • 46% of B2B content marketers used conversion rates or sales transactions as KPIs in 2024.[18]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Budget and channel choices keep shifting toward digital and measurable outcomes. Digital marketing spending growth averages 11.46% for B2B product companies and 12.27% for B2B services companies.

Growth in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 37% of B2B innovators were willing to conduct transactions worth at least $500,000 remotely, globally, in 2024.[19]
  • 30% of B2B adapters generated most revenue from e-commerce, globally, in 2024.[19]
  • 35% of B2B companies with hybrid workforces reported more than 10% revenue growth, compared with 28% of nonhybrid companies, globally, in 2024.[19]
  • 19% of B2B adapters were willing to conduct transactions worth at least $500,000 remotely, globally, in 2024.[19]
  • 33% of B2B organizations increased e-commerce investment by at least 11%, globally, in 2024.[19]
  • 45% of B2B companies classified as seekers increased e-commerce budgets by at least 11%, globally, in 2024.[19]

Differentiation in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 68% of B2B marketers worldwide increased their organic LinkedIn usage during the previous year, in 2024.[20]
  • 61% of B2B marketers worldwide said search-engine marketing or pay-per-click produced the best paid-channel results, in 2024.[20]
  • 89% of B2B marketers worldwide used organic social media to distribute content, in 2024.[20]
  • 47.6% of B2B marketers said LinkedIn worked better for B2B than B2C marketing, worldwide, in 2024.[20]
  • 65.4% of B2B marketers used LinkedIn most frequently for B2B marketing, worldwide, in 2024.[20]
  • 49% of B2B marketers worldwide said social-media advertising or promoted posts produced the best paid-channel results, in 2024.[20]

Strategic partnerships in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • $57.2 million was the combined global gross income of Bray Leino and The MX Group, which operated through their strategic partnership, in their latest reported financial year, globally, in 2024.[21]
  • 13.3% was the year-on-year headcount growth reported by the Bray Leino and The MX Group partnership, rising from 368 to 417 employees, globally, in 2023.[21]
  • 50% or more of gross income came from B2B activity for every agency included in the global B2B agency ranking, internationally, in 2024.[21]
  • Bray Leino and The MX Group jointly serviced global clients through a strategic partnership established in 2019, according to the 2024 global agency benchmark, internationally.[21]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce capacity and skills determine whether AI adoption translates into execution. 74% of B2B marketers prioritized AI and marketing technology skills in ongoing 2025–2026 survey data.

Hiring in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 12.5% of recruiting businesses planned to hire entry-level marketing talent over the following year in 2025.[22]
  • 21.3% of marketing leaders identified identifying the best people as their biggest people challenge in 2025.[23]
  • 16.7% of marketing leaders cited difficulty finding specific expertise or talent scarcity as a hiring challenge in 2025.[23]
  • 15.6% of B2B companies planned to decrease hiring in 2025, according to Marketing Week’s Career and Salary Survey.[22]
  • 5.0% was the expected increase in marketing hires over the following year in the 2025 CMO Survey.[24]

Employee retention in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 18.2% of marketing leaders citing retention challenges attributed them to compensation being too low in 2025.[23]
  • 19.4% of marketing leaders identified retaining the best people as their biggest people challenge in 2025.[23]
  • 24.2% of marketing leaders citing retention challenges attributed them to competitive offers in 2025.[23]
  • 9.1% of marketing leaders citing retention challenges attributed them to culture challenges in 2025.[23]
  • 33.3% of marketing leaders citing retention challenges attributed them to limited career growth in 2025.[23]

Remote Work in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across marketing organizations, 55.6% reported working from home some of the time in Fall 2024, according to a U.S. CMO survey.[25]
  • Across marketing organizations, 37.8% reported working from home all the time in Fall 2024, according to a U.S. CMO survey.[25]
  • Among U.S. marketing, advertising and public-relations office job postings, 12.2% were advertised as remote in 2024.[26]
  • Across management, marketing and sales respondents, 20% reported working fully remotely in the State of Sales and Marketing Report.[27]

Hybrid Work in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among marketers, 68.7% said in 2024 that their current balance of office and home-working days was appropriate.[22]
  • Across advertising professionals, 74% reported working in hybrid situations in the 2024 Myers Report survey of 3,462 respondents.[28]
  • Across advertising professionals, 64% preferred hybrid work over fully remote or fully on-site work in the 2024 Myers Report survey.[28]
  • Across management, marketing and sales respondents, 57% said their employer offered a hybrid work option to at least some employees.[27]

Upskilling in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 43.8% of marketing leaders with training challenges said their organizations lacked training programs in 2025.[23]
  • 74% of B2B marketers were prioritizing AI and marketing technology skills in an ongoing 2025–2026 survey.[29]
  • 38% of B2B marketers identified time and bandwidth as their main upskilling barrier in an ongoing 2025–2026 survey.[29]
  • 52% of B2B marketers said access to better tools or platforms would help them use AI more effectively in 2025.[30]
  • 54% of B2B marketers said training and upskilling would help them use AI more effectively in 2025.[30]

Employee Engagement in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across the global workforce, 21% of employees were engaged in 2024, according to Gallup’s worldwide workplace measure.[31]
  • Across organizations with highly activated communications strategies, 40% reported increased employee engagement in Gallagher’s 2026 global survey.[32]
  • Across organizations with low-activation communications strategies, 23% reported increased employee engagement in Gallagher’s 2026 global survey.[32]
  • Across organizations surveyed globally, 32% reported an increase in employee engagement from their previous survey in Gallagher’s 2026 Employee Communications Report.[32]

DEI in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 76% of CMOs said their B2B advertising was diverse in 2024.[1]
  • 60% of CMOs said their B2B marketing organization’s investment in DEI increased during the year before the 2024 survey.[1]
  • Five in ten B2B marketing respondents considered DEI very important to their marketing team and company in 2023.[13]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

B2B demand depends on validation loops between buyers and sales teams. In 2026, 69% of B2B buyers validated AI-generated insights with sales.

Customer experience in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 85% of marketers globally say customer expectations are higher than ever in 2025.[33]
  • 63% of enterprise B2B marketers report difficulty attributing content return on investment in 2025.[3]
  • 83% of marketers say customers increasingly expect brands to support back-and-forth conversations in 2026.[33]
  • 69% of marketers globally say acquiring new customers is harder in 2025.[33]
  • 98% of marketers report encountering barriers to personalization in 2026.[33]

Customer retention in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 9% of B2B marketers say content marketing reduced customer-support costs in 2025.[3]
  • 62% of B2B marketers say content marketing nurtured subscribers, audiences or leads in 2025.[3]
  • 55% of enterprise B2B marketers identify internal data silos as a content-performance measurement challenge in 2025.[3]
  • 52% of B2B marketers say content marketing helped grow loyalty with existing clients or customers in 2025.[3]
  • 49% of enterprise B2B marketers say they struggle to tie content performance to business goals in 2025.[3]

Customer acquisition in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 69% of global marketers say acquiring new customers is harder in 2025.[33]
  • 47% of B2B marketers report that events provide a large portion of their leads in the 2024 benchmark survey.[34]
  • 37.7% of B2B marketers identify extended sales cycles as a key challenge to maximizing marketing ROI in 2025.[20]
  • 50.2% of B2B marketers identify reaching the right buying groups as their top challenge to maximizing marketing ROI in 2025.[20]
  • 49% of B2B marketers say content marketing helped generate sales or revenue in 2025.[3]

Customer loyalty in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 87% of B2B marketers say content marketing created brand awareness during the previous 12 months in 2025.[3]
  • 70% of the most successful B2B content marketers attribute success to possessing industry expertise in 2025.[3]
  • 52.8% of B2B marketers say relationship-building and networking are more effective in B2B than B2C in 2025.[20]
  • 62% of the most successful B2B content marketers attribute success to goals aligned with organizational objectives in 2025.[3]
  • 82% of the most successful B2B content marketers attribute success to understanding their audience in 2025.[3]

Lead generation in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 61% of B2B marketers say search-engine marketing or pay-per-click produces the best results among paid content channels in 2025.[3]
  • 58% of enterprise B2B marketers say creating content that prompts a desired action is a challenge in 2025.[3]
  • 49% of B2B marketers say social-media advertising or promoted posts produce good results among paid content channels in 2025.[3]
  • 47% of B2B marketers say events provide a large portion of their leads in the 2024 benchmark survey.[34]
  • 84% of B2B marketers use paid channels for content marketing in 2025.[3]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Content distribution and journey mapping lag behind AI adoption. Only 17.3% of B2B marketers reported journey stages fully mapped out in 2025.

Marketing in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 17.3% of B2B marketers say their journey stages are fully mapped out in 2025.[20]
  • 64.9% of B2B marketers say their overall advertising budget increased in 2025.[20]
  • 48.5% of B2B marketers identify content creation and optimization as an AI use case in 2025.[20]
  • 47.2% of B2B marketers use a group-based targeting approach in 2025.[20]
  • 58.0% of B2B marketers say advertising waste is an issue in 2025.[20]

Digital marketing in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 73% of B2B marketers using paid channels used social-media advertising or promoted posts in 2025.[3]
  • 84% of B2B marketers used corporate blogs to distribute content in 2025.[3]
  • 71% of B2B marketers used email newsletters to distribute content in 2025.[3]
  • 89% of B2B marketers used organic social-media platforms to distribute content in 2025.[3]
  • 62% of B2B marketers using paid channels used digital-display advertising in 2025.[3]

Branding in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 58% of B2B marketers say producing work that stands out requires more creativity in 2026.[20]
  • 73% of B2B marketers using paid channels use social-media advertising or promoted posts in 2025.[3]
  • 18% of B2B marketing leaders identify in-person events or trade shows as the most effective channel in 2024.[13]
  • 12% of B2B marketing leaders identify email as the most effective channel for meeting marketing needs in 2024.[13]
  • 36% of B2B marketing leaders identify social media as the most effective channel for meeting marketing needs in 2024.[13]

Social media in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 62% of B2B marketing teams had changed their search strategy for AI search by September 2026, according to a survey of B2B marketing professionals.[20]
  • 62% of B2B marketers using paid channels use digital-display advertising in 2025.[3]
  • 42% of B2B marketers say organic social-media platforms produce the best results among content-distribution channels in 2025.[3]

Influencer Marketing in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • Six in 10 multinational brands had dedicated influencer-marketing budgets globally in 2025, up from 37% in 2019.[10]
  • 74% of surveyed brands, agencies and creators reported year-over-year creator-marketing budget increases in the 2025 survey covering nine countries.[35]
  • 58% of global marketers reported dedicated and growing budgets for creator or influencer partnerships in Nielsen’s 2026 survey.[36]
  • 77.7% of surveyed U.S. companies increased their creator-economy budgets in 2025, according to a survey of 139 marketers.[37]
  • $37 billion in U.S. creator advertising spend is projected for 2025, growing four times faster than the broader media industry.[7]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Process optimization in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 68% of enterprise B2B revenue leaders agreed that AI was important to their organization’s go-to-market strategy in 2026.[38]
  • 43% of B2B organizations used AI-powered lead scoring in 2024, up from 18% in 2023, with reported MQL-to-SQL conversion improvement of 34%.[39]
  • 47.2% of B2B marketers used a group-based targeting approach in 2025.[20]
  • 52.8% of B2B marketers considered relationship-building and networking strategies more effective in B2B than B2C in 2025.[20]
  • 31% of B2B organizations used AI for real-time campaign optimization in 2024, and early adopters reported 22% higher campaign ROI.[39]

Operational efficiency in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 78.2% of enterprise B2B lead-management work was outsourced in 2024.[40]
  • 86.4% of enterprise B2B marketers cited cost efficiency as the primary reason for outsourcing marketing work in 2024.[40]
  • 57.5% of enterprise B2B marketers were implementing intelligent automation in 2024.[40]
  • 38.2% of enterprise B2B marketing employees were outsourced in 2024, while 61.8% were internal.[40]
  • 58.6% of enterprise B2B marketers identified cost-effectiveness as the top factor when selecting a marketing-outsourcing partner in 2024.[40]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 67.5% of B2B brands outsourced work to an agency or third party during the previous 12 months in 2025, compared with 60.2% of B2C brands.[22]
  • 57% of marketing respondents outsourced video production fully or partly in 2024, the most commonly outsourced marketing function in the survey.[34]
  • 49% of marketing respondents outsourced digital content production fully or partly in 2024, according to the Marketing Benchmark Survey.[34]
  • 93% of companies used third-party resources such as agencies or contractors for content to some degree in 2024, while 57% planned to outsource more than half of content creation.[41]
  • 45% of marketing respondents outsourced design functions fully or partly in 2024, according to the Marketing Benchmark Survey.[34]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Pricing decisions remain tied to market comparables even as value-based approaches lag. In 2026, only 16% of B2B SaaS leaders used a value-based approach to set pricing.

Pricing strategy in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 54% of B2B SaaS companies with annual revenue below $1 million used competitor pricing in 2024.[42]
  • Only 16% of B2B SaaS leaders used a value-based approach to set pricing in 2026.[43]
  • 62% of B2B SaaS companies had no single pricing owner in 2026.[43]
  • 51% of sales-led B2B SaaS companies used competitor pricing in 2024.[42]
  • 80% of B2B SaaS companies had changed their pricing within the previous 12 months or were changing it in 2026.[43]

Cost reduction in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 42.5% of enterprise B2B marketers considered industry or niche expertise when selecting a marketing-outsourcing partner in 2024.[40]
  • 45% of B2B marketing and sales executives said they were investing only in proven, reliable programs in 2024, leaving no room for experimentation.[44]
  • 35% was the increase in marketing-operations outsourcing spend as a share of enterprise B2B marketing budgets between 2023 and 2024.[40]
  • 34% was the increase in outsourced marketing-intelligence spend among enterprise B2B marketers between 2023 and 2024.[40]
  • 40.2% of enterprise B2B marketers considered a provider’s track record and testimonials when selecting an outsourcing partner in 2024.[40]

Profitability in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 16% was the increase in average gross income among 19 global B2B marketing agencies compared with the previous financial year reported in 2024.[21]
  • 67.9% was Ledger Bennett’s year-over-year gross-income increase in the most recent financial year covered by the 2024 report.[21]
  • $51.4 million was the average gross income of 19 global B2B marketing agencies in their most recent financial year reported in 2024.[21]
  • 60.4% was Realm B2B’s year-over-year gross-income increase in the most recent financial year covered by the 2024 report.[21]
  • $18.8 million was Ledger Bennett’s gross income in the most recent financial year covered by the 2024 global B2B agencies report.[21]

Financial planning in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 64.9% of B2B marketers said their overall advertising budget increased in 2025.[20]
  • 58.0% of B2B marketers said advertising waste was an issue in 2025.[20]
  • 23.9% of enterprise B2B marketing budgets was allocated to growth initiatives and other programs in 2024.[40]
  • 52.4% of B2B marketers estimated advertising losses of between 16% and 45% in 2025.[20]
  • 81.6% of enterprise B2B market-research and competitive-analysis work was outsourced in 2024.[40]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Marketing impact shifts toward AI-enabled content and copy generation. In 2025, 78% of B2B sales and marketing leaders said AI-enabled content and copy generation delivered marketing impact.

Product development in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 78% of B2B sales and marketing leaders said AI-enabled content and copy generation delivered marketing impact in 2025.[2]
  • 16% of B2B sales and marketing leaders reported predictive lead scoring as an impactful AI-enabled analytics use case in 2025.[2]
  • 29% of surveyed B2B marketers identified product marketing as part of their role in a 2025 global survey.[45]
  • 43% of B2B sales and marketing leaders reported AI search optimization as an impactful marketing use case in 2025.[2]
  • 19% of B2B sales and marketing leaders reported AI email-delivery optimization as an impactful campaign use case in 2025.[2]

Product lifecycle in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 41% of product marketers said their organizations had a product-first culture in 2025, up from 31.2% in 2024.[46]
  • 7.9% of go-to-market teams reported supporting more than twelve product launches during the year in 2024.[47]
  • 25.4% of go-to-market teams reported supporting two to four product launches during the year in 2024.[47]
  • 27.4% of go-to-market teams reported supporting one product launch during the year in a 2024 survey.[47]
  • 56% of B2B marketers said they hear about product releases close to launch or after the fact in 2026.[48]

After-sales in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 37% of B2B companies reported customer success as responsible for renewals in 2024.[2]
  • 54% of B2B organizations using CRM systems reported difficulty integrating them during customer onboarding in 2025.[49]
  • 19% fewer B2B sales leaders reported customer success as responsible for renewals in 2024 than in 2023.[2]
  • 39% of B2B companies reported account executives or sales teams as responsible for renewals in 2024.[2]
  • 86% was the median gross dollar retention rate reported for B2B customer-success organizations in 2025 survey data covering 2024.[50]

Value proposition in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 73% of B2B buyers were reported to avoid vendors that send irrelevant outreach in Gartner research published in 2025.[51]
  • 25% less budget was reported by B2B buyers as part of the 2024 market landscape affecting purchasing decisions.[52]
  • 91% of product marketers reported responsibility for positioning and messaging in a 2025 product-marketing survey.[47]
  • 77% of B2B buyers reported engaging consultants and analysts during the buying process in 2025 research.[53]
  • 21 percentage points separated B2B front-runners’ customer-retention rates from less-effective competitors in Deloitte’s 2023 study.[54]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Sustainability metrics and actions remain uneven across marketing. In 2024, 32.0% of surveyed companies reported taking no climate-related marketing action.

Sustainability in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 26.2% of surveyed companies reported investing in environmentally friendly products or services in 2024.[55]
  • 8.1% of marketing budgets are projected to fund sustainability or climate-related issues within five years among B2B services companies in the United States.[55]
  • 25.6% of surveyed companies had adopted climate-related metrics in 2024, compared with 18.7% two years earlier.[55]
  • 32.0% of surveyed companies reported taking no climate-related marketing action in 2024.[55]
  • 39.4% of B2B product companies reported taking no climate-related marketing action in 2024.[23]

ESG in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 61% of global marketing leaders identified diversity, equity and inclusion as a priority for extending responsible marketing framework coverage in 2023.[10]
  • 69% of global marketing leaders identified environmental sustainability as a priority for extending responsible marketing framework coverage in 2023.[10]
  • 58% of global marketing leaders identified privacy and data ethics as a priority for extending responsible marketing framework coverage in 2023.[10]

Ethics in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 57% of B2B technology buying decision-makers said it was very important for marketers to have accurate personal data in 2023.[56]
  • 95% of B2B technology buying decision-makers said it was important for marketers to have accurate personal data in 2023.[56]
  • 78% of organizations in the advertising and marketing sector reported having AI ethics policies in 2025.[57]
  • 46% of B2B technology buying decision-makers cited uncertainty about how brands would use and protect their data as a reason not to share it in 2023.[56]

Circular economy in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 22.6% of surveyed companies said extended producer-responsibility policies were relevant to their business in 2024.[23]
  • 36.6% of surveyed companies reported increasing reuse, resale or recycling levels in their companies in 2024.[23]
  • 39.0% of B2B services companies reported increasing reuse, resale or recycling levels in their companies in 2024.[23]

Carbon footprint in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 24% of U.S. marketers had set targets for reaching net zero in digital advertising in 2022.[58]
  • 51% of U.S. marketers said their organization planned to reach net zero in digital advertising at some point in the future in 2022.[58]
  • 76% of U.S. marketers said the digital advertising industry needed to do more to reduce carbon emissions in 2022.[58]
  • 87% of U.S. marketers said the digital advertising industry had a responsibility to reduce carbon emissions in 2022.[58]
  • 4.7% of surveyed companies reported reducing the climate impact of their digital marketing activities in 2024.[23]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Buyer journeys rely on self-service and multi-stakeholder research before engagement. In 2024, 70% of the B2B buying process was completed before buyers engaged suppliers.

Globalization in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 136 million dollars was BBN International’s global gross income in its latest reported financial year, globally, in 2024.[21]
  • 214 million dollars was Harte Hanks’ global gross income in its latest reported financial year, making it the largest ranked global B2B marketing agency, in 2024.[21]
  • 172.6 million dollars was Merkle B2B’s global gross income in its latest reported financial year, globally, in 2024.[21]
  • 20% of ranked global B2B marketing agencies reported headquarters in the United States, while more than half were headquartered in the United Kingdom, globally, in 2024.[21]
  • $51.4 million was the average gross income of 19 global B2B marketing agencies in their most recent financial year, with a 16% year-on-year increase, globally, in 2024.[21]

Cultural adaptation in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 48.5% of B2B marketers worldwide used AI for content creation and optimization, a capability that supports adapting messaging by region, in 2024.[20]
  • 34.6% of B2B marketers worldwide used AI to automate manual workflows, supporting localized campaign execution, in 2024.[20]
  • 74% of B2B marketers worldwide said content marketing generated demand or leads, in 2024.[20]
  • 66% of B2B respondents expected product and brand values to become more important in purchasing decisions over the following years, globally, in 2024.[65]
  • 31.2% of B2B marketers worldwide used AI to target and optimize account-based marketing, in 2024.[20]

Supplier management in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 75% of B2B buyers preferred gathering product information independently, before contacting a vendor’s sales team, globally, in 2024.[20]
  • 70% of the B2B buying process was completed before buyers directly engaged with suppliers, according to 6sense research, globally, in 2024.[53]
  • 39% of B2B customers used customer-support calls as a post-purchase engagement channel, globally, in 2024.[65]
  • 92% of B2B purchases involved buying groups of at least three people, according to 6sense’s B2B buyer research, globally, in 2024.[53]
  • More than 4,000 digital and human interactions typically occurred during a B2B buying journey, according to 6sense research, globally, in 2024.[53]

Stakeholder management in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 10 interaction channels were used on average by B2B customers during their buying journeys, globally, in 2024.[19]
  • 65% of B2B purchases involved buying groups of at least five people, indicating broad stakeholder participation, globally, in 2024.[53]
  • 23% of B2B sales forces were experimenting with generative-AI use cases, globally, in 2024.[19]
  • 57% of B2B sales organizations with at least 10% market-share growth had deployed generative AI, globally, in 2024.[19]
  • 92% of B2B purchases involved buying groups of at least three people, globally, in 2024.[53]

Distribution channels in the b2b growth marketing industry

  • 90% of B2B organizations planned to increase marketplace usage significantly or somewhat over the following two years, globally, in 2024.[65]
  • 12% of B2B revenue came from videoconferencing, globally, in 2024.[19]
  • 17% of revenue came from in-person sales among surveyed B2B organizations, globally, in 2024.[19]
  • 51% of B2B customers used digital self-service portals before purchase, globally, in 2024.[65]
  • 45% of B2B customers used product marketing websites before purchase, globally, in 2024.[65]

Key questions about the B2B Growth Marketing Industry

What is the 2025 market size for B2B marketing technology spending?
B2B martech spending totaled $10.11B in 2025. The broader global marketing-technology market was valued at $580 billion in 2025.
How fast is the broader marketing-technology market forecast to grow from 2026 to 2031?
It is forecast to grow from $660.91 billion in 2026 to $1.27 trillion by 2031. That implies a 13.95% CAGR from 2026 to 2031.
Which companies lead the b2b growth marketing industry?
Adobe leads Gitnux's 2026 b2b growth marketing ranking with an Overall score of 9.7, with Adobe Digital Experience including Marketo Engage, Campaign, Analytics and GenStudio. Salesforce is the highest-ranked CRM and marketing automation platform at 9.6, with reported $41.5 billion FY2026 revenue and CRM products for sales and marketing teams.
What do 2026 surveys indicate about AI adoption in B2B growth marketing work?
Marketing activities using AI were 24.2% in 2026. B2B buyers validating AI insights with sales reached 69% in 2026.
How are B2B marketers describing measurement and data-integration constraints?
55% of enterprise B2B marketers reported data silos as a content-performance measurement challenge in 2025. 49% reported inability to tie content performance to business goals in 2025.
What is the regulatory baseline affecting commercial email in the United States and the UK?
In the United States, commercial email is governed by the CAN-SPAM Act. In the United Kingdom, PECR rules differ by recipient type and require an opt-out route.
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