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Corporate Training Industry Statistics

Corporate training is scaling fast, with the global corporate eLearning market forecast to grow at a 21.1% CAGR through 2032 while corporate training itself is projected to rise at 14.1% CAGR through 2030, even as 84% of organizations still rely on LMS for administration. This page connects that platform reality to outcomes that matter, from 60% of workers expecting to upskill within a year to measurable gains like 1.7% lower turnover tied to effective L and D and reported safety improvements from behavioral training.
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Corporate Training Industry Statistics
Lars EriksenWritten by Lars Eriksen·Edited by Karl Becker·Fact-checked by Nikolas Papadopoulos
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01Editorial Scope

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01 Industry overview

The corporate training industry at a glance

The global corporate training market was estimated at $427.3 billion in 2025 and is expanding as employers prioritize technical skills, compliance, leadership development, digital learning and AI literacy.

$427.3B[58]
Global market size, 2025
7.8%[58]
Forecast CAGR, 2026–2033
$102.8B[2]
U.S. training spending, 2025
37.8%[58]
North America share, 2025
Market size
Grand View Research estimated the global corporate training market at $427.3 billion in 2025 and $458.7 billion in 2026. Training Industry separately estimated the external global corporate training market at $391.1 billion in 2024, reflecting differences in market scope and methodology.[58][1]
Forecast & CAGR
The global market is projected to reach $777.5 billion by 2033, implying a 7.8% CAGR from 2026 to 2033. Asia-Pacific is identified as the fastest-growing region during the forecast period.[58]
Market share & regions
North America held 37.8% of global corporate training revenue in 2025, making it the largest regional market. Asia-Pacific was identified as the fastest-growing region through 2033.[58]
Segmentation
The market is segmented by component, training type, end use and region. Software accounted for 66.4% of revenue in 2025, while technical training was the largest training-type segment and IT and telecommunications was the leading end-use segment.[58]
Key players & concentration
The market includes global learning-technology and services providers such as Cornerstone OnDemand, Coursera, IBM, LinkedIn Learning, SAP, Skillsoft, Udemy and Pluralsight. Available public market estimates identify leading companies but do not provide a reliable consolidated four-firm concentration ratio.[58]
Pricing
In Training magazine’s 2025 U.S. survey, companies spent an average of $874 per learner, compared with $774 in 2024. Average annual training budgets were $11.7 million for large companies, $1.6 million for midsize companies and $333,305 for small companies.[2]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Demand is being driven by workforce upskilling, digital transformation, AI adoption and compliance requirements. In the United States, training expenditures rose 4.9% to $102.8 billion in 2025, while payroll increased nearly 7% to $64.7 billion and outside products and services spending rose 29% to $16 billion.[2][58]
Consumer behavior & competition
Corporate buyers are shifting toward flexible digital delivery and external learning products. In 2025, employees received an average of 40 training hours, down from 47 hours in 2024, while average spending per learner rose to $874; large companies spent $468 per learner versus $1,091 for small companies.[2]
M&A
Corporate training and professional upskilling accounted for the highest share of education-sector transaction volume over the five years through 2024. In the broader education and training sector, Q4 2025 M&A volume was 189 deals, down 20.3% from Q3, while total capital invested rose to $2.1 billion, including Workday’s $1.1 billion acquisition of Sana.[59][60]
Regulation
Article 4 of the EU AI Act requires providers and deployers of AI systems to take measures to ensure a sufficient level of AI literacy among staff and other people operating AI systems on their behalf. This creates a regulatory demand for AI-related workplace training, although the obligation does not require a specific level of literacy for every individual.[61]
Latest news
Training Industry’s 2025 market report put the external global corporate training market at $391.1 billion and reported annualized growth of 3.45% since 2022. In November 2025, Workday’s $1.1 billion acquisition of Sana highlighted continued investment in AI-enabled learning platforms.[1][60]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Corporate Training Industry

The leading companies in the corporate training industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 11, 2026 · Next review December 11, 2026

Verdict

Cornerstone leads Gitnux's 2026 corporate training ranking with an Overall score of 9.7, with enterprise learning and talent development platform scale; identified as one of largest competitors. Coursera is the highest-ranked online learning provider at 9.6, with more than 1,730 paid enterprise customers at end of 2025.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in enterprise learning platforms

    Cornerstone

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.7 · Enterprise learning platforms

    Why we picked it: They operate in enterprise learning and talent development, covering a large share of buyer shortlists for corporate-training platforms.

    See in ranking ↓Visit cornerstoneondemand.com ↗

  2. Leader in enterprise online learning

    Coursera

    US

    Ranked #2 · 9.6 · Enterprise online learning

    Why we picked it: They report enterprise customer scale and R&D intensity signals, positioned in enterprise online learning and workforce upskilling.

    See in ranking ↓Visit coursera.org ↗

  3. Leader in managed learning services

    NIIT

    IN

    Ranked #3 · 9.2 · Managed learning services

    Why we picked it: They focus on managed learning services and learning outsourcing, supporting corporate training execution for global buyers.

    See in ranking ↓Visit niit.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 corporate training industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Cornerstone

Enterprise learning platforms · US

9.7
2

Coursera

Enterprise online learning · US

9.6
3

NIIT

Managed learning services · IN

9.2
4

Udemy

Digital skills cohorts · US

8.8
5

Dale Carnegie

Professional skills training · US

8.7
6

Crucial Learning

Communication, leadership and workplace skills · US

8.7
7

Learning Technologies Group

Digital learning, training services and talent solutions · GB

8.5
8

Pluralsight

Technology and software skills training · US

8.4
9

Wilson Learning

Sales, leadership and performance training · US

8.0
10

Simplilearn

Digital, technology and professional certification training · IN

7.5

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 11, 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

Lars Eriksen. (2026, February 13). Top 10 companies in the corporate training industry. In Corporate Training Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/corporate-training-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Projection

Average formal learning hours used per employee

Average formal learning hours used per employee fell from 35 hours per employee in 2020 to 13.7 hours per employee in 2024.

35
Start
-20.9%
CAGR · 4y
13.7
Projected
20202024
source-verifiedassets.td.org2024

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

AI adoption in learning planning is explicit: 38% of organizations set generative AI for learning as a 2026 innovation priority, and just over 3% of providers reported using AI extensively in 2025 operations.

AI in the corporate training industry

  • 38% of organizations identified adopting generative AI for learning as an innovation priority in the 2026 L&D survey.[1]
  • 63% of U.S. companies reported providing at least some online AI training in Training magazine’s 2025 Industry Report.[2]
  • 63% of surveyed organizations expected to increase technical AI-skills training in the future.[3]
  • Just over 3% of training providers reported using AI extensively in their operations in 2025.[4]
  • 60% of surveyed organizations expected to increase practical AI-skills training in the future.[3]
  • 45% of surveyed organizations provided practical AI-skills training in 2023.[3]

Digital Transformation in the education sector (sector benchmark)

  • 99% of higher-education institutions used technology to address budget pressures in the Higher Ed Innovation Index 2025.[5]
  • 26% of higher-education leaders expected at least half of their revenue to be digital within three years in Workday’s global sector survey.[6]
  • 63% of higher-education leaders said inability to connect operational, people and financial data to business outcomes impaired organizational agility in the global survey.[6]
  • 61% of universities were classified as remaining in the “evolving” stage of digital maturity in the TCS Higher Education Study, which covered global higher education in 2025.[7]
  • 73% of Canadian post-secondary institutions expected to increase hybrid learning offerings over the following 24 months in 2024.[8]

Technology Adoption in the education sector (sector benchmark)

  • 33% of universities had adopted AI-enabled solutions, while 46% had partially adopted them, in the global TCS Higher Education Study.[7]
  • 64% of universities had adopted learning-management systems to enhance the student experience in the global TCS Higher Education Study.[7]
  • 65% of universities had adopted cybersecurity technology to enhance the student experience in the global TCS Higher Education Study.[7]
  • 62% of universities had adopted online-learning capabilities to enhance the student experience in the global TCS Higher Education Study.[7]
  • 63% of UK higher-education institutions had adopted some AI tools in 2025–26, while 22% were in the process of adopting them.[9]

Cloud Computing in the education sector (sector benchmark)

  • 30% of higher-education institutions ran core systems fully in the cloud in the Higher Ed Innovation Index 2025.[5]
  • 59% of higher-education institutions had moved at least half of their applications to the cloud in the 2024 CDW survey.[10]
  • 44% of universities had adopted cloud solutions and 42% had partially adopted them to enhance the student experience in the global TCS study.[7]
  • 67% of higher-education institutions reported that their infrastructure was well prepared to scale cloud usage in the Higher Ed Innovation Index 2025.[5]
  • 88% of higher-education institutions had moved more than one-quarter of their applications into the cloud in the 2024 CDW Cloud Computing Research Report.[10]

Big Data in the education sector (sector benchmark)

  • 69% of higher-education institutions lacked a chief analytics officer in the 2024 EDUCAUSE Analytics Landscape Study.[11]
  • 69% of higher-education institutions considered analytics a strategic priority in the 2024 EDUCAUSE Analytics Landscape Study.[11]
  • 38% of higher-education institutions already used big-data technology and 47% planned to use it, according to the European higher-education digital transformation survey.[12]
  • 57% of higher-education institutions lacked a chief data officer in the 2024 EDUCAUSE Analytics Landscape Study.[11]
  • 67% of higher-education institutions said analytics was necessary for effective decision-making in the 2024 EDUCAUSE Analytics Landscape Study.[11]

IoT in the education sector (sector benchmark)

  • 18% of higher-education institutions used data-analytics solutions to manage data collected by connected devices in the Cisco survey.[13]
  • 63% of higher-education institutions identified improving operational efficiency among their top three IoT-project drivers in Ovum’s global survey.[14]
  • 30% of higher-education institutions already used IoT and 42% planned to use it, according to the European higher-education digital transformation survey.[12]
  • 43% of higher-education institutions reported that IoT or connected-campus initiatives were part of their strategic plan in a Cisco-connected-campus survey.[13]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Measurement depends on customer-facing and completion metrics: 63% of training providers used customer or delegate satisfaction in 2025, and 51% used course completion or success rate.

Business intelligence in the corporate training industry

  • 17% of training providers used sales leads as a success metric in 2025.[4]
  • 28% of training providers used delegate knowledge retention as a success metric in 2025.[4]
  • 38% of training providers used course registrations as a success metric in 2025.[4]
  • 63% of training providers used customer or delegate satisfaction as a success metric in 2025.[4]
  • 51% of training providers used course completion or success rate as a success metric in 2025.[4]
  • 38% of training providers used repeat business as a success metric in 2025.[4]

Data analytics in the corporate training industry

  • 75% of North American organizations were seeking better metrics for future employee-training strategies in 2023.[15]
  • 26% of organizations used market share as a talent-development metric in 2023.[16]
  • 46% of North American organizations said demonstrating return on investment from employee training was a challenge in 2023.[15]
  • 33% of North American organizations explicitly measured the financial impact of employee training in 2023.[15]
  • 54% of organizations used content-development costs to assess learning-function success in 2024.[17]
  • 10% of training providers reported using analytics in AI applications for learning customization and progress measurement in 2025.[4]

Data Quality in the education sector (sector benchmark)

  • 60% of higher education institutions were very or somewhat concerned about submitting accurate ACTS data by the March 2026 deadline.[18]
  • 97% of U.S. early childhood administrators said using data significantly improved decision-making processes and led to better outcomes in 2024.[19]
  • 95% of U.S. early childhood administrators said using data improved outcomes for children in 2024.[19]
  • 79% of higher education institutional research leaders said institutional data were typically viewed as reliable for decision-making in 2021.[18]
  • 88% of U.S. early childhood administrators said their organization lacked the tools needed to properly analyze data in 2024.[19]
  • 45% of higher education institutional research leaders said data collected by different offices were integrated into a comprehensive picture of institutional performance in 2021.[18]

Data Governance in the education sector (sector benchmark)

  • 32% of surveyed higher education institutions reported having a data catalog in the NWCCU institutional data-capacity survey.[20]
  • 14% of surveyed higher education institutions reported having implemented data-ethics structures in the NWCCU institutional data-capacity survey.[20]
  • 63% of surveyed higher education institutions reported having data-governance structures, according to the NWCCU institutional data-capacity survey.[20]
  • 34% of surveyed higher education institutions reported having neither data-governance nor data-ethics structures in the NWCCU institutional data-capacity survey.[20]
  • 40% of U.S. online higher education chief online learning officers agreed that online learning data were well-defined and widely understood in 2025.[21]
  • 52% of U.S. online higher education chief online learning officers agreed that effective policies guided the collection, storage and use of online learning data in 2025.[21]

KPIs in the corporate training industry

  • 9.5% of respondents said training exceeded expectations in 2025.[22]
  • 78% of training providers used customer and delegate satisfaction as their most important success measure in 2026.[4]
  • 69.2% of respondents rated their overall training-provider experience as good in 2025.[22]
  • 57.4% of respondents used online learning platforms as a training source in 2025.[22]
  • 29.0% of respondents rated their overall training-provider experience as excellent in 2025.[22]
  • 68.0% of respondents rated training as very useful for on-the-job application in 2025.[22]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Buyers keep funding compliance, and delivery channels broaden. In 2026, 60.5% of surveyed organizations offered compliance programs and 59.5% used virtual instructor-led training.

Growth in the corporate training industry

  • 16% of U.S. organizations reported decreased training budgets in 2025.[2]
  • 3.45% was the annual growth rate of the global external corporate-training addressable market from 2022 to 2024.[1]
  • 41% of U.S. organizations reported increased training budgets in 2025.[2]
  • 25% of U.S. organizations planned to allocate more training funding to artificial-intelligence training in 2026.[2]
  • 28% of U.S. organizations identified increasing training-program effectiveness as their leading resource-allocation priority for 2026.[2]
  • 29% was the increase in U.S. corporate spending on outside training products and services in 2025.[2]

Differentiation in the corporate training industry

  • 60.5% of surveyed organizations offered compliance programs in 2026.[23]
  • 41.6% of surveyed organizations used custom e-learning in 2026.[23]
  • 57.4% of surveyed organizations used in-person instructor-led training in 2026.[23]
  • 34.2% of surveyed organizations used in-app guides in 2026.[23]
  • 59.5% of surveyed organizations used virtual instructor-led training in 2026.[23]
  • 55.8% of surveyed organizations used certification programs in 2026.[23]

Strategic partnerships in the corporate training industry

  • 300-plus business processes had been replicated through system-simulation development by TTEC’s learning team by 2024.[24]
  • 100-plus curriculum designers and learning-experience architects supported TTEC’s corporate-learning services in 2024.[24]
  • 2,000-plus hours of customer-experience training had been optimized by TTEC’s learning team by 2024.[24]
  • $4–$6 was OSHA’s estimated return for every $1 invested in safety training, cited in the Intelex–MARCOM partnership announcement.[25]
  • 2,525 professionals were enrolled at Globis University in 2024, while its corporate-education solutions served more than 473,000 professionals annually.[26]
  • 250-plus AI-enabled simulation activities had been delivered by TTEC’s learning team by 2024.[24]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce retention and people processes connect to learning governance signals: 90% of organizations monitored voluntary employee turnover and 58% measured employee retention as a learning-function performance indicator in 2024.

Employee retention in the corporate training industry

  • 75% of organizations conducted exit interviews in the ATD talent-development retention survey.[17]
  • 58% of organizations measured employee retention as a performance indicator for the learning function in ATD’s 2024 State of the Industry.[3]
  • 90% of organizations monitored voluntary employee turnover in the ATD talent-development retention survey.[17]
  • 53% of organizations conducted stay interviews in the ATD talent-development retention survey.[17]
  • 67% of organizations had a formal employee-retention strategy in the ATD talent-development retention survey.[17]

Remote Work in the education sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. education-sector wage and salary employees, 18.14% of paid working days were worked from home in 2025.[27]
  • Across U.S. education-sector wage and salary employees, 18.51% of paid working days were worked from home in 2026.[27]
  • Across U.S. education-sector wage and salary employees, 19.45% of paid working days were worked from home in 2024.[27]
  • Across U.S. education-sector wage and salary employees, 21.58% of paid working days were worked from home in 2023.[27]
  • Across U.S. education-sector wage and salary employees, 24.34% of paid working days were worked from home in 2022.[27]

Hybrid Work in the education sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. higher education, 28% of employees currently worked in hybrid or fully remote arrangements in 2025.[28]
  • Across education-sector employees surveyed globally, 44% worked under arrangements with set mandated office days in 2025.[29]
  • Across U.S. higher education, 61% of employees preferred hybrid or remote work in 2025.[28]
  • Across education-sector employees surveyed globally, 45% worked under fully mandated arrangements in 2025.[29]
  • Across education-sector employees surveyed globally, 56% worked from the office five days per week in 2025.[29]

Upskilling in the corporate training industry

  • 75% of large organizations used coaching as an on-the-job development method in the ATD 2024 State of the Industry survey.[3]
  • 42% of large organizations used rotational training programs in the ATD 2024 State of the Industry survey.[3]
  • 84% of large organizations used job aids as an on-the-job development method in the ATD 2024 State of the Industry survey.[3]
  • 72% of large organizations used mentoring as an on-the-job development method in the ATD 2024 State of the Industry survey.[3]
  • 46% of surveyed organizations provided AI technical-skills training in 2023, an upskilling indicator in ATD’s State of the Industry survey.[3]

Employee Engagement in the education sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. higher education, 25% of employees were likely or very likely to look for other employment within the next year in 2025.[28]
  • Across U.S. higher education employees, 17% cited flexible scheduling as a reason for seeking new employment in 2025.[28]
  • Across U.S. higher education research employees, 21% identified job security as their top reason for considering other opportunities in 2025.[28]
  • Across U.S. higher education research employees, 34% cited job security among their top three reasons for considering other employment in 2025.[28]

DEI in the corporate training industry

  • 35.3% of surveyed companies measured how well participants performed relevant actions or skills after DEI training in AnitaB.org’s 2023 report.[30]
  • 77% of surveyed organizations provided DEI training in 2023, according to ATD’s 2024 State of the Industry.[3]
  • 44.4% of surveyed companies measured longer-term organizational outcomes related to DEI training in AnitaB.org’s 2023 report.[30]
  • 4% of surveyed organizations planned to decrease DEI training in the future.[3]
  • 40% of surveyed organizations planned to increase DEI training in the future.[3]

Change Management in the education sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. higher education facilities leaders, 19% addressed organizational change through training or targeted programs much more than normal in 2026.[31]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Corporate training ties directly to account outcomes. In 2025, 56% of companies implementing customer training reported improved customer retention.

Customer experience in the corporate training industry

  • 9.5% of respondents said training exceeded their expectations in 2025, globally.[22]
  • 29.0% of respondents rated their 2025 experience with training providers as excellent, globally.[22]
  • 69.2% of respondents rated their 2025 experience with training providers as good, globally.[22]
  • 68.0% of respondents rated training as very useful for on-the-job application in 2025, globally.[22]
  • 1.8% of respondents rated their 2025 experience with training providers as poor, globally.[22]

Customer retention in the corporate training industry

  • 31% of organizations measured the impact of customer training on renewals in 2025.[32]
  • 22.2% was the estimated increase in product retention associated with customer education in the cited Forrester model.[33]
  • 56% of companies implementing customer training reported improved customer retention in 2025.[34]
  • 47% of renewing customers had received customer training, compared with 21% of churning customers, in the 2025 survey.[32]
  • 7.4% was the average increase in customer retention estimated for formalized customer education programs in the cited Forrester analysis.[23]

Customer acquisition in the corporate training industry

  • 60% of training providers counted relationship length as an indicator of a strong customer relationship in the 2024 study.[35]
  • 62% of training providers identified finding new customers as a major obstacle in webinar polls conducted between September 2025 and January 2026.[35]
  • 47% of training providers said customers were already asking primarily for proof of impact in webinar polls conducted between September 2025 and January 2026.[35]
  • 88% of training providers counted repeat business as an indicator of a strong customer relationship in the 2024 study.[35]

Customer loyalty in the corporate training industry

  • 77% of training providers strongly agreed that they help clients solve problems beyond selling in the 2024 study.[35]
  • 81% of buyers disagreed that they preferred training providers who simply respond to an order in the 2024 study.[35]
  • 88% of buyers found customization useful for creating value together in the 2024 study.[35]
  • 25% of buyers agreed that their training providers help solve problems beyond selling in the 2024 study.[35]
  • 69% of training providers used customization to create value together with customers in the 2024 study.[35]

Lead generation in the corporate training industry

  • Sales leads were considered a less important success measure than customer satisfaction, repeat business and course attendance in the 2021 training-provider benchmark.[36]
  • 40% of surveyed B2B professionals believed coordinated demand-generation and sales-training programs contributed to stronger lead-conversion rates and more closed deals in 2014.[37]
  • 10% of surveyed companies were completely coordinated in their demand-generation and sales-training initiatives in 2014.[37]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

External suppliers use standard digital channels for course promotion. In 2025, 69% of training providers used LinkedIn to promote courses.

Marketing in the corporate training industry

  • 69% of training providers used LinkedIn to promote courses in 2025.[4]
  • 81% of training providers used reputation and word of mouth to market courses in 2023.[36]
  • 40% of training providers used Facebook to promote courses in 2025.[4]
  • 52% of training providers used search-engine optimization to market courses in 2023.[36]
  • 78% of training providers used social media to market courses in 2023.[36]

Digital marketing in the corporate training industry

  • 78% of training providers used social media as a digital marketing method in 2023.[36]
  • 69% of training providers used LinkedIn for digital course promotion in 2025.[4]
  • 28% of training providers used YouTube for digital course promotion in 2025.[4]
  • 52% of training providers used search-engine optimization as a marketing method in 2023.[36]
  • 40% of training providers used Facebook for digital course promotion in 2025.[4]

Influencer Marketing in the education sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across education, Instagram influencer-related posts averaged a 1.66% engagement rate globally in 2023.[38]
  • Across schools and education organizations, 59% of marketers planned to expand their influencer roster and partnerships in 2025.[38]
  • Across education, influencer-related posts averaged a 1.21% engagement rate globally in 2023.[38]
  • Across education, TikTok influencer-related posts averaged a 2.63% engagement rate globally in 2023.[38]
  • Across education, 1.22 million influencer-related posts were published by 5,290 profiles in 2023, based on global social-media data.[38]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Delivery and outsourcing remain mixed. In 2025, 89% of organizations used learning management systems and 62% of instruction and facilitation was outsourced.

Process optimization in the corporate training industry

  • 42% of training solution providers reported increased revenue in 2025, compared with 24% reporting decreased revenue.[2]
  • 89% of organizations used learning management systems in 2025, making LMS technology the most widely used learning technology among surveyed corporate training organizations.[2]
  • More than 80% of organizations identified managing the scope and scale of training initiatives as a strategic need in the 2025 outlook.[39]
  • 28% of training solution providers launched new e-learning tools or systems in 2025.[2]
  • 6.4% was the annual growth rate for non-LMS learning-technology solutions over the three years covered by Training Industry’s 2025 outlook.[39]

Operational efficiency in the corporate training industry

  • 24% of corporate training hours were delivered through virtual classrooms or webcasting in 2025.[2]
  • 34% of corporate training hours were delivered online or through computer-based technologies in 2025.[2]
  • 62% of instruction and facilitation was outsourced by surveyed corporate training organizations in 2025, compared with 38% handled in-house.[2]
  • 86% of companies handled learner support in-house in 2025.[2]
  • 22% of corporate training hours used blended-learning techniques in 2025.[2]

Quality management in the corporate training industry

  • 60% of training providers measured success using course attendance in 2025.[4]
  • 63% of training providers measured success using customer or delegate satisfaction in 2025.[4]
  • 47% of training providers used course profitability as a success metric in 2025.[4]
  • 51% of training providers measured success using course completion or success rates in 2025.[4]
  • 17% of training providers measured sales leads as a success metric in 2025.[4]

Supply chain in the corporate training industry

  • 7% of organizations expected to increase training outsourcing in 2026, while 8% expected to reduce it.[2]
  • 10% of the outsourced corporate training market was attributed to training business-process outsourcing in 2024.[1]
  • 85% of organizations expected their level of training outsourcing to remain unchanged in 2026.[2]
  • $409,778 was the average training-outsourcing expenditure for large companies in 2025.[2]
  • 7% of corporate training budgets were spent on outsourcing in 2025, up from 6% in 2024.[2]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the education sector (sector benchmark)

  • 24% of higher-education institutions plan to outsource at least some IT functions or services, according to a 2025 survey.[40]
  • 35% of IT services are outsourced on average by higher-education institutions that use external providers, according to a 2025 survey.[40]
  • 82% of UK primary schools use an external provider to manage cyber security, according to the 2024 education institutions survey.[9]
  • 50% of UK secondary schools use an external provider to manage cyber security, according to the 2024 education institutions survey.[9]
  • 93% of UK higher-education institutions outsource the provision of technology-enhanced learning services, according to the 2022 UCISA survey.[41]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Pricing pressure shows in per-learner budgets. In the 2025 U.S. survey, average spend was $874 per learner (vs. $774 in 2024).

Pricing strategy in the corporate training industry

  • $874 was the average U.S. corporate training expenditure per learner in 2025.[2]
  • 7.7% of external training groups primarily used sticker-price pricing for each product.[2]
  • 12.8% of external training groups primarily used time-and-materials pricing with a negotiated spending limit.[2]
  • 30.8% of external training groups primarily negotiated a different payment arrangement with each customer.[2]
  • $468 was the average training expenditure per learner for large U.S. corporations in 2025.[2]

Cost reduction in the corporate training industry

  • $115 was the average cost per learning hour used by surveyed talent-development organizations in 2022.[3]
  • 78% of L&D leaders said at least 10% of their training budgets were wasted on ineffective or unused content in 2026.[2]
  • 40% of organizations used at least five learning-content providers in 2026, contributing to content sprawl and duplicated cost.[2]
  • 34% of corporate training hours were delivered online or through computer-based technologies in 2025, reducing reliance on physical delivery formats.[2]
  • $123 was the average cost per learning hour used by surveyed talent-development organizations in 2023.[3]

Profitability in the corporate training industry

  • £271 million was Pearson’s illustrative 2024 revenue for Enterprise Learning and Skills after transferring IT Pro into the segment.[42]
  • £226 million was Pearson’s 2024 reported revenue from Workforce Skills and Enterprise Learning and Skills before the IT Pro transfer.[42]
  • £8 million was Pearson’s 2024 reported adjusted operating profit from Workforce Skills and Enterprise Learning and Skills before the IT Pro transfer.[42]
  • £27 million was Pearson’s illustrative 2024 adjusted operating profit for Enterprise Learning and Skills after the IT Pro transfer.[42]
  • 10% was Pearson’s illustrative 2024 adjusted operating margin for Enterprise Learning and Skills after the IT Pro transfer.[42]

Financial planning in the corporate training industry

  • $954 was the average U.S. training expenditure per learner in 2023.[43]
  • $125 billion was the projected size of the external corporate training market in 2030.[39]
  • 3.45% was the annual growth rate of the external corporate training addressable market since 2022.[1]
  • 1.8% was the projected growth of the global corporate training market by the end of 2025.[39]
  • $391.1 billion was global corporate training expenditure in 2023.[39]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

New offerings lean toward digital enablement. In 2025, 28% of new training products and services launched in the U.S. training market were eLearning tools or systems.

Product development in the corporate training industry

  • 28% of new training products and services launched by providers in 2025 were eLearning tools or systems in the U.S. training market.[2]
  • 39% of U.S. customer-education organizations used professional services to develop customer and partner training in 2024.[23]
  • 26% of new training products and services launched by providers in 2025 focused on business skills in the U.S. training market.[2]
  • 32% of U.S. customer-education organizations used sales enablement to develop customer and partner training in 2024.[23]
  • 44% of U.S. customer-education organizations used product marketing to develop customer and partner training in 2024.[23]

Product lifecycle in the corporate training industry

  • 57% of U.S. customer-education leaders identified upsell and cross-sell revenue as a priority for the next 12–18 months in 2024.[23]
  • 49.7% of external education teams in 2026 used custom content development globally.[23]
  • 34.2% of external education teams in 2026 used in-app guides globally.[23]
  • 13% of U.S. customer-education leaders identified improving product adoption as a priority for the next 12–18 months in 2024.[23]
  • 78.9% of external education leaders in 2026 reported using education for customer retention or renewal globally.[23]

After-sales in the corporate training industry

  • 7% of U.S. customer-education leaders listed reducing support costs as a priority for the next 12–18 months in 2024.[23]
  • 38.3% was the average increase in adoption of products targeted by customer training among U.S. organizations in 2024.[23]
  • 28.9% was the average increase in new-customer win rates reported by U.S. companies using customer education programs in 2024.[23]
  • 22% of U.S. customer-education organizations used customer support to develop customer and partner training in 2024.[23]
  • 15.5% was the average reduction in customer-support costs reported by U.S. companies using customer education programs in 2024.[23]

Value proposition in the corporate training industry

  • 7 months was the modeled payback period for a customer-education program at a $1 billion composite organization in 2024.[23]
  • 87% of surveyed L&D buyers said measuring and communicating business impact was becoming critical in 2024.[44]
  • 35% of U.S. customer-education leaders ranked improving customer satisfaction among their top priorities for the next 12–18 months in 2024.[23]
  • 18% of U.S. customer-education leaders ranked accelerating customer time to value among their top priorities for the next 12–18 months in 2024.[23]
  • 34% of U.S. customer-education leaders ranked increasing customer retention among their top priorities for the next 12–18 months in 2024.[23]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Ethics and compliance training coverage is high in organizations. In 2025, 83% of organizations reported that all employees received ethics-and-compliance training.

Sustainability in the corporate training industry

  • 93% of companies in a 2020 sustainability-governance study reported sustainability training.[45]
  • 73% of companies in a 2020 sustainability-governance study reported leadership-development training.[45]
  • 40% of Global Sustainability Leaders reported responsible-sourcing training in 2020.[45]
  • 2,274 hours of ESG training were delivered by Carel Industries in 2025, involving 31% of employees.[46]
  • 60% of Global Sustainability Leaders reported environmental-sustainability training in 2020.[45]

ESG in the corporate training industry

  • 50% of energy and natural-resources companies provided ESG training in a 2023 global compliance-risk survey.[47]
  • 26% of Carel Industries employees participated in ESG training in 2024.[46]
  • 31% of Carel Industries employees participated in ESG training in 2023.[46]
  • 35% of companies provided ESG training to employees in a 2023 global compliance-risk survey.[47]
  • 56% of companies reported that they did not train employees on ESG matters in a 2023 global compliance-risk survey.[47]

Ethics in the corporate training industry

  • 89% of respondents identified complying with laws and regulations as an ethics-and-compliance training objective in 2014.[48]
  • 83% of organizations reported that all employees received ethics-and-compliance training during 2025.[49]
  • 34% of organizations reported that all employees received ethics-and-compliance training tailored to their risk profile during 2025.[49]
  • 20% of organizations reported that board directors received no ethics-and-compliance training during 2025.[49]
  • 90% of respondents identified creating a culture of ethics and respect as an ethics-and-compliance training objective in 2014.[48]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

External and cross-border supplier use is common. In 2026, 50.3% of surveyed organizations used external vendors for pre-built or ready-made learning content.

Globalization in the corporate training industry

  • $397.1 billion was the estimated global corporate-training market in 2024.[39]
  • More than 100 countries are represented among ATD members working in corporate and other organizations worldwide.[56]
  • $391.1 billion was spent globally on corporate training in 2023, covering courses, learning technologies and learning services.[39]
  • 1,400-plus companies were included in Training Industry’s 2026 global corporate-training landscape map.[1]
  • $116.0 billion was estimated global external corporate-training spending in 2024.[39]

Supplier management in the corporate training industry

  • 37.6% of surveyed organizations used external vendors for learning-technology or platform support in 2026.[23]
  • 49.7% of surveyed organizations used external vendors for custom content development in 2026.[23]
  • 83.1% of surveyed education-led-growth organizations used outside vendors or partners in 2026.[23]
  • 27% of organizations’ direct learning expenditure went to learning-supplier expenses in 2023.[3]
  • 50.3% of surveyed organizations used external vendors for pre-built or ready-made learning content in 2026.[23]

Stakeholder management in the corporate training industry

  • 68% of U.S. corporate-training survey respondents recommended training purchases in 2025.[2]
  • 28% of HR managers selected training satisfaction as a secondary measure of learning-and-development success in 2026.[57]
  • 31% of HR managers selected career-growth outcomes as a secondary measure of learning-and-development success in 2026.[57]
  • 37% of HR managers selected business impact as a secondary measure of learning-and-development success in 2026.[57]
  • 35% of U.S. corporate-training survey respondents managed requests for proposals or bids in 2025.[2]

Distribution channels in the corporate training industry

  • 5% of training providers identified search-engine optimization as one of their most powerful marketing tools in 2025.[4]
  • 43% of learners used search engines to find courses in 2025.[4]
  • 89% of training providers processed course bookings online in the 2023 benchmark survey.[36]

Key questions about the Corporate Training Industry

How big is the global corporate training market in 2026?
Grand View Research estimated the global corporate training market at $458.7B in 2026. It also estimated $427.3B in 2025.
What growth rate should buyers plan for between 2026 and 2033?
The forecast CAGR for 2026–2033 is 7.8%, with the market projected to reach $777.5B by 2033.
Which companies lead the corporate training industry?
Cornerstone leads Gitnux's 2026 corporate training ranking with an Overall score of 9.7, with enterprise learning and talent development platform scale; identified as one of largest competitors. Coursera is the highest-ranked online learning provider at 9.6, with more than 1,730 paid enterprise customers at end of 2025.
What AI-related learning signals were reported for 2026 planning?
In a 2026 L&D survey, 38% of organizations identified adopting generative AI for learning as an innovation priority. In Training magazine’s 2025 Industry Report, 63% of U.S. companies reported providing at least some online AI training.
How is the market structured by offering type?
The market is segmented by component, training type, end use, and region. In 2025, software accounted for 66.4% of revenue, while technical training was the largest training-type segment and IT and telecommunications was the leading end-use segment.
How do buyers measure training outcomes in 2025 and 2026?
In 2025, 60% of training providers measured success using course attendance and 63% used customer or delegate satisfaction. For 2026, 78% of respondents rated customer and delegate satisfaction as their most important success measure.
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