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Software forecasts

1 Software forecasts on Chronopin: cited projections and data, each with its publisher, date and quote.

Industry forecast · SoftwareWorldwide software spending (Gartner)

Gartner reported: $1,250B (2025 · Reported)
Gartner worldwide IT spending forecast, October 2026 edition 2026: $1,464B (Projected)
Gartner worldwide IT spending forecast, October 2026 edition 2027: $1,679B (Projected)

USD billions, nominal. Gartner's 'Software' segment. Projection is Gartner's October 2026 forecast for 2026 and 2027 (a forecast, not an outcome). History points are the earlier-year column from each January/February release (2022 Jan 2023, 2023 Jan 2024, 2024 Jan 2025, 2025 Feb 2026), published in millions of US dollars and shown here in billions by decimal scaling only; Gartner restates segment baselines between editions (e.g. scope and currency changes), so steps between editions are not purely market movement, and the 2026 projection starts from a different baseline than the 2025 history. Includes application and infrastructure software and GenAI models.

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Gartner IT spending forecast, October 2026 (Table 1, billions of US dollars) · 2026-10-21
“Table 1. Worldwide IT Spending Forecast (Billions of U.S. Dollars) | 2026 Spending | 2026 Growth (%) | 2027 Spending | 2027 Growth (%) | Software | 1,464 | 15.2 | 1,679 | 14.6”
Gartner IT spending forecast, February 2026 (2025 value, millions of US dollars) · 2026-02-03
“Table 1 ... 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) | 2026 Spending | 2026 Growth (%) ... Software | 1,249,509 | 11.5 | 1,433,633 | 14.7”
Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2025 (2024 value, millions of US dollars) · 2025-01-21
“Table 1 ... 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) | 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) ... Software | 1,091,569 | 12.0 | 1,246,842 | 14.2”
Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2024 (2023 value, millions of US dollars) · 2024-01-17
“Table 1 ... 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) | 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) ... Software | 913,334 | 12.4 | 1,029,421 | 12.7”
Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2023 (2022 value, millions of US dollars) · 2023-01-18
“Table 1 ... 2022 Spending | 2022 Growth (%) | 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) ... Software | 783,462 | 7.1 | 856,029 | 9.3”

Projections are the cited publishers’ forecasts, not ChronoPin’s.

Checked 2026-10-28

Worldwide software spending (Gartner)
$1,464B (2026) → $1,679B (2027) → $783B (2022) → $913B (2023) → $1,092B (2024) → $1,250B (2025)
USD billions, nominal. Gartner's 'Software' segment. Projection is Gartner's October 2026 forecast for 2026 and 2027 (a forecast, not an outcome). History points are the earlier-year column from each January/February release (2022 Jan 2023, 2023 Jan 2024, 2024 Jan 2025, 2025 Feb 2026), published in millions of US dollars and shown here in billions by decimal scaling only; Gartner restates segment baselines between editions (e.g. scope and currency changes), so steps between editions are not purely market movement, and the 2026 projection starts from a different baseline than the 2025 history. Includes application and infrastructure software and GenAI models.
- Gartner IT spending forecast, October 2026 (Table 1, billions of US dollars) · 2026-10-21 “Table 1. Worldwide IT Spending Forecast (Billions of U.S. Dollars) | 2026 Spending | 2026 Growth (%) | 2027 Spending | 2027 Growth (%) | Software | 1,464 | 15.2 | 1,679 | 14.6”
- Gartner IT spending forecast, February 2026 (2025 value, millions of US dollars) · 2026-02-03 “Table 1 ... 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) | 2026 Spending | 2026 Growth (%) ... Software | 1,249,509 | 11.5 | 1,433,633 | 14.7”
- Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2025 (2024 value, millions of US dollars) · 2025-01-21 “Table 1 ... 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) | 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) ... Software | 1,091,569 | 12.0 | 1,246,842 | 14.2”
- Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2024 (2023 value, millions of US dollars) · 2024-01-17 “Table 1 ... 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) | 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) ... Software | 913,334 | 12.4 | 1,029,421 | 12.7”
- Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2023 (2022 value, millions of US dollars) · 2023-01-18 “Table 1 ... 2022 Spending | 2022 Growth (%) | 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) ... Software | 783,462 | 7.1 | 856,029 | 9.3”

Worldwide software spending (Gartner)

$1,464B (2026) → $1,679B (2027) → $783B (2022) → $913B (2023) → $1,092B (2024) → $1,250B (2025)

Gartner IT spending forecast, February 2026 (2025 value, millions of US dollars) · 2026-02-03 “Table 1 ... 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) | 2026 Spending | 2026 Growth (%) ... Software | 1,249,509 | 11.5 | 1,433,633 | 14.7”

Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2025 (2024 value, millions of US dollars) · 2025-01-21 “Table 1 ... 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) | 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) ... Software | 1,091,569 | 12.0 | 1,246,842 | 14.2”

Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2024 (2023 value, millions of US dollars) · 2024-01-17 “Table 1 ... 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) | 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) ... Software | 913,334 | 12.4 | 1,029,421 | 12.7”

Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2023 (2022 value, millions of US dollars) · 2023-01-18 “Table 1 ... 2022 Spending | 2022 Growth (%) | 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) ... Software | 783,462 | 7.1 | 856,029 | 9.3”