Status : Published Published On : Jul, 2025 Report Code : VRICT5033 Industry : ICT & Media Available Format : Page : 134

Global eDiscovery Market – Analysis and Forecast (2026-2035)

Industry Insights by Solution (Data Processing, Legal Hold, Data Production, Early Case Assessment, Technology Assisted Review), by Component (Software, Service), by Deployment Type (On-Premise, Hybrid, Cloud), by Industry Vertical (BFSI, Government, Energy & Utilities, IT & Telecom, Legal, Media & Entertainment, Healthcare) and by Geography (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Rest of the World)

Industry Overview

The global eDiscovery Market is projected to reach USD 22.8 billion by 2035, registering a CAGR of 10.5% during the forecast period. Increasing regulatory compliance requirements, rapid exploration of IoT solutions and services providers across different verticals, and digitalization of government functionaries utilizing data analytics for efficient governance, propelling the growth of the market.

eDiscovery Market Highlights

eDiscovery Market Segmentation

Insight by Solutions

  • Data Processing
  • Legal Hold
  • Data Production
  • Early Case Assessment
  • Technology-Assisted Review

The data processing category accounted for the largest share in 2025. The category is expected to lead throughout the forecast period as the amount of electronically stored data has increased manifold, and therefore, it becomes a key factor in efficiently managing services, especially for the litigation industry.

Data processing helps legal counsel access important or key information for favorable legal proceedings. This category is also expected to witness the fastest growth during the forecast period.

Insight by Component

  • Software
  • Services

Increase in the number of litigation cases, and the huge progress in electronically stored information (ESI) are the major factors fuelling the growth of this category in the market. The services market is further subdivided into professional and managed services, wherein the managed services category accounted for a larger share in 2025.

Insight by Deployment Type

  • Hybrid
  • Cloud-Based
  • On-Premises

Above all, the on-premise deployment segment accounted for the largest share in 2025 in comparison to the other two categories. However, the cloud-based category is expected to witness the fastest growth during the forecast period, owing to being the most preferred choice for resource establishments.

Insight by Industry Vertical

  • BFSI
  • Government
  • Energy
  • utilities
  • IT
  • Telecom
  • Legal
  • Media
  • Entertainment
  • Healthcare

Above all, the government sector is expected to continue holding the largest share during the forecast period. Government agencies require these solutions to make the right use of collected data from various sources such as social media, email communications, website content, IoT data, instant messages, text messages, government organization databases, workflow applications, and shared documents, among others.

Global eDiscovery Market Report Coverage

Report Metric

Details

Historical Period

2020 - 2024

Base Year Considered

2025

Forecast Period

2026 - 2035

Market Size in 2025

U.S.D.  XX Billion

Revenue Forecast in 2035

U.S.D.  22.8 Billion

Growth Rate

10.5%

Segments Covered in the Report

By Solutions, By Component, By Deployment Type, and By Industry Vertical

Report Scope

Market Trends, Drivers, and Restraints; Revenue Estimation and Forecast; Segmentation Analysis; Impact of COVID-19; Companies’ Strategic Developments; Market Share Analysis of Key Players; Company Profiling

Regions Covered in the Report

North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Rest of the World

Industry Dynamics

eDiscovery Market Growth Drivers

The global eDiscovery market has been driven by several key factors, predominantly increasing demand for better governance with data analytics, an increase in electronically stored information, and increasing penetration of the internet and social media. The Discovery of electronically stored information in the digital age has become an effective tool to efficiently analyze discover and manage data in different verticals, thus creating demand for these solutions.

The growing reliance on digital platforms for business operations and the increasing adoption of cloud-based services have further fueled the generation of electronic data. As a result, businesses and legal entities face complex challenges in managing and extracting relevant information from vast amounts of digital data during legal proceedings, regulatory investigations, or internal audits.

This surge in data volumes has created a strong demand for eDiscovery solutions, which enable efficient identification, preservation, collection, processing, review, and production of electronically stored information. These solutions leverage advanced technologies such as data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and natural language processing (NLP) to automate and streamline the eDiscovery process.

The need for cost-effective and time-efficient eDiscovery processes has also contributed to the market growth. Traditional manual methods of document review and analysis are labor-intensive, time-consuming, and prone to errors. By leveraging technology-driven eDiscovery solutions, businesses can significantly reduce the time and resources required for data processing and review, leading to cost savings and improved efficiency.

Overall, the combination of increasing data volumes, regulatory compliance requirements, cost-efficiency needs, and technological advancements in eDiscovery solutions are the primary growth drivers for the eDiscovery market.

Recent Developments By the Key Players

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has acquired IDVerse. The deal will see IDVerse become part of LexisNexis Risk Solutions Business Services, with its automated document authentication and fraud detection capabilities set to be integrated across LexisNexis’ solutions.

eDiscovery Market Challenges

Key factors hindering the growth of the eDiscovery market are high cost of the services and solutions offered by the key players and concern related to data protection. eDiscovery solutions or services mine the data from different private and public platforms for legal, government or other entities. This creates concern of data protection among different organizations, for instance, EU have stringent data protection regulations which hamper the transfer of cross-border data from any EU nation to others.

eDiscovery Market Geographic Overview

North America has been one of the largest consumers of eDiscovery during the forecast period. The region is home to a large number of industry players and has also been in the forefront of utilizing these platforms by different organizations, such the U.S. Federal Government, the Litigation Industry, and others. Asia-Pacific is expected to witness significant growth in the global eDiscovery market during the forecast period. A large number of enterprises in the region are opting for eDiscovery solutions and services to efficiently manage the stored data through different platforms.

Global eDiscovery Market, By Region
GLOBAL DIGITAL SIGNATURE MARKET, BY REGION

eDiscovery Market Competitive Insight

Market players in the global eDiscovery industry are investing capital to develop technologically advanced systems for data processing, legal hold, data production, and early case assessment, among others. These players are also entering into partnerships, collaborations, acquisitions and launching new products to cater to the demand of different organizations.

Some of the key players operating in the global eDiscovery market are :

  • KrolLDiscovery LLC
  • AccessData Group LLC
  • Guidance Software, Inc
  • LexisNexis Group
  • Dell EMC
  • FTI Technology LLC
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • Symantec Corporation
  • IBM Corporation
  • Conduent Inc.
  • Relativity

The eDiscovery Market report offers a comprehensive market segmentation analysis along with an estimation for the forecast period 2026–2035.

Segments Covered in the Report

  • By Solution
    • Data Processing
    • Legal Hold
    • Data Production
    • Early Case Assessment
    • Technology Assisted Review
  • By Component
    • Software
    • Services
      • Managed
      • Professional
  • By Deployment Type
    • Cloud-Based
    • Hybrid
    • On-Premise
  • By Vertical
    • BFSI
    • Government
    • Energy & Utilities
    • IT & Telecom
    • Legal
    • Media & Entertainment
    • Healthcare

Region Covered in the Report

  • North America
    • U.S.
    • Canada
    • Mexico
  • Europe
    • Germany
    • U.K.
    • France
    • Italy
    • Spain
    • Russia
    • Rest of Europe
  • Asia-Pacific (APAC)
    • China
    • Japan
    • India
    • South Korea
    • Rest of Asia-Pacific
  • Rest of the World (RoW)
    • Brazil
    • Saudi Arabia
    • South Africa
    • U.A.E.
    • Other Countries

PRIMARY RESEARCH INTERVIEWS - BREAKDOWN

eDiscovery Market Analysis

Source: VynZ Research

Frequently Asked Questions

Based on solution, the global eDiscovery market is categorized into data processing, legal hold, data production, early case assessment, and technology-assisted review, wherein data processing category accounted for largest share in 2025.
Asia-Pacific is observed to witness significant growth in the global eDiscovery market during the forecast period. A large number of enterprises in the region are opting eDiscovery solutions and services to efficiently manage the stored data through different platforms.
North America has been one of the largest consumers of eDiscovery during the forecast period.
Global eDiscovery market has been driven by several key factors, predominantly increasing demand for better governance with data analytics, increase in electronically stored information, and increasing penetration of internet and social media.
Based on component, the global eDiscovery market is divided into software and services. Among the two categories, the service is estimated to hold a larger share in the market in 2025.

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