UiPath closed fiscal 2026 with $1.611 billion in revenue and its first full year of GAAP profitability, posting GAAP operating income of $57 million for the year ended January 31, 2026. That result sits inside a market three research firms size anywhere between $12.35 billion and $35.27 billion for 2026. Below are the verified RPA market statistics on sizing, segments, regions and vendor revenue, with each figure labelled by what it measures.
RPA Market Statistics
How Big Is The RPA Market In 2026?
Three firms publish 2026 RPA figures, and they disagree by nearly a factor of three. The gap is definitional: each firm counts a different mix of software, services and adjacent tooling, and each states revenue under its own scope.
Two of the three land within half a point of each other on growth rate. That agreement on direction, against a wide spread on absolute value, is the most defensible reading of the data.
| Research firm | 2025 value | 2026 value | Long-term forecast | CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precedence Research | $28.31B | $35.27B | $247.34B by 2035 | 24.20% |
| Fortune Business Insights | $22.58B | $27.22B | $110.06B by 2034 | 19.10% |
| The Business Research Company | $9.91B | $12.35B | $29.86B by 2030 | 24.7% |
Source: Precedence Research, report updated July 2026 (CAGR 2026–2035); Fortune Business Insights, report updated July 2026 (CAGR 2026–2034); The Business Research Company, 2026 report edition (CAGR to 2030). Figures are vendor revenue under each firm’s own scope definition and are not directly comparable.
Precedence Research also breaks out the United States separately, at $9.76 billion in 2025 and a projected $74.94 billion by 2035, growing at 22.61% annually. Where these forecasts intersect with employment is a separate question, and one Quantumrun tracks across its work and employment trends coverage.
RPA Market Revenue By Type And Deployment
Precedence Research publishes dollar revenue by type for 2023 through 2025. Services revenue runs more than three times software revenue across all three years, and the two lines sum to the firm’s headline market total.
Deployment splits the same way. On-premises revenue reached $19.199 billion in 2025 against $9.112 billion for cloud, a gap Precedence attributes to data-residency requirements in banking, healthcare and government.
| Segment | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software | $4.150B | $5.196B | $6.526B |
| Service | $14.262B | $17.600B | $21.785B |
| Cloud | $5.810B | $7.264B | $9.112B |
| On-premise | $12.601B | $15.531B | $19.199B |
Source: Precedence Research, global RPA market revenue by type and by deployment model, 2023–2025. Type and deployment are two separate cuts of the same total, not additive across all four rows.
Fortune Business Insights reaches a similar conclusion from a different base, putting services at 79.35% of its 2026 market. Precedence expects cloud and SaaS RPA to post the fastest deployment-model growth through 2035, and human resources the fastest application-level growth at a 17.90% CAGR. That direction of travel, out of finance and into people-facing functions, tracks the pattern set out in Quantumrun’s analysis of which roles resist automation longest.
Which Industries Drive RPA Market Spending?
Banking, financial services and insurance generated $10.258 billion of RPA revenue in 2025, more than the next two industries combined. Healthcare and pharmaceuticals ranks second at $6.115 billion and carries the highest forecast growth rate of any end-user industry, at an 18.80% CAGR.
| Industry | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BFSI | $6.778B | $8.325B | $10.258B |
| Pharma & healthcare | $3.823B | $4.827B | $6.115B |
| Manufacturing | $3.384B | $4.207B | $5.250B |
| Retail & consumer goods | $1.726B | $2.117B | $2.604B |
| IT & telecom | $1.297B | $1.588B | $1.949B |
| Communication, media & education | $0.499B | $0.612B | $0.753B |
| Logistics, energy & utilities | $0.381B | $0.463B | $0.564B |
| Construction | $0.189B | $0.227B | $0.274B |
| Others | $0.334B | $0.429B | $0.543B |
Source: Precedence Research, global RPA market revenue by industry, 2023–2025. Category labels are reproduced as the source prints them.
RPA Market Share By Region
Fortune Business Insights publishes regional values and shares that resolve to its global total. North America took $12.65 billion of 2025 revenue, or 56.00%. Europe followed at $5.28 billion and Asia Pacific at $3.67 billion.
Precedence Research puts North America at 38.92% of 2025 revenue under its wider scope. The two shares measure different denominators and should not be read against each other.
| Region | 2025 value | 2025 share | 2026 value |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | $12.65B | 56.00% | $14.68B |
| Europe | $5.28B | 23.40% | $6.33B |
| Asia Pacific | $3.67B | 16.30% | $4.94B |
| Middle East & Africa | $0.63B | 2.70% | $0.81B |
| Latin America | $0.36B | 1.60% | $0.46B |
Source: Fortune Business Insights, regional RPA market revenue, 2025 actual and 2026 projected, report updated July 2026.
RPA Market By Country In 2026
The same report projects country-level values for 2026. The United States accounts for the bulk of North America at $13.07 billion. Germany leads Europe at $1.62 billion, ahead of the United Kingdom at $1.17 billion.
Source: Fortune Business Insights, country-level RPA market revenue projected for 2026.
Precedence Research names Asia Pacific its fastest-growing region and cites investment across China, India, Japan and South Korea. Rising wages are one documented driver behind that shift, a mechanism Quantumrun examines in its work on automation as the successor to offshoring and in its longer-range India outlook.
UiPath Revenue And The RPA Market Benchmark
UiPath is the only large pure-play RPA vendor filing audited public results, which makes its numbers the cleanest read on category health. Fiscal 2026 revenue reached $1.611 billion, up 13% year over year, with ARR of $1.853 billion, up 11%.
The company reported GAAP operating income of $57 million for fiscal 2026 and described it as full-year GAAP profitability for the first time in its history. Non-GAAP operating income was $370 million at a 23% margin.
| Metric | FY2025 | FY2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Licenses revenue | $587.162M | $606.394M |
| Subscription services revenue | $801.947M | $954.472M |
| Professional services and other | $40.555M | $49.706M |
| Total revenue | $1.4297B | $1.611B |
| GAAP operating income | -$162.569M | $56.760M |
Source: UiPath, fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2026 results, fiscal years ended January 31, 2025 and January 31, 2026.
The most recent completed quarter extends the trend. In its first quarter fiscal 2027 release dated May 28, 2026, UiPath reported revenue of $418 million for the quarter ended April 30, 2026, up 17%, with ARR of $1.901 billion, up 12%, a dollar-based net retention rate of 109%, and GAAP operating income of $28 million. Full-year fiscal 2027 guidance calls for revenue of $1.776 billion to $1.781 billion and ARR of $2.058 billion to $2.063 billion as of January 31, 2027.
RPA Market Outlook Through 2035
Gartner’s read on the adjacent agentic AI category is more cautious. In a June 2025 press release, the firm predicted that over 40% of agentic AI projects will be cancelled by the end of 2027, citing escalating costs, unclear business value and inadequate risk controls.
The same release reported a January 2025 Gartner poll of 3,412 webinar attendees on investment posture. The poll was self-selected, so the shares describe those attendees rather than enterprises generally.
| Investment posture | Share of 3,412 poll respondents |
|---|---|
| Significant investments in agentic AI | 19% |
| Conservative investments | 42% |
| No investments | 8% |
| Wait and see, or unsure | 31% |
Source: Gartner, poll of 3,412 webinar attendees, January 2025, published June 25, 2025.
Precedence Research projects the RPA market at $247.34 billion by 2035 on a 24.20% CAGR. Fortune Business Insights, the most conservative published forecast here, projects $110.06 billion by 2034 at 19.10%. Both are the firms’ own projections over their stated horizons, and neither is an outcome. Where automation lands on the labour market over that window is covered separately in Quantumrun’s chapters on the shrinking full-time job and the industries still adding headcount, alongside its 2030 prediction timeline.
FAQ
How big is the RPA market in 2026?
Estimates range from $12.35 billion to $35.27 billion for 2026. Precedence Research reports $35.27 billion, Fortune Business Insights $27.22 billion, and The Business Research Company $12.35 billion. Each firm counts a different scope of software and services.
How much revenue does UiPath make?
UiPath reported $1.611 billion in revenue for fiscal 2026, the year ended January 31, 2026, up 13% year over year. Quarterly revenue for the period ended April 30, 2026 was $418 million, up 17%.
Is RPA dying, as some Reddit threads claim?
Published vendor figures show no decline. UiPath revenue rose 13% in fiscal 2026 to $1.611 billion and 17% in the quarter ended April 30, 2026. Reddit sentiment is not a measurement of revenue or adoption.
Which industry spends the most on RPA?
BFSI leads at $10.258 billion of RPA revenue in 2025, per Precedence Research. Healthcare and pharmaceuticals ranks second at $6.115 billion and carries the highest forecast growth rate among industries, at 18.80% CAGR.
Do Reddit discussions about AI agents replacing RPA match analyst forecasts?
Analysts urge caution on both sides. Gartner predicted in June 2025 that over 40% of agentic AI projects would be cancelled by the end of 2027, citing cost, unclear value and weak risk controls. Reddit opinion carries no measurement basis.
Sources
https://www.precedenceresearch.com/robotic-process-automation-market
https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/robotic-process-automation-rpa-market-102042
https://ir.uipath.com/news/detail/431/uipath-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-fiscal-2026-financial-results
https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-25-gartner-predicts-over-40-percent-of-agentic-ai-projects-will-be-canceled-by-end-of-2027
