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Worldwide Business Automation Platforms Forecast, 2025-2029

Publisher IDC
Published Oct 22, 2025
Length 23 Pages
SKU # IDC20513429

Description

This IDC study provides a forecast for the worldwide business automation platforms (BAP) software market for 2025–2029. "The addition of AI agents in combination with automation technologies of BAP will play a major role in increasing and broadening automation across enterprises. Over the forecast period, investments to improve operational efficiency will begin shifting to innovation," according to Maureen Fleming, program vice president, Worldwide Business Automation Research.

Table of Contents

23 Pages

IDC Market Forecast Figure

Executive Summary

Advice for Technology Suppliers

Market Forecast

Labor-Centric Automation

Decision-Centric Automation

Business Value Engineering

Market Context

Drivers and Inhibitors

Drivers

Agentic Automation Will Drive the Next Generation of Business Automation

Requirements for Automation and Process Improvement Will Increasingly Be Defined with Business Value Engineering

Inhibitor

Standalone Automation Technologies Face Source of New Competition as LLMs Evolve

Significant Market Developments

Changes from Prior Forecast

Market Definition

Business Automation Platform Software

Business Value Engineering Software

Modeling and Architecture Tools

Process Mining

Task Mining

Observability

Decision-Centric Automation

Business Rules Management Software

Predictive Analytics Software

Labor-Centric Automation

AI and Agentic Automation

Business Process Automation Platforms

Robotic Process Automation Software

System-Centric Automation

Methodology

Historical and Forecast Market Values and Exchange Rates

Related Research

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