Cloud Services Global Market Report 2024

The cloud services market size has grown steadily in recent years. It will grow from $452.59 billion in 2023 to $475.04 billion in 2024 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.0%. The historical growth can be attributed to increased internet penetration, growing adoption of cloud services in SMEs, technological advancements, a focus on reducing IT infrastructure costs, government initiatives, and a low-interest rate environment.

The cloud services market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $666.01 billion in 2028 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.8%. The forecasted growth is driven by increased adoption of cloud services, IoT, the impact of COVID-19, smart city initiatives, and rising e-commerce penetration. Key trends include a focus on virtual desktop solutions, AI integration, collaborations with other cloud providers, quantum computing research, incorporation of public cloud platforms, increased R&D investments, and the establishment of green data centers for cost savings.

The ascent in the adoption of online gaming stands as a significant catalyst propelling the growth of the cloud services market. Online gaming, encompassing games played over the internet or computer networks, extensively utilizes cloud services. These services facilitate platform-independent gaming, offering enhanced accessibility, scalability, cost-efficiency, and an enriched gaming experience. As evidenced in a March 2023 blog by CyberCrew UK, the UK experienced a remarkable surge in gamers, marking a 63% increase since the 2021 lockdown. Notably, consumer spending on video games surpassed $5.2 billion in 2020, marking a historic milestone in the UK, with projected revenues expected to reach $7.6 million by 2025. This burgeoning adoption of online gaming is a key driver fueling the expansion of the cloud services market.

The ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic are poised to exert a profound influence on the trajectory of the cloud services market in the foreseeable future. The pandemic's impact, manifested through widespread lockdowns globally and the consequent surge in remote work, has significantly elevated the utilization of cloud services. Governments' measures to curtail the virus have prompted an increase in remote work practices, with individuals accessing work-related systems and applications through cloud technology from their homes. This shift resulted in a staggering 37% rise in cloud spending to $29 billion during the initial quarter of 2020. This trend is expected to persist as businesses urgently require scalable, secure, reliable, and cost-effective off-premises technology services to support remote workforces. Despite an anticipated downturn in the overall IT spending by 8%, cloud spending is estimated to surge by 19% for the year. The uncertain duration of the pandemic's spread is anticipated to drive more companies toward adopting cloud technology to facilitate remote work setups, thereby serving as a driving force behind market growth.

The integration of new tools emerges as a prominent trend within the cloud services market. These tools encompass infrastructure, platforms, or software offered by third-party providers, accessed via the internet by users. An illustration of this trend is seen in Google LLC's move in September 2022 when they unveiled advanced data and analytics capabilities for their data cloud. These innovative capabilities encompass fresh data sharing and data lake platforms, devised to facilitate enhanced access to data at reduced costs. Essentially, these tools aim to surmount the typical hindrances that often restrict organizations in leveraging their data effectively.

In January 2023, Dell Technologies Inc., a US-based technology company, completed the acquisition of Cloudify for a total of $100 million. This strategic acquisition bolsters Dell's presence in the cloud services domain, notably strengthening its offerings within the DevOps sphere. Cloudify, an Israel-based cloud services startup, adds substantial value to Dell's portfolio, enabling the company to fortify its position and expand its range of cloud-related solutions.

Major companies operating in the cloud services market report are Amazon, Microsoft Corporation, IBM Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Dell Technologies Inc., Salesforce, SAP, Alphabet Inc., Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corp, Kingsoft Corporation, UCloud Information Technology, Tencent Cloud, KingCloud, Fujitsu Ltd., Hitachi Ltd., KDDI Corporation, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Tata Consultancy Services, Cisco Systems, Zenith Infotech Limited, DigitalOcean, Inc., Wipro Ltd., NetApp India Pvt Ltd., SAVVIS Australia Pty Ltd., OVH, CloudSigma AG, Capgemini SE, Castleton Technology PLC, Caretower Ltd., Niu Solutions, HPE United Kingdom, SiteGround, CROC Incorporated, Servionica, Comarch, Onlanta Ltd., Red Hat, Inc., Google LLC, Adobe Inc., Claro, Locaweb, AllCloud Platforms Ltd., Commtouch, Visual Tao, Libox, LiveRoute.

North America was the largest region in the cloud services market in 2023. Western Europe was the second largest region cloud services market. The regions covered in the cloud services market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.

The countries covered in the cloud services market report are Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, France, Germany, UK, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Iran, Turkey, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa. The cloud services market includes revenues earned by entities by providing cloud services that can be used for the delivery of information technology resources and applications on-demand through an internet platform. Companies in the cloud services market provide access to servers, storage, databases and a broad set of application services managed by hardware networking. This market includes sales of storage servers which are used to store, access, secure and manage digital data, files and services. It also includes sales of public cloud services, private cloud services, hybrid cloud services and multi-cloud services offered by providers are included. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.


The primary types of cloud services include Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Business Process as a Service (BPaaS). SaaS provides complete applications over the internet, managed by the service provider in terms of security, availability, and performance. Deployment methods include public, private, and hybrid clouds, catering to various organization sizes. Cloud services find applications in storage, backup, disaster recovery, application development, testing, database management, business analytics, integration, orchestration, customer relationship management, and more. Industries such as BFSI, media, IT, energy, government, retail, manufacturing, and others utilize cloud services.

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The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.