RegTech Market Report 2026

The regtech market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $18.84 billion in 2025 to $21.8 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.7%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to increasing regulatory complexity in financial markets, growth in digital financial services, rising compliance costs for institutions, adoption of cloud-based compliance tools, expansion of data-driven regulatory oversight.

The regtech market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $38.44 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.2%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing investments in ai-powered compliance solutions, rising demand for real-time regulatory intelligence, expansion of regtech adoption among smes, growing focus on proactive risk management, increasing regulatory scrutiny across industries. Major trends in the forecast period include increasing adoption of automated compliance monitoring tools, rising use of ai-driven risk analytics, growing demand for cloud-based regtech platforms, expansion of real-time regulatory reporting solutions, enhanced focus on cost-efficient compliance operations.

The rising incidence of fraudulent activities such as money laundering in the financial sector is expected to drive the growth of the RegTech market in the forecast period. Fraudulent activities like money laundering have increased, prompting financial organizations to adopt more robust RegTech frameworks that enable risk and compliance teams to manage the growing volume of regulatory requirements and increasingly sophisticated breaches effectively. For instance, in March 2025, according to the Federal Trade Commission, a US-based federal consumer protection agency, consumers reported losses exceeding $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, marking a 25% increase compared with the previous year. Therefore, the rising number of fraudulent activities is boosting demand for the RegTech market.

Major companies operating in the RegTech market are focusing on utilizing technological innovations such as generative artificial intelligence to improve regulatory compliance efficiency and decision-making. Generative artificial intelligence refers to AI systems that leverage large language models to analyze extensive regulatory datasets, generate contextual insights, and automate complex compliance research tasks, enabling functionalities such as regulatory interpretation, intelligent summarization, and natural language query responses. For instance, in July 2023, Regology, Inc., a US-based regulatory technology company, launched RegIntel, a generative AI-powered regulatory intelligence solution designed to help compliance teams navigate complex global regulations, featuring natural language search, contextual regulatory summaries, and AI-assisted interpretation of regulatory obligations. RegIntel enhances compliance productivity, reduces manual research effort, and enables faster, more informed regulatory decision-making.

In December 2024, Visa Inc., a US-based global payments technology company, acquired Featurespace for an undisclosed amount. With this acquisition, Visa aimed to strengthen and expand its risk and identity capabilities by integrating advanced AI-driven fraud and financial crime prevention technologies that support regulatory compliance into its global payments and financial services ecosystem. Featurespace Ltd. is a UK-based technology company in the RegTech sector, specializing in machine learning and behavioral analytics solutions for real-time fraud detection, anti-money laundering monitoring, and financial crime risk management for banks, payment providers, and financial institutions.

Major companies operating in the regtech market are IBM Corporation, NICE Ltd, Thomson Reuters Corporation, Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc, Wolters Kluwer N.V., London Stock Exchange Group plc, MetricStream Inc, GB Group plc, ACTICO GmbH, Ascent Technologies Inc, ACI Worldwide, BAE Systems, Oracle Corporation, Fenergo, Hawk:AI, Jumio Corporation, MindBridge Analytics Inc, Ayasdi AI LLC, Hummingbird RegTech Inc, IDfy, Merkle Science, Tessian, DataGuard, Privitar, ComplyAdvantage, AQMetrics, Forcepoint, Microsoft, Google, Amazon.

North America was the largest region in the regtech market in 2025. The regions covered in the regtech market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the regtech market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

The RegTech market includes revenues earned by entities through client identification, monitoring, reporting, data protection, data warehousing and analytics, legal and regulatory analysis, training and general compliance. 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 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.

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