Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) Market Report 2025

This report covers market characteristics, size and growth, segmentation, regional and country breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends and strategies for this market. It traces the market’s historic and forecast market growth by geography.

The open database connectivity (ODBC) market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $1.71 billion in 2024 to $2 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.1%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to increased data proliferation, increased cross-platform compatibility, increased data integration initiatives, IoT proliferation, increased open-source community support.

The open database connectivity (ODBC) market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $3.76 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to rise of big data, compatibility with multiple databases, regulatory compliance, real-time data processing, data security concerns. Major trends in the forecast period include advancements in data virtualization, performance optimization, integration with big data technologies, scalability improvements, machine learning integration.

The increasing adoption of cloud technologies is expected to drive the growth of the open database connectivity (ODBC) market in the coming years. Cloud adoption refers to organizations strategically shifting to cloud services to reduce costs, mitigate risks, and enhance the scalability of their database capabilities. As the demand for cloud services rises, businesses of all sizes are opting for cloud computing due to its cost-effectiveness and operational benefits compared to traditional on-premises infrastructure. ODBC plays a crucial role in cloud environments by enabling seamless database connectivity, allowing applications to interact with various cloud-based database management systems (DBMS) through a standardized interface. For example, in May 2023, the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS), a non-ministerial government department, reported an increase in its budget allocation for cloud-managed services, rising from 11% in 2022 to 25% in 2023. This reflects a significant shift towards cloud infrastructure utilization. As a result, the rise in cloud adoption is driving the growth of the open database connectivity (ODBC) market.

Major companies operating in the open database connectivity market are developing customer-centric innovations, such as the ODBC driver, to enhance seamless and efficient data interaction across diverse database environments. It enables communication and data exchange between an application and a database by translating the application's ODBC calls into commands that the particular DBMS can understand. For instance, in June 2023, Amazon Athena, a US-based serverless, interactive analytics service provider, introduced an enhanced ODBC driver designed to elevate the connectivity, querying, and visualization experience for SQL development and business intelligence applications. This updated version maintains support for existing features, offers a straightforward upgrade process, and introduces new functionalities. Notably, it now enables user authentication through the AWS IAM Identity Center and provides the flexibility to read query results directly from Amazon S3, potentially expediting the availability of query results.

In February 2023, Progress Software Corporation, a US-based software company, acquired MarkLogic for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition of MarkLogic complements Progress Software’s strategy by integrating top-tier products into their robust portfolio, expanding their customer base with valuable relationships, and driving substantial revenue growth. MarkLogic is a US-based software company that specializes in developing and offering an enterprise-grade NoSQL database solution along with an ODBC driver.

Major companies operating in the open database connectivity (ODBC) market are Microsoft Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation, Oracle Corporation, SAP SE, Amazon Web Services Inc., SAS Institute Inc., Hitachi Vantara, Teradata Corporation, Databricks Inc., Snowflake Inc., Cloudera Inc., MongoDB Inc., Progress Software Corporation, insightsoftware, Redgate Software, MariaDB, Devart Lab Inc., CData Software Inc, FairCom Corporation, Delphin Technology AG, Actual Technologies LLC, eGenix.com Software GmbH, Easysoft Limited, OpenLink Software, NexusQA Pty Ltd.

North America was the largest region in the open database connectivity (ODBC) market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the open database connectivity (ODBC) market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the open database connectivity (ODBC) market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

The open database connectivity (ODBC) market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing services such as database access, data translation, driver management, and connection pooling. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The open database connectivity (ODBC) market also includes sales of database management systems (DBMS), development environments and frameworks, middleware and integration tools, web servers, and application servers. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

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).

Open database connectivity (ODBC) serves as a standardized programming interface designed to facilitate connections and interactions with databases. It enables applications to engage with diverse Database Management Systems (DBMS) through a unified set of commands. ODBC manages database connections, enabling applications to establish, maintain, and close connections to databases.

The main driver types in open database connectivity (ODBC) are single-tier ODBC drivers and multi-tier ODBC drivers. A single-tier ODBC driver provides a direct interface between an application and a database, handling database communication within the same machine where the application is running. The operating systems are categorized into Windows, macOS, Linux, and others deployed in the cloud and on-premise types for applications such as marketing and collaboration, big data and NoSQL, file and application programming interfaces (API), accounting, e-commerce, and others. The end users are categorized into types such as manufacturing, banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI), government, information technology (IT) and telecommunications, electronics, healthcare, automotive, and others.

The main driver types in open database connectivity (ODBC) are single-tier ODBC drivers and multi-tier ODBC drivers. A single-tier ODBC driver provides a direct interface between an application and a database, handling database communication within the same machine where the application is running. The operating systems are categorized into Windows, macOS, Linux, and others deployed in the cloud and on-premise types for applications such as marketing and collaboration, big data and NoSQL, file and application programming interfaces (API), accounting, e-commerce, and others. The end users are categorized into types such as manufacturing, banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI), government, information technology (IT) and telecommunications, electronics, healthcare, automotive, and others.

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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