- January 2026
The market for governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions is gaining strategic importance as organizations face growing regulatory demands and an increasingly complex risk landscape. BearingPoint’s IT-GRC-Study 2025 provides a comprehensive overview of the European GRC market, highlighting the rapid diversification of GRC tool providers and their functional focus areas.
The study offers decision-makers practical guidance on navigating a heterogeneous market and selecting solutions that align with their organization’s regulatory requirements, operating model, and IT architecture.
Our study shows that there is no one-size-fits-all solution in the GRC market. The choice of provider should be based on an organization’s specific needs and system landscape. There is a pricing model best suited to your organization’s size, complexity, and requirements.
Roland Ehlies, Partner at BearingPoint
Key findings at a glance
- More than 50% of providers follow a generalist approach, offering more than 80% of the analyzed modules.
- The most frequently offered modules include information security, business continuity management (BCM), and risk management.
- The pricing models vary greatly, so cost-benefit statements require individual consideration.
Overall, GRC solutions are characterized by high flexibility, as providers seek to address customer-specific requirements.
Target organizations span from small businesses with fewer than 50 employees to large enterprises with over 25,000 employees. As a result, pricing models are often complex, with 65% of providers including two or more pricing components in their offerings.
Explore the study and share your perspective on the future of GRC
The BearingPoint IT-GRC-Study 2025 is now available for download and provides an overview of the functional scope of governance, risk, and compliance solutions.
