AI contract management software industry report: the key numbers for October 2026
Four numbers for October 2026. Visits mean visits from Google search to the 5 tracked sites. Tap one for the detail below.
1Every figure in one table
| Measure | Value | Period and basis |
|---|---|---|
| Search visits a month, all tracked sites, worldwide | 2,930,859 | October 2026; +32.3% year on year, -4.1% month on month |
| Search visits a month, United States | 979,540 | October 2026; +52.4% year on year |
| US share of worldwide search visits | 33.4% | October 2026 |
| Brand-name searches a month, US, all counted brands | 1,045,920 | September 2026; -18.0% against October 2025 |
| Brand-name searches a month, worldwide | 2,420,520 | September 2026; -17.2% against October 2025 |
| Searches a month for “ai contract management”, US | – | not published this month; see the note under the table |
| Searches a month for “ai contract management”, worldwide | – | not published this month; see the note under the table |
| Referring domains, all tracked sites | 38,157 | October 2026; first reading, no year-on-year figure yet |
| Tracked sites on Google's first page for “ai contract management”, US | 0 | October 2026; positions 1 to 10 |
| Tracked sites ranking anywhere for “ai contract management”, US | 0 | October 2026; any position checked |
Measure
- Search visits a month, all tracked sites, worldwide
- Value
- 2,930,859
- Period and basis
- October 2026; +32.3% year on year, -4.1% month on month
- Search visits a month, United States
- Value
- 979,540
- Period and basis
- October 2026; +52.4% year on year
- US share of worldwide search visits
- Value
- 33.4%
- Period and basis
- October 2026
- Brand-name searches a month, US, all counted brands
- Value
- 1,045,920
- Period and basis
- September 2026; -18.0% against October 2025
- Brand-name searches a month, worldwide
- Value
- 2,420,520
- Period and basis
- September 2026; -17.2% against October 2025
- Searches a month for “ai contract management”, US
- Value
- –
- Period and basis
- not published this month; see the note under the table
- Searches a month for “ai contract management”, worldwide
- Value
- –
- Period and basis
- not published this month; see the note under the table
- Referring domains, all tracked sites
- Value
- 38,157
- Period and basis
- October 2026; first reading, no year-on-year figure yet
- Tracked sites on Google's first page for “ai contract management”, US
- Value
- 0
- Period and basis
- October 2026; positions 1 to 10
- Tracked sites ranking anywhere for “ai contract management”, US
- Value
- 0
- Period and basis
- October 2026; any position checked
Google Ads put US searches for "ai contract management" more than five times higher in July 2026 than in the months before, while Google Trends interest in the US in July 2026 was 32 out of 100, against 68 in June 2026, so the term's search volume is held back on these pages until a later pull confirms it.
Brand-name searches leave out Concord: the name is shared with an ordinary word or another product.
2How many people visited
In plain words: These sites got more visits from Google than a year ago (+32%), and October 2026 was a weaker month than September 2026 (-4%). Docusign, which takes 96% of all the visits, rose in line with the market (+32% on a year ago). Docusign lost more visits in October 2026 (148,463) than the whole market did (124,869); without it, visits to the other sites rose 25.1% on September 2026.
WorldVisits a month to AI contract management software sites, worldwide
Source: DataForSEO, Google search visits, all tracked sites.
Miles explains
Judge this line on the year, not the last dot: visits are 32% above a year ago, and 20% below the December 2024 high. One site winning or losing a ranking can swing a single month a lot.
3How many people went looking
People typed a site’s name into Google 18% less often than in October 2025 (-18%). That is the loyalty number: nobody types a name by accident.
USSearches a month for the site names, United States
US searches a month for the counted brand names, summed. Google Ads data via DataForSEO, to September 2026.
Miles explains
Name searches are the number I trust most. They are down 18%, and nobody types a site’s name by accident, so this shows fewer people coming back on purpose.
4Where the visitors live
About 33 of every 100 visits come from the United States. Outside the US I measure 7 countries one by one; the largest is Brazil.
USShare of visits that come from the US (%)
US share of worldwide search visits, month by month.
| Country | Search visits a month | Share of the measured countries |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 140,063 | 19.3% |
| United Kingdom | 133,277 | 18.4% |
| Canada | 128,858 | 17.8% |
| India | 126,667 | 17.5% |
| France | 88,784 | 12.3% |
| Australia | 60,516 | 8.4% |
| Germany | 46,419 | 6.4% |
Country
- Brazil
- Search visits a month
- 140,063
- Share of the measured countries
- 19.3%
- United Kingdom
- Search visits a month
- 133,277
- Share of the measured countries
- 18.4%
- Canada
- Search visits a month
- 128,858
- Share of the measured countries
- 17.8%
- India
- Search visits a month
- 126,667
- Share of the measured countries
- 17.5%
- France
- Search visits a month
- 88,784
- Share of the measured countries
- 12.3%
- Australia
- Search visits a month
- 60,516
- Share of the measured countries
- 8.4%
- Germany
- Search visits a month
- 46,419
- Share of the measured countries
- 6.4%
Source: DataForSEO, October 2026.
Miles explains
The US is the biggest single market, but only about 33 in every 100 visits. Brazil alone is 19.3% of the countries measured outside it.
5The most-visited sites
Docusign gets the most visits, Docusign is the name people search for most, and no tracked site ranks on Google for “ai contract management”.
| By worldwide search visits | Visits a month |
|---|---|
| 2,813,404 | |
| 85,550 | |
| 25,585 | |
| 4,950 | |
| 1,370 |
By worldwide search visits
- Visits a month
- 2,813,404
- Visits a month
- 85,550
- Visits a month
- 25,585
- Visits a month
- 4,950
- Visits a month
- 1,370
| By US brand-name searches | Searches a month |
|---|---|
| 1,000,000 | |
| 40,500 | |
| 5,400 | |
| 20 |
By US brand-name searches
- Searches a month
- 1,000,000
- Searches a month
- 40,500
- Searches a month
- 5,400
- Searches a month
- 20
6Who grew and who shrank
The fastest grower in a year was Icertis (+113%); the steepest fall was at Concord (-56%). Big swings are usually one site winning or losing one Google ranking.
| Growing | A year ago | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40,231 | 85,550 | +113% | |
| 2,128,795 | 2,813,404 | +32% |
| Declining | A year ago | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11,308 | 4,950 | -56% | |
| 34,363 | 25,585 | -26% |
Declining
- A year ago
- 11,308
- Now
- 4,950
- Change
- -56%
- A year ago
- 34,363
- Now
- 25,585
- Change
- -26%
Worldwide search visits, October 2026 against a year earlier; sites with at least 5,000 visits a year ago.
