ANN ARBOR, MI, USA, Aug 13, 2025 – CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata PLM Industry Review and Trends Report, the second of five modules of the CIMdata 2025 Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series offers detailed information and in-depth analysis of the global PLM market for 2024. It contains analyses of major trends and issues, revenues of leading PLM providers, and revenue analyses for geographical regions, industry sectors, as well as historical and projected data on market growth.
This report includes insights from CIMdata’s consulting practice, which spans over 50 countries across six continents, providing perspectives on industry needs and solution provider effectiveness. Successful PLM solution providers have well-defined evaluation support processes, comprehensive training programs, and a high level of professionalism, which leads to improved performance and enhanced client satisfaction. However, challenges such as poor listening skills, incorrect assumptions, and inadequate customization of demonstrations persist. Regional insights reveal varying opportunities, with significant impacts in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Americas. Key drivers for PLM initiatives include mergers and acquisitions, product complexity, compliance, and the need for digital transformation.
The report contains an update on emerging trends that are reshaping the PLM landscape in many ways. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) is a key theme, with the potential to change licensing models from a “seat-based” approach to one based on usage and consumption. Sustainability has become a strategic imperative, with PLM positioned as a crucial enabler for tracking carbon, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting the principles of a circular economy. Furthermore, model-based systems engineering (MBSE) is gaining prominence across all industries, particularly in the aerospace and defense industry, driven by increasing product complexity and initiatives such as the US Department of Defense’s Digital Engineering strategy. While industry is in the early stages of MBSE adoption, the justification for these investments is shifting from immediate returns to a focus on long-term strategic value.
The CIMdata PLM Market Analysis Report Series is packaged as five modules:
- The CIMdata 2025 Executive PLM Market Report provides an overview of CIMdata’s complete global analysis. It includes key charts on PLM market investment statistics through 2024, forecasts of investments for 2025 through 2029, and a summary of PLM solution providers’ performance in 2024.
- The CIMdata 2025 PLM Industry Review and Trends Report is mainly qualitative in nature and focuses on key issues facing the global PLM Ecosystem of solution providers and end-user organizations. It highlights changes that occurred in 2024, what effects those changes may have in the short and medium terms, and what is on the horizon in the years to come.
- The CIMdata 2025 PLM Market and Solution Provider Analysis Report details measures of and forecasts for the overall PLM market and its key segments in 2024, including Tools, cPDm, and Digital Manufacturing. The Tools section has additional details on sub-segments, including MCAD, NC, S&A, EDA, and AEC. It also includes CIMdata’s estimates of PLM solution provider revenues in these segments and sub-segments for 2025 through 2029.
- The CIMdata 2025 PLM Market Geographic Analysis Report provides an additional view of the 2024 market results by major geography. CIMdata’s 2024 estimates and market forecasts for PLM and the major PLM market segments are provided for the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific. Additionally, the report provides estimates and forecasts for the cPDm segment in specific European and Asia-Pacific countries and regions.
- The CIMdata 2025 PLM Market Industry Analysis Report provides an industry segmentation view of the 2024 market results. CIMdata’s 2024 estimates and market forecasts for PLM and cPDm are provided for ten industry sectors: aerospace and defense, automotive and other transportation, electronics/telecommunications, fabrication and assembly, process-packaged goods, process—petrochemical, utilities, construction, infrastructure, and shipbuilding.
The CIMdata PLM Market Analysis Report Series is available as a five-module set or can be purchased separately by module. Selected modules are also available as part of the CIMdata Community Memberships. Further details and pricing information about the report and Community Memberships are available at www.CIMdata.com.
About CIMdata
CIMdata, a global strategic management consulting firm, provides services designed to maximize an enterprise’s ability to design, deliver, and support innovative products and services. For more than forty years, CIMdata has provided industrial organizations, providers of digital technologies and services, and investment firms with world-class insight, expertise, and best-practice methods on a broad set of product lifecycle management (PLM) topics and the digital transformation they enable. CIMdata also offers research, subscription services, publications, and education through certificate programs and international conferences. To learn more, visit www.CIMdata.com or email info@CIMdata.com.
