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IDC expects enterprise blockchain spending to growth 50% in 2020 despite lower forecasts

September 14, 2020
by Ledger Insights
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Less than three months after cutting its 2020 enterprise blockchain spending forecasts following COVID-19, IDC has lowered the figure to $4.1 billion from $4.3 billion. It still represents more than 50% growth compared to 2019.

IDC says that COVID-19 “has accelerated interest and investment in digital transformation, which includes blockchain and distributed ledger technology,” said James Wester, research director IDC. That’s because supply chain weaknesses were exposed and blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) helps to improve visibility and efficiency in those chains.

The market intelligence firm says more than a quarter of that spending will be in the banking sector in cross border payments, trade finance and post trade, and transaction agreements.

The next biggest spender is the manufacturing sector, which will account for about a quarter of spending by leveraging blockchain for lot provenance and asset or goods management.

It’s not quite winner takes all, but three use cases will account for as much as a third of all spending. They are cross border payments, lot lineage, and trade finance / post trade settlement.

The fastest growth in spending will be in professional services, with the health sector also featuring strongly.

In terms of where the money goes, IT services and business services will make up approximately 70% of the blockchain spending.

Other recent IDC blockchain forecasts and surveys include:

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