Driven by rising transaction volumes, modernization of legacy systems, and deeper integration with hybrid cloud environments. Mainframes continue to serve as the backbone for core banking, healthcare records, government databases, and large-scale enterprise applications, where uninterrupted uptime, low latency, and advanced encryption are non-negotiable.
Chicago, Feb. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The global mainframe market was valued at 4,059.99 million in 2024 and is expected to reach US$ 7,241.13 million by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 6.64% from 2025 to 2033.
Mainframes are powerful, large scale computing devices acclaimed with their reliability, speed, and security in dealing with large transaction volumes. They are becoming popular as a result of globalization, digitalization, and increased need for continuous data processing. Some of the noteworthy changes and improvements made after 2022 in the mainframe market are AI resource optimization and better cybersecurity shields. In 2023, 600 major banks were using the mainframe for core banking applications. Today, the new generation of encryption systems can process more than 1.2 million instructions every second. Also in 2023, the average mainframe has a single system with a capacity of 60 Terabytes, more than 3 million line of COBOL code are modernized, and hardware reliability put system lifespan as high as 15 years.
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Mainframes Deliver Unmatched Reliability as Enterprises Modernize Core Systems
The latest innovations in containerization, integrated with DevOps tools and hybrid cloud extensions, have expanded the flexibility of the mainframe market, creating greater demand. In 2024, the yearly average mainframe downtime can be as low as 2.1 minutes, which on its own points to the strength of the technology. In addition, mainframe-based identity systems use between 750 million and 900 million identities per day, which shows that the dependence on secure distributed systems is on the rise.
Such trends, together with further modernization, eliminate functional constraints and make ROI more favorable for enterprise-class companies. Other factors, such as inflation and a transformed workforce, support the qualities of strong and high-performance systems. Business agility has led many organizations to realize the beauty of cost performance in terms of mainframes in the context of rapid changes in the industry. This combination of dependability and innovation ensures the strategic significance of mainframes in delivering foundational global infrastructures.
Enterprise-Grade Performance Drives Mainframe Adoption in Banking and Healthcare
Businesses globally, now a day, experience an avalanche of communication reaching across multiple geographies, payment channels, and networking systems. This number continues to increase exponentially in the mainframe market, and in this environment, Mainframes excel in both performance and reliability. One of their most defining abilities lies in handling billions of credit card transactions on a daily basis, ensuring businesses can process payments without interruption or latency.
The additional performance that a supercomputer gives a financial institution also allows them to do billions of data computations in real time for analytical or fraud detection purposes of multiple retail and finance businesses. Enterprises, especially in banking and healthcare, depend on mainframes to manage massive record-keeping tasks, including census data processing and complete, secure database client profile management.
In the present economic reality, there is no denying that globalization has taken over the world, and with that, global e-commerce has reached new heights with that the need for processing transactions in bulk is at an all-time high, and that has only accelerated the digital revolution. Mainframes excel in such unpredictable environments by sustaining a steady throughput performance even in the event of an increase in volume of operations, which partly explains the fact that they operate continuously in the government and airline sectors.
Low Latency and Hybrid Cloud Interoperability Redefine Modern Mainframe Systems
By product type, the system segment controlled more than 49% revenue of the mainframe market. In the first half of 2023, 900 new Z Systems were delivered to hospitals and banks, and IBM declared a steady need for secure and very fast computers. In the same vein, Fujitsu disclosed the installation of 850 GS Series units by data-centered companies within the same period, showing remarkable confidence in mainframe growth.
Unisys, on the other hand, reached up to 300 ClearPath Dorado proposals and deployments, displaying the system’s performance in critical business operations. These numbers indicate a market showing acceleration towards the adoption of next-generation mainframe systems characterized by low latency, increased virtualization, and enhanced interoperability with hybrid clouds, which are essential to the sustainability of the mainframe market.
Diverse global corporations that necessitate consistent uptime have high regards for Z systems as they are perceived to be highly reliable. A transportation company stated that using advanced Z system hardware, they achieved only 2 minutes of unplanned downtime in a span of six months, indicating the resiliency of the platform. E-commerce stores further illustrate the consistency of service during high traffic seasons, with more than 2 billion state-wide transactions with GS Series mainframes on more than a hundred stores since this January. Other than dedicated hardware accelerators, even a high level of encryption provides the perfect tools in highly sensitive information, further showcasing the need across different sectors.
Financial, Healthcare, and Retail Sectors Fuel Mainframe Revenue Growth in North America
North America is the largest region in the global mainframe market because of its innovative culture, its access to great funding, and the presence of several technology behemoths. North America continues to dominate the global mainframe market, with revenues amounting to US$ 1,665.23 million in 2023. This is largely the case because of the core areas like finance, healthcare, and retail, which are reliant on the effective computing of mainframe machines in the US. North American companies handle around 3.7 million of million instructions per second, indicating a great need for data transactions within the region. These statistics point to the reason being a hub for the increase of mainframe technologies.
The leadership of North America in the mainframe market can be attributed to the United States, along with the continuous investment in mainframe upgrades as well as R&D services, which are robust. Research estimates suggest that the U.S. spends nearly US$ 1.2 billion every year to improve the features of the mainframe systems to ensure that these systems remain relevant to large corporations. Leading companies such as IBM, BMC, and Broadcom have either a US base or presence and have served more than 150,000 skilled labor employees. Furthermore, the deployment of next-gen hardware, software, and cloud integration services has maintained America’s position as the epicenter of great mainframe deployments, attracting more talent and capital.
Mainframe Market Major Players:
- IBM
- FUJITSU Ltd.
- Broadcom
- Cognizant
- Unisys Corporation
- DXC Technology Company
- Eviden SAS
- NTT Data
- Infosys Limited
- BMC Software
- Wipro
- NEC Corporation
- Other Prominent Players
Key Market Segmentation:
By Product Type
- Systems
- Z systems
- GS Series
- Clear Path Dorado Systems
- Others
- Software
- Cloud
- On-premises
- Services
By Application
- Transaction
- ERP
- Census
- Consumer Statics
- Application Development
- Operations Management
- Testing and Quality
- Compliance & Data Protection
- Accounting
- Payroll Computations
By End User
- BFSI
- IT and Telecom
- Healthcare
- Government and Public Sector
- Retail
- Travel and Transportation
- Manufacturing
- E-businesses
- Others
By Region
- North America
- Europe
- Asia Pacific
- Middle East and Africa
- South America
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