Overview
Gartner, Inc. is a global research, advisory and consulting company serving business and technology leaders. Its core business is providing subscription-based, independent insights—including research, data and benchmarks, and access to analysts and other experts—alongside technology consulting and executive conferences.[1][2][3]
Gartner reports three segments: Business and Technology Insights, Conferences, and Consulting. The company describes its work as providing actionable, objective insight to help executives and teams make decisions and improve performance on important priorities.[4][5]
Gartner serves clients globally, with more than 13,000 distinct client enterprises worldwide. Its corporate responsibility information reports more than 20,000 associates across 40 countries and territories.[6][7]
For the year ended December 31, 2025, Gartner reported consolidated revenue of $6.497 billion.[8] [1][2][3][4][6][8][5][7]
Products & services
Gartner’s Insights subscriptions provide on-demand access to published research, data and benchmarks, as well as direct access to Gartner experts. Its research includes comparative methodologies such as Magic Quadrants, which position vendors by execution and alignment with Gartner’s market view; Critical Capabilities, which compare offerings against use cases; and Hype Cycles, which map technology maturity and adoption.[1][9][10][11]
Named offerings include BuySmart for technology purchasing and vendor evaluation; IT Score for assessing IT-function maturity and prioritizing improvements; Analyst Consultation for one-to-one analyst support; Executive Programs for executive guidance and peer connections; and AskGartner, an AI-powered tool for accessing Gartner insights.[12][13][14][15][16][17] Gartner’s conference offerings include expert sessions, peer exchange, analyst/advisor meetings and workshops. Gartner Consulting combines its insights with custom analysis and support to help senior executives address technology investment and business-impact questions.[2][3]
For the six months ended June 30, 2026, segment revenue was approximately 81.1% Insights, 10.1% Conferences, 8.2% Consulting and 0.6% Other, calculated from reported segment revenue and consolidated revenue.[18] [1][16][2][3][18][18][18][18][18][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][17]
Geographic presence
Gartner reports geographic revenue according to where a sale is fulfilled. In FY2025, revenue was $4.03 billion from the U.S. and Canada, $1.69 billion from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and $770.9 million from Other International markets—approximately 62.1%, 26.1%, and 11.9% of total revenue, respectively.[19][20] The company serves clients in approximately 90 countries and territories across six continents.[21]
As of December 31, 2025, Gartner leased about 15 domestic and 70 international office properties. Its corporate office is in Stamford, Connecticut; other important office locations include Fort Myers, Florida; London; Gurgaon, India; Irving, Texas; and Barcelona, Spain.[22] Gartner’s corporate-responsibility information reports more than 20,000 associates globally across 40 countries and territories, but does not provide a regional employee breakdown.[7] [19][20][20][20][20][21][22][7][7]
Business segments
Gartner reports three reportable segments: Business and Technology Insights (Insights), Conferences, and Consulting. Research was renamed Insights in Q2 2025.[23][24]
Insights provides executives and teams with actionable business and technology insights, guidance, and tools; it generated approximately 81% of revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2026.[25][18] Conferences offers opportunities to learn, share, and network through events and peer-driven communities; it contributed approximately 10% of revenue.[26][18] Consulting provides custom analysis and on-the-ground support for senior executives’ technology-driven strategic initiatives; it contributed approximately 8%.[27][18]
The percentages are approximate shares of consolidated revenue; the remaining roughly 0.6% was reported as Other, not as one of the three reportable segments.[18][28] [23][24][25][18][18][26][18][27][18][28][18]
Company history
Gartner was founded in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1979 by Gideon Gartner.[29] In 1993, the company became publicly traded, and in 1995 it acquired Dataquest, expanding its technology-market research business.[30][31] In 1999, IMS Health completed a spin-off of most of its investment in Gartner to IMS shareholders.[32]
In 2001, Gartner Group changed its name to Gartner, Inc.[33] Eugene A. Hall became CEO in 2004; the company acquired META Group in 2005 and Burton Group in 2009, broadening its research operations.[34][35][36] In 2017, Gartner completed its acquisition of CEB, extending its services to leaders and functions beyond IT.[37] [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]
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