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    Accounting Software Market Share (2026)

    Cledara records 298 accounting software products. Xero, QuickBooks and Dext lead the trailing 12-month payment-activity ranking; Finance and FP&A & Planning have the largest observed spend shares among this category's subcategories. These purchasing signals describe the Cledara customer population, not all businesses or distinct-customer adoption.

    298 products • 9 subcategories

    Payment activity counts observed purchase and renewal transactions over the trailing 12 months. Activity and spend shares use all software tracked by Cledara as their denominator. These signals describe the Cledara customer population; they do not measure distinct customers, seats or product usage.

    Source summary and limitations

    The recorded catalogue contains 298 Finance & Accounting products. Among the displayed products with a 2026-10 activity-rank observation, the ranking starts with Xero, QuickBooks, Dext. Payment activity counts trailing 12-month purchase and renewal transactions in Cledara. Shares use all tracked software as their denominator; activity ranks do not measure distinct customers, seats or product usage. The displayed ranked sample may be smaller than the catalogue; changing coverage and classifications can affect comparisons.

    Accounting software ranked by payment activity

    Xero leads the current accounting software ranking, followed by QuickBooks and Dext, among 298 products measured from real company purchases tracked by Cledara rather than surveys or reviews.

    Observation: October 2026. Shares use all software tracked by Cledara as the denominator.

    Xero
    #9
    Xero
    Payment-activity share: 1.5%0
    QuickBooks
    #59
    QuickBooks
    Payment-activity share: 0.2%-4
    Dext
    #122
    Dext
    AI-Embedded
    Payment-activity share: 0.1%-2
    Expensify
    #130
    Expensify
    Payment-activity share: 0.1%+1
    Holded
    #158
    Holded
    Payment-activity share: 0.1%-3
    ApprovalMax
    #162
    ApprovalMax
    Payment-activity share: 0.1%-8

    Which accounting subcategories companies spend on most

    Finance is the largest accounting software subcategory by spend share at 1.4%, followed by FP&A & Planning at 1%, across 298 products tracked from real company purchases in Cledara's dataset.

    0.0%0.6%1.2%1.8%2.4%FinanceFinanceBilling & SubscriptionsBilling & Su…FP&A & PlanningFP&A & Plann…Accounts PayableAccounts Pay…

    Accounting software spend trends

    As of 26 October 2026, UK companies have estimated annualized median spend of £4k for accounting software, up 5% versus a year ago. The annualized figure is the latest complete month's median multiplied by 12, not a measured trailing-year total.

    P25
    £2k
    per year
    Median
    £4k
    per year
    P75
    £8k
    per year
    View category spend observations in every currency
    Annualized monthly category bands ×12, with native currency and observation period
    CurrencyObservation monthP25MedianP75
    GBP2026-09216043208088
    EUR2026-091821.4832885930.76
    USD2026-092993.52572411520
    GBP published monthly category median
    MonthMedian monthly spend (GBP)
    2024-10394.8
    2024-11383.3
    2024-12368.04
    2025-01386.01
    2025-02356.4
    2025-03360
    2025-04364.54
    2025-05360
    2025-06360
    2025-07360
    2025-08356.4
    2025-09344.1
    2025-10360
    2025-11377
    2025-12344.66
    2026-01355.97
    2026-02336.95
    2026-03360
    2026-04353.5
    2026-05355
    2026-06357.91
    2026-07360
    2026-08320.1
    2026-09360

    From the Cledara SaaS Spend Index — real payments, reported per currency with no conversion.

    Annual activity-rank risers and declining accounting tools signals

    Intuit and Skio have the largest measured annual activity-rank gains among the displayed products with both observations. The catalogue records 298 products; they currently rank #792 and #1,758 by global payment activity in Cledara's latest category data. The gains compare the current month with the same calendar month one year earlier.

    Mover cards show payment-activity ranks and shares. Their rank-change indicator compares the previous calendar month; it stays unavailable when that observation is missing.

    Intuit
    #792
    Intuit
    Payment-activity share: 0.0%+64
    Breakout
    Skio
    #1758
    Skio
    Payment-activity share: 0.0%+378
    Breakout
    Hiper by Worldline
    #1614
    Hiper by Worldline
    Payment-activity share: 0.0%+320
    Breakout
    Paytrail
    Unavailable
    Paytrail
    Payment-activity share: Unavailable—
    Polar
    Unavailable
    Polar
    Payment-activity share: Unavailable—
    Finmap
    Unavailable
    Finmap
    Payment-activity share: Unavailable—

    All 298 accounting tools ranked

    Accounting software accounts for 3.9% of trailing 12-month software payment transactions and 4.2% of recorded software spend in the Cledara population. Both shares use the all-software denominator. The catalogue contains 298 products; it does not measure an average company's stack.

    #
    1#9
    -1
    2#59
    -11
    3
    DextDext
    AI-Embedded
    #122
    -7
    4#130
    -29
    5#158
    -5
    6#162
    -11
    7#170
    -54
    8#178
    +246
    9#183
    -26
    10#184
    -7
    11#233
    -52
    12#280
    -37
    13#284
    -28
    14#286
    -22
    15#295
    -30
    16#309
    -4
    17#368
    +14
    18#390
    -88
    19#405
    +250
    20#431
    -89
    21#464
    -137
    22#496
    +56
    23#545
    +35
    24#630
    —
    25#644
    -217
    26#682
    +243
    27#687
    -56
    28#717
    +940
    29#783
    +394
    30#792
    +1247
    31#794
    —
    32
    MonitrMonitr
    AI-Embedded
    #822
    +630
    33#855
    -209
    34#889
    +521
    35#1005
    +77
    36#1007
    -3
    37#1031
    -1
    38
    LivePlanLivePlan
    AI-Embedded
    #1090
    +359
    39#1164
    -514
    40#1176
    +147
    41#1197
    +356
    42#1223
    —
    43#1235
    -468
    44
    AutoEntryAutoEntry
    AI-Native
    #1253
    -439
    45#1287
    +758
    46#1318
    -540
    47#1322
    -784
    48#1330
    +986
    49#1333
    -265
    50#1406
    —

    Frequently asked questions

    What is the most popular accounting software in 2026?

    Xero leads this category by trailing 12-month payment activity, followed by QuickBooks and Dext. Its 1.5% share is of recorded transactions across all software in Cledara, not a percentage of companies or a within-category share.

    How is accounting software market share measured?

    Payment-activity rankings count observed purchase and renewal transactions over the trailing 12 months; spend rankings use observed software spend. Shares use all tracked software as their denominator. Neither activity rank nor activity share measures distinct customers, seats or product usage. Updated monthly; last update 26 October 2026, 20:12 UTC.

    Which accounting tools have the largest activity-rank gains?

    Intuit and Skio lead the measured 12-month payment-activity rank gains among the displayed ranked products. Comparisons require the current observation month and the same month one year earlier. A gain in rank positions does not establish revenue, customer or usage growth.

    How many accounting tools are in this catalogue?

    The recorded catalogue contains 298 accounting tools. This is a product count across the catalogue, not the number of tools used by an average company. Products without current observations may remain recorded.

    Xero vs QuickBooks: which has more market share?

    Xero accounts for 1.5% and QuickBooks for 0.2% of trailing 12-month transactions across all software tracked by Cledara. Xero has the higher recorded activity share. These are activity shares, not within-category or distinct-customer shares.

    How much do companies spend on accounting software?

    UK companies have estimated annualized median spend of £4k for accounting software (£2k–£8k interquartile range), based on payments as of 26 October 2026. These category figures multiply the latest complete month's distribution by 12; they are not trailing-year totals. Reported in GBP; EUR and USD available on the page.

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