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Accenture is named a Market Leader in Horizon 3, which is the strongest positioning, in the HFS Horizons: The Best Service Providers for Commercial Banks, 2025 report.
The study evaluated 22 service providers across four Horizon dimensions—value proposition, execution and innovation capabilities, go-to-market strategy, and market impact.
Horizon 3 positioning indicates that Accenture can bring about “ecosystem transformation”. This means that we have the ability to create a “OneEcosystem impact”, driving completely new sources of value and demonstrating “innovation scope at the ecosystem level” that focuses on growth through new business and collaboration models.
According to Elena Christopher, Chief Strategy Officer at HFS Research, “Congratulations to Accenture on its Market Leader placement in HFS’ “The Best Service Providers for Commercial Banks, 2025 “ report. Meeting the needs of commercial banks is a unique domain in financial services requiring deep IT and business operations expertise oriented towards business – not consumer – enablement. Accenture’s end-to-end capabilities spanning consulting, technology, and operations, deep domain expertise across the commercial banking value chain, and depth and breadth of ecosystem relationships helped it secure its leadership positioning.”
Accenture strengths identified in the HFS Research include:
More information on the report can be found here.
Accenture’s position as a Market Leader in financial services is evidenced in other HFS Research reports:
Accenture helps financial institutions become agile, data-driven organizations that offer customers exceptional experiences across their business network. Regardless of where a commercial bank is on its digital transformation journey, Accenture has a holistic set of offerings that, together with the industry’s leading data and technology products, can help a bank realize its full potential and build the next generation of banking.
Everest Group has positioned Accenture as the highest Leader on both the Market Impact axis and the Vision and Capability axis in its Sustainable IT Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025
Key factors that contribute to Accenture's leadership position include:
Leading providers of Sustainable IT Services featured in this report offer comprehensive, mature solutions that encompass green cloud and IT infrastructure, sustainable software, digital workplaces, and e-waste management. They also boast a strong portfolio of specialized tools and resources designed to measure, monitor, and visualize environmental data throughout the lifecycle of IT infrastructure and applications.
Today’s technology takes a lot of resources to run, but it also unlocks new solutions. Accenture helps clients discover how to champion sustainability responsibly, with a keen focus on reducing environmental impact. We offer strategies to address climate change imperatives, all while upholding strong governance, privacy, and trust.
The Market Impact axis measures market adoption, portfolio mix, and value delivered; while the Vision a Capability axis measures vision and strategy, scope of services offered, innovation and investments, and delivery footprint.
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Licensed extracts taken from Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® Reports, may be used by licensed third parties for use in their own marketing and promotional activities and collateral. Selected extracts from Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® reports do not necessarily provide the full context of our research and analysis. All research and analysis conducted by Everest Group’s analysts and included in Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® reports is independent and no organization has paid a fee to be featured or to influence their ranking. To access the complete research and to learn more about our methodology, please visit Everest Group PEAK Matrix® Reports.
For the second consecutive year, Everest Group has positioned Accenture as the highest Leader on both the Market Impact axis and the Vision and Capability axis in its Healthcare Provider Digital Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2024.
Everest Group evaluated 35 Healthcare IT Services providers for this competitive report. According to Priya Sahni, Vice President at Everest Group, “Accenture emphasizes reinventing the digital core with cloud, AI, and analytics with composable architectures to drive scalability and agility, ensuring healthcare providers stay competitive and future-ready. Furthermore, investments to augment its digital capabilities through generative AI studio and AI tools, along with focused partnerships with HealthTech firms has further enabled Accenture to augment its healthcare capabilities”.
Key factors contributing to Accenture's leadership position in this assessment include:
Leaders in providing Healthcare IT Services excel in supporting large provider clients with their digital transformation efforts across the entire value chain, including patient engagement, care management, diagnostics, monitoring, treatment, financials, and network management. They boast well-rounded portfolios, strong thought leadership, cutting-edge digital solutions, and ongoing investments in technology and service capability development.
At Accenture, we help health provider clients stabilize their workforce, delivering better experiences and outcomes by bringing together technology and humans to rethink care delivery.
Accenture is consistently rated at the top of the healthcare professional services market, as evidenced by our prominent leadership position in the following Everest Group reports:
The Market Impact axis measures market adoption, portfolio mix, and value delivered; while the Vision a Capability axis measures vision and strategy, scope of services offered, innovation and investments, and delivery footprint.
Disclaimer
Licensed extracts taken from Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® Reports, may be used by licensed third parties for use in their own marketing and promotional activities and collateral. Selected extracts from Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® reports do not necessarily provide the full context of our research and analysis. All research and analysis conducted by Everest Group’s analysts and included in Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® reports is independent and no organization has paid a fee to be featured or to influence their ranking. To access the complete research and to learn more about our methodology, please visit Everest Group PEAK Matrix® Reports.
Accenture is named a Market Leader in Horizon 3, which is the strongest positioning, in the HFS Research Horizons: Healthcare Payer Service Providers, 2024 report.
The study evaluated 45 suppliers across four Horizon dimensions—value proposition, capabilities, go-to-market, and outcomes delivered as well as ability to address the quadruple aim of care (i.e., cost of care, experience of care, health outcomes, and health equity).
Horizon 3 positioning indicates that Accenture can drive a “OneEcosystem Approach” to find completely new sources of value, help reduce cost of care, enhance the care experience, and improve health outcomes. It also highlights Accenture’s sophisticated capabilities across all value-creation levers and our culture of innovation to develop IP and adopt emerging technologies that address complex healthcare payer challenges.
“Accenture embeds humanity and empathy in consistently, meaningfully, and effectively addressing the quadruple aim of care,” said Rohan Kulkarni, HFS Executive Research Leader for health and life sciences. Based on its assessment, HFS’ point-of view of Accenture is “Reinvention through innovation, ecosystem partnerships, and operational excellence.”
Accenture strengths HFS identified include:
More information on the report can be found here.
Accenture was also positioned as a Market Leader the HFS: Healthcare Provider (HCP) Services, 2024
Accenture brings a unique go-to-market strategy on humanizing healthcare to improve access, experience, and outcomes by harnessing the power of technology and human ingenuity. Health payers face an increasingly challenging landscape with growing consumer demands, new forms of competition, expanding costs and fast-paced technology advancements. Accenture is leading these organizations through technology-led transformations to capture new markets and reduce costs, while prioritizing a member-centric approach to humanized healthcare. In this challenging landscape, the winners will be those who reinvent and reposition to improve access, experience and outcomes. Learn about five ways health payers are changing.
Accenture is positioned as a Leader for both Capabilities and Strategies in the IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific Digital Business Consulting and Implementation SPs 2024 Vendor Assessment (July 2024, IDC #AP50445323).
This IDC MarketScape report evaluated 12 services providers based on their strategies and capabilities in business consulting, IT consulting, systems integration and custom application development.
The report cites an Accenture client as saying, "Accenture has become increasingly recognized in the recent years not as a company 'providing consulting services' but as a collaborative partner. With [its] help, we were able to strengthen multiple aspects of our business ecosystem, including access to its developer community and in business development. This has allowed us to expand on a global level and led to partnering with a diverse set of global companies."
Other strengths contributing to Accenture’s position in the IDC MarketScape include:
About IDC MarketScape:
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.
Accenture is positioned as a Leader for both Capabilities and Strategies in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Service Providers for Utilities Customer Operations 2024 Vendor Assessment. (November 2024, IDC #US52038724)
This IDC MarketScape evaluates 16 service providers for utilities customer operations worldwide. It assesses vendors' capabilities, strategies, and market success, including their ability to serve utility customers in competitive, unbundled, and regulated markets, catering to both residential and commercial/industrial sectors.
The report states that “Accenture offers extensive, globally recognized capabilities in utilities customer operations, leveraging a suite of platforms and accelerators to optimize customer journeys and streamline processes.”
The report noted the following strengths for Accenture:
We believe the report underscores Accenture’s commitment to delivering the best solutions for utilities customer operations clients. Per the report, “The company provides end-to-end solutions powered by platforms such as Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Genesys, Talkdesk, Blue Prism, SAP, Oracle, NICE, Kraken, and AWS to enhance customer engagement and digitally transform customer operations. Each platform partnership enhances customer operations efficiency through tools such as AI-driven personalization, seamless omni-channel experiences, and accelerated digital transformations.”
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The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a given market. The Capabilities score measures vendor product, go-to-market and business execution in the short-term. The Strategy score measures alignment of vendor strategies with customer requirements in a 3-5-year timeframe. Vendor market share is represented by the size of the circles.
Accenture is positioned as a Leader for both Capabilities and Strategies in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Life Science R&D ITO Services 2024 Vendor Assessment. (November 2024, IDC #US52703324). This marks the fifth time Accenture has been named a Leader in this IDC MarketScape report.
This IDC MarketScape report evaluates 12 life science R&D ITO vendors based on their ability to offer external IT services, functions, or projects that help companies transform their IT-driven business processes, application services, and infrastructure solutions, leading to better business outcomes using innovative technologies.
According to the research, companies should “consider Accenture when you are seeking support from an organization with a blend of strong technology capabilities, especially in AI and GenAI; the breadth and depth of life science expertise and vast consulting and technical expertise; its ecosystem of partnerships; and its experience in handling complex, large digital transformation projects.”
Key factors contributing to Accenture’s position in the IDC MarketScape include:
Demonstrating our dedication to the life sciences industry and our clients’ own reinventions, Accenture has made investments aimed at helping bring breakthrough treatments to patients, faster and at a lower cost. These investments include the development of life sciences assets such as Harmoni, a gen AI-powered analytics chassis designed to accelerate the use of AI and large language models to improve the quality of critical business outputs and decisions. Additionally, Accenture has made strategic investments through Accenture Ventures in innovative AI companies such as QuantHealth’s AI-driven clinical trial simulation platform and in Turbine’s AI predictive simulation platform focused on interpreting human biology.
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The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a given market. The Capabilities score measures vendor product, go-to-market and business execution in the short-term. The Strategy score measures alignment of vendor strategies with customer requirements in a 3-5-year timeframe. Vendor market share is represented by the size of the circles.
Accenture is a Leader in the Everest Group Global In-house Center (GIC) Setup Capabilities in India – Provider PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2024.
According to Everest Group, “The synergy between ANSR and Accenture combines their expertise in GCC services, covering strategy, build, run, and scale, using proprietary technology platforms. This collaboration aims to provide comprehensive solutions, potentially enabling clients to achieve growth and transformation objectives through an optimal sourcing strategy.”
Other key factors contributing to this positioning include:
The report notes that Leaders in the PEAK Matrix employ a systematic and organized method when approaching the GIC setup market. Certain providers have high-level executive backing, allowing them to allocate clear directives and committed resources to this segment.
Disclaimer
Licensed extracts taken from Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® Reports, may be used by licensed third parties for use in their own marketing and promotional activities and collateral. Selected extracts from Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® reports do not necessarily provide the full context of our research and analysis. All research and analysis conducted by Everest Group’s analysts and included in Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix® reports is independent and no organization has paid a fee to be featured or to influence their ranking. To access the complete research and to learn more about our methodology, please visit Everest Group PEAK Matrix® Reports.
About Everest Group
Everest Group is a leading global research firm helping business leaders make confident decisions. Everest Group's PEAK Matrix® assessments provide the analysis and insights enterprises need to make critical selection decisions about global services providers, locations, and products and solutions within various market segments. Likewise, providers of these services, products, and solutions, look to the PEAK Matrix® to gauge and calibrate their offerings against others in the industry or market. Find further details and in-depth content at www.everestgrp.com.
Accenture is positioned as a Leader for both “Strategies” and “Capabilities” in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Sustainability Finance and Accounting Services 2024 Vendor Assessment, which assessed the capabilities and business strategies of 11 firms, focusing on their ability to integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into financial services. (October 2024, IDC #US52036224).
The report highlighted that, “Accenture offers targeted ESG solutions for financial institutions, from strategy to finance, risk, regulatory, operations, data, and technology services. Through Accenture Song, the world's largest tech-powered creative group, the company also helps clients make sustainability more human.”
Other Accenture strengths highlighted in the report include:
“With a large and diverse sustainability strategy team, Accenture is positioned to grow with the market, providing services across not only industry and sector but also maturity. These capabilities show that Accenture has the capability to continually develop the necessary services to meet clients where they are in their sustainability journey.”
Per the report, “Clients should consider partnering with Accenture if they are just beginning their sustainability journey and are facing a steep curve in regulatory readiness. Accenture is positioned to serve both low- and high-maturity clients in the ESG financial services space.”
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The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a given market. The Capabilities score measures vendor product, go-to-market and business execution in the short-term. The Strategy score measures alignment of vendor strategies with customer requirements in a 3-5-year timeframe. Vendor market share is represented by the size of the circles.
Accenture is a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Employee Experience Consulting Services 2024 Vendor Assessment. (October 2024, IDC #US52582724)
This research effort evaluated the worldwide employee experience (EX) consulting services of 12 organizations with the largest exclusive practices covering EX transformation.
The report noted, “As a strategy enabler, Accenture provides breadth and depth of expertise in EX change and transformation at a global scale with acute industry knowledge and expertise.”
Other strengths highlighted in the report include:
Per the report, “Organizations seeking to quickly move into scoping and actioning on a global level with a prescriptive and customizable framework for holistic change can benefit from working with Accenture.”
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The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a given market. The Capabilities score measures vendor product, go-to-market and business execution in the short-term. The Strategy score measures alignment of vendor strategies with customer requirements in a 3-5-year timeframe. Vendor market share is represented by the size of the circles.
In Everest Group’s Retail and CPG Data, Analytics, and AI Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2024, Accenture is the highest Leader on the Vision & Capability axis and strongly positioned on the Market Impact axis.
Per Abhishek Mundra, Practice Director, Everest Group, "Accenture has strengthened its RCPG DAAI capabilities with investments in industry-specific solutions, acquisitions and partnerships. Accenture’s clients benefit from its strategic partnership and innovation capabilities. Collectively, these capabilities have helped position Accenture as a Leader on the Retail and CPG Data, Analytics, and AI Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2024."
Specifically, the report cited the following Accenture strengths:
DAAI Leaders for the RCPG industry are “characterized by their ability to successfully execute complex data migrations, data and AI platform implementations, and custom RCPG-specific application leveraging advanced analytics and AI, underpinned by their global deliver network.”
In the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Professional Services Providers for Retailers 2024 Vendor Assessment, Accenture is positioned as a Leader for both “Strategies” and “Capabilities”. (September 2024, IDC # #US51168224)
The IDC MarketScape study assessed nine global vendors offering professional services to retailers. The report highlights that “Accenture offers robust retail industry knowledge, and the team brings an innovation mindset that helps retailers understand what it means to create a digital business.”
Other Accenture strengths cited include:
The report also recommends that clients “Consider Accenture when looking for a transformational partner with a strong point of view that will question processes and recommend ways to drive costs out of your business.”
Accenture partners with global retailers to revolutionize their operations across key domains: Frontline Worker empowerment, ESG & Sustainability initiatives, cutting-edge Data & AI solutions, comprehensive Transformation strategies, and Strategic Managed Services.
More information on the assessment can be found here.
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The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a given market. The Capabilities score measures vendor product, go-to-market and business execution in the short-term. The Strategy score measures alignment of vendor strategies with customer requirements in a 3-5-year timeframe. Vendor market share is represented by the size of the circles.
In its 2024 PEAK Matrix® Assessment of Private Equity IT Services, Everest Group has positioned Accenture as a Leader.
In this research, Everest Group presented their assessment on the market impact, vision and capabilities of 17 leading Private Equity (PE) IT services providers. This positioning demonstrates that Accenture has a strong vision and strategy; is highly proactive in taking innovations and next-generation services offerings to PE clients; and continues to invest in technology and services capabilities across the PE deal life cycle.
Specific Accenture strengths highlighted in the report include: