Competition

Competitors describe Accenture plc's market in their own filings and calls. These verified passages and visual pages show where their strategies meet, using source documents preserved in Sources.

Cognizant (CTSH)

The closest US-listed, near-pure-play IT-services competitor to Accenture; its 10-K names Accenture first among direct competitors, and it reports the same bookings, large-deal TCV and GenAI-adoption metrics Accenture is measured on.

In its FY2025 10-K competition section, Cognizant lists Accenture first among its named direct competitors in what it calls a highly competitive market.

Our direct competitors include, among others, Accenture, Atos, Capgemini, CGI, Deloitte Digital, DXC Technology, EPAM Systems, Genpact, HCL Technologies, IBM Consulting, Infosys Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro.

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Cognizant reports Q1 FY2026 bookings up 21% year-over-year with seven $100M-plus large deals and a pending managed-services acquisition — the bookings and large-deal cadence tracked against Accenture's.

Ravi Kumar S, Chief Executive Officer: Q1 bookings grew 21% year-over-year. We signed 7 large deals with TCV of $100 million or greater, including 1 mega deal valued at more than $500 million. […] we just announced a definitive agreement to acquire Atria, a global IT managed services provider

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Cognizant's stated AI-adoption penetration across its key accounts — a read on the generative-AI demand it and Accenture are both pursuing.

Ravi Kumar S, Chief Executive Officer: out of a subset of a client base of nearly 360 key accounts, 97% of clients have adopted AI, of which 56% are scaling Gen AI and out of which 78% have demonstrated impact from the adoption and scaling.

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IBM (IBM)

IBM Consulting is Accenture's direct rival in consulting and systems integration; IBM's 10-K names Accenture first among Consulting competitors, and it reports a generative-AI 'book of business' comparable to Accenture's GenAI bookings.

IBM's FY2025 10-K names Accenture first among IBM Consulting's competitors in a market spanning consulting, systems integration and application services.

Consulting operates in a highly competitive, dynamic market that spans business consulting, systems integration, application development and management, and business process outsourcing services. Our competitors include global firm such as Accenture, Capgemini, India-based service providers, management consulting firms, the consulting practices of public accounting firms, engineering service providers, and niche specialists.

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IBM quantifies its inception-to-date generative-AI 'book of business' at over $12.5bn, with more than $10.5bn in Consulting — the enterprise-AI pipeline directly comparable to Accenture's reported GenAI bookings.

Arvind Krishna, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: Our cumulative Gen AI book of business now stands at over $12.5 billion, of which software is more than $2 billion and consulting is more than $10.5 billion, with both seeing their largest quarterly increase to date.

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IBM's CFO benchmarks its multi-billion-dollar Consulting GenAI book 'against any consulting company', framing IBM's integrated tech-plus-consulting model versus pure consulting rivals like Accenture.

James Kavanaugh, Chief Financial Officer: north of a $7.5 billion book of business I'd put that up against any consulting company right now. […] We do think we have a differentiated competitive value proposition of a company with an integrated tech stack plus strategic partnership AI plus a consulting business

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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Accenture's closest global-scale rival by headcount and delivery footprint; TCS reports order-book TCV, an enterprise-AI thesis and a workforce that map onto the same metrics Accenture is judged by.

TCS reports FY2026 order-book TCV of $40.7bn and casts itself as the trusted end-to-end 'System Integrator' — the enterprise-transformation role Accenture also fills.

K Krithivasan, Chief Executive Officer: even though our FY 2026 revenue declined by 2.4% in constant currency, we delivered a strong $40.7B in TCV including 5 mega deals. […] the role of trusted System Integrators has become even more vital. Clients are looking for partners who can bring deep technology excellence, strong enterprise and industry context, and take end-to-end accountability with confidence on outcomes and ROI.

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TCS's read on the enterprise-AI market — adoption still early, with 95% of enterprises in initial phases — framing the runway it and Accenture both target.

While awareness is high, AI adoption remains at an early stage, with 95% of enterprises still in the initial phases of their AI journey. This leaves significant room for growth, scale and transformation across industries.

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TCS reports a global headcount of 584,519 — a direct scale comparison with Accenture's workforce of roughly 800,000.

Sudeep Kunnumal, Chief Human Resources Officer: At the end of March 2026, our global headcount stood at 584,519, with associates from 149 nationalities of whom 35.2% are women.

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Infosys (INFY)

A top-tier global IT-services competitor to Accenture in digital transformation, cloud and enterprise AI; Infosys reports large-deal TCV and an AI-services market thesis on the same terms Accenture uses.

Infosys reports FY2026 large-deal TCV of $14.9bn (up 28%) and positions its Topaz AI and Cobalt cloud platforms against a large AI-services market — the enterprise-AI demand Accenture also pursues.

Salil Parekh, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director: Large deals were very good, $14.9 bn for the full year, $3.2 bn for the fourth quarter. The full year was 28% higher than it was in the previous year. […] We see a large addressable market for AI services across the six areas that we mentioned - AI strategy engineering, data, process, legacy modernization, physical AI and trust.

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Infosys sizes the enterprise-AI-services opportunity at US$300bn and reports AI-led programs deployed across 90% of its top 200 clients.

Infosys is emerging as a leader in AI services, with AI-led programs now deployed across 90% of our top 200 clients and rapidly scaling across industries. […] together addressing a US$300 billion opportunity, based on market estimates.

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Infosys details its FY2026 bookings — 96 large deals, $15bn TCV, 55% net-new, three mega deals — the deal-mix disclosure comparable to Accenture's new-bookings reporting.

Jayesh Sanghrajka, Chief Financial Officer: In FY26, we signed 96 large deals with TCV of $15 bn, 55% net new. This includes 3 mega deals for the year.

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Capgemini (CAP)

Accenture's largest Europe-headquartered competitor in consulting, technology and engineering services; Capgemini sizes the shared market, names Accenture as its lead regional competitor, and reports comparable bookings and GenAI order intake.

Capgemini sizes its addressable transformation-and-engineering (ER&D) market at about $1.8 trillion; in the same section its regional competitor panels list Accenture first. (French-language filing.)

Ensemble, ces marchés sont estimés à 1,8 trillion (1) de dollars et affichent tous deux des taux de croissance solides à un chiffre

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Capgemini reports FY2025 bookings of €24.4bn at a 1.08 book-to-bill and discloses that generative-AI-related bookings exceeded 8% of Group bookings (over 10% in Q4) — the GenAI-demand signal Accenture also reports. (French-language filing.)

Les prises de commandes se sont élevées à 24 356 millions d’euros en 2025 et 7 202 millions d’euros au quatrième trimestre. Cela reflète une dynamique commerciale soutenue, avec un ratio « book-to-bill » solide de 1,08 sur l’année et de 1,21 sur le quatrième trimestre. […] Les prises de commandes relatives à l’IA générative ont représenté plus de 8 % des prises de commandes du Groupe en 2025, et plus de 10 % au quatrième trimestre

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Wipro (WIPRO)

A global IT-services competitor to Accenture across cloud, digital and enterprise AI, with a consulting arm (Capco); Wipro reports large-deal bookings and sizes the same IT-services market Accenture serves.

Wipro reports Q1 FY2026 total-contract-value bookings of $5bn (up 51%) and large-deal bookings of $2.7bn (up 131%), several driven by vendor consolidation — the deal momentum tracked against Accenture.

Srini Pallia, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director: During the quarter, we reported bookings worth $5 billion in total contract value, a growth of 51% year-on-year. Our large deal bookings reached $2.7 billion, up 131% year-on-year. This includes 16 large deals this quarter, including 2 mega deals. Several of these wins were driven by vendor consolidation.

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Wipro's sizing of the shared market: global IT-services spending up 4.6% in CY2025 (citing NASSCOM), driven by AI industrialization, cloud and cybersecurity — the demand pool Accenture competes for.

global IT services spending grew year-over-year by 4.6% in calendar year 2025 despite macroeconomic uncertainty and muted enterprise budgets. Growth was driven by the industrialization of AI, continued digital and cloud transformation, and sustained demand for cybersecurity and data services

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