B
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72%
72% -- share of it spending through channel partners for global IT spending (2026)
Canalys reports that 72% of global IT spending flows through channel partners.
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Value
72%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Geography
Global
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Canalys
Primary
Tier C
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Canalys
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Canalys data cited by Bay Leaf Digital
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Segmentation
IndustrySaaS
RegionGlobal
Channelmulti-channel
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global IT spending: 72% share of it spending through channel partners. Source: Canalys (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/global-it-spending-channel-partners
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/global-it-spending-channel-partners" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>72%</strong> -- share of it spending through channel partners for global IT spending<br><small>Source: Canalys (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/global-it-spending-channel-partners" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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