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55%

55% -- close rate for Buyers engaging with nine or more demos (2026)

2026  · n=6,000,000  · GoConsensus

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55%
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2026
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Buyers engaging with nine or more demos
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6,000,000
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GoConsensus Primary Tier A
https://goconsensus.com/blog/gtm-has-changed ↗
Confidence: 57/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Deep Crawl
Source Article
The GTM Playbook Has Changed. Every Buyer Interaction Matters.
Close more deals with Demo Automation. Watch a Demo Buyers are making decisions earlier, with more stakeholders, and with less reliance on sellers. The companies that win will be the ones that turn every interaction into momentum when sellers aren’t in the room. For decades, the GTM playbook was bui…
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GoConsensus 2026 B2B Buyer Behavior Report, based on more than 6 million buyer interactions

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Buyers engaging with nine or more demos: 55% close rate. Source: GoConsensus (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/goconsensus-2026-demo-close-rate
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