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$12,900,000

$12,900,000 -- annual cost of poor data quality for average organization (2021)

2021  · Gartner

Poor data quality costs the average organization $12.9 million annually according to Gartner research from 2021.

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average organization: $12,900,000 annual cost of poor data quality. Source: Gartner (2021). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/poor-data-quality-cost-12-9m
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