B
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51%
51% -- share of smbs identifying managing multiple vendors as primary challenge for SMBs (2026)
51% of SMBs identify managing multiple vendors as a primary challenge.
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51%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
AppDirect
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https://www.appdirect.com/blog/an-introduction-to-online-marketplaces ↗
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AppDirect
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SMBs: 51% share of smbs identifying managing multiple vendors as primary challenge. Source: AppDirect (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/smb-multi-vendor-challenge-51pct
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