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8% -- sme budget growth intent change percentage points for Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (2026)
Budget-growth intent among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) increased by 8 percentage points.
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8%
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2026
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McKinsey & Company
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https://www.sharecrm.com/blog/winning-global-b2b-customers-the-shift-to-budget-growth-intent-in-2026… ↗
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Winning B2B Customers: The Shift to Budget-Growth Intent
TL;DR: In 2026, global B2B procurement has moved past cost-cutting into a decisive "budget-growth intent" phase driven by intelligence and trust. B2B SaaS trends show that over 60% of enterprise buyers are expanding budgets, prioritizing agentic AI and robust cybersecurity over traditional core conn…
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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): 8% sme budget growth intent change percentage points. Source: McKinsey & Company (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/sme-budget-growth-intent-rise-8pp-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/sme-budget-growth-intent-rise-8pp-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>8%</strong> -- sme budget growth intent change percentage points for Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)<br><small>Source: McKinsey & Company (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/sme-budget-growth-intent-rise-8pp-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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