The predictive analytics market size is expected to grow from USD 4.6 billion in 2017 to USD 12.4 billion by 2022, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 22.17% during the forecast period. Proliferation of internet and the availability of various means for accessing the internet have led to a massive increase in the data volumes being generated. This will help in the advancement and expansion of high-speed internet services.

With the rise in touchpoint and the need for collecting data to understand consumer behavior, every touch by a consumer has become an important data point that can be processed to reveal user behavior. With the exponential rise in individual and organizational data, businesses are now deploying teams of data scientists and analysts to process the collected data. Another factor accelerating adoption is the revenue generating potential of predictive analytics. This is compelling firms to invest in predictive analytics.

The predictive analytics ecosystem comprises vendors, such as Alteryx, Inc. (US), AgilOne (US), Angoss Software Corporation (Canada), Domino Data Lab (US), Dataiku (US), Exago, Inc. (US), Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) (US), GoodData Corporation (US), International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation (US), Information Builders (US), Kognitio Ltd. (UK), KNIME.com AG (Switzerland), MicroStrategy, Inc. (US), Microsoft Corporation (US), NTT DATA Corporation (Japan), Oracle Corporation (US), Predixion Software (US), RapidMiner (US), QlikTech International (US), Sisense, Inc. (US), SAP SE (Germany), SAS Institute, Inc. (US), Tableau Software, Inc. (US), TIBCO Software, Inc. (US), and Teradata Corporation (US). The exponential growth in data volume is due to the expansion of businesses worldwide, which is driving the rise in data volumes and sources. The accumulation of big data in a single location has rapidly developed the evaluation capabilities of data science experts in every organization. Additionally, companies prefer to provide stand-alone solutions rather than combined solutions. This is eventually resulting in a rise in the number of big data analytics startups, which are driving noteworthy innovations.

Predictive analytics leads to ad hoc analysis, which assists companies to have all workable solutions for their business specific questions and forecast past, present, and possible future predictive scenarios. In the current competitive business scenarios, companies need more than accurate predictive statements and reports from its predictive analytics. Companies now need more forward-looking, predictive insights that can help them shape impactful business strategy and improve the day-to-day decision-making in real time.

July 2017, SAP collaborated with energy and services company Centrica to help their customers in managing assets and energy consumption on insights available through the IoT. February 2017, Oracle announced the expansion of its IoT portfolio with the introduction of 4 new cloud solutions to assist businesses to fully utilize the advantages of the digital supply chain. By applying advanced predictive analytics to devise signals, IoT applications can help in automating business processes and operations across the supply chain to enhance customer experience. March 2016, the company has extended their strategic partnership to offer combined capabilities of cloud analytics and big data to their users. This will help users to automate and simplify the decisions while attaining greater business insights for smarter business decisions.

Proliferation of internet and the availability of various means for accessing the internet have led to a massive increase in the data volumes being generated. This will help in the advancement and expansion of high-speed internet services. Globalization and economic growth are also playing major roles in driving greater data generation worldwide. Also, the rise in connected and integrated technologies has provided a platform to predictive analytics software vendors for leveraging this development and the unprecedented growth of the internet. Additionally, the eCommerce sector has modified the traditional shopping behavior of customers. Dedicated email campaigns, online/social media advertising, and cognitive analyzing of customers are the key enablers driving sales and increasing customers’ loyalty. With connected devices coming to the forefront, retailers are focusing on real-time analysis of customers’ shopping behavior and market basket analysis for analyzing consumers’ perception, which can be used for building tailor-made offers to increase customer retention. Similarly, with the rise in the global IoT analytics demand in the retail sector, the market is expected to have unprecedented growth opportunities for predictive analytics.