Cambashi has tracked the global BIM software market for over 40 years. The market reached USD 23.5 billion in 2024 and is projected to surpass USD 38 billion within five years at a CAGR above 10%.

Construction’s persistent productivity gap — well behind what manufacturing achieved decades ago — is the primary driver of this growth in ‘construction software’, which is often referred to as being part of ‘Building Information Management’ (BIM). Governments are increasingly mandating BIM adoption, asset owners are demanding greater transparency and the pressure to do more with fewer skilled workers in the ‘Construct’ (build) phase is intensifying. The BIM Construct segment is growing faster than BIM Design as a result, and the Data Management segment is growing fastest of all.

Cambashi BIM/AECO Observatory, Q4 2025 release

BIM Design

BIM Design includes all products used in the design stage of building and civil infrastructure projects.

BIM Construct

Construct software includes a variety of tools including collaboration tools that aid project communication and coordination within design teams and between consultants, contractors and clients; estimating tools to enable model-based estimating including quantity take off; surveying tools that provide site layout and modeling capabilities.

BIM Operate

Facilities Management and Operations software supports various activities related to the management, operations, and upkeep of the built environment including buildings, campuses, infrastructure, and utilities. Activities include space and workplace management, and the monitoring, tracking, and maintenance of assets to support reliability, and uptime, and optimize asset value.

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