Geneva, Switzerland (September 16, 2025) – Infosource has published its annual State of the Global Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) Market report, providing an in-depth analysis of market dynamics, technology trends, and vendor performance across the evolving automation ecosystem.
Definition and Value of IDP
Infosource defines IDP as software and services that ingest and process business inputs involving unstructured documents and other input types, transforming them into structured data for transactions, analytics, and compliance. This year’s report emphasizes IDP as a core enabler of autonomous, end-to-end automation, highlighting its role in the intelligent automation of business processes.
Market Highlights
The global IDP market accelerated its growth in 2024, increasing 14.5% year over year to exceed $8 billion. Through 2029, Infosource projects a CAGR of approximately 16%, above the average of the past four years, which were shaped by post-pandemic dynamics and a temporary slowdown during early Generative AI (GenAI) adoption.
Some organizations may delay investments in the near term to address AI skill gaps, refine deployment strategies, and adapt to evolving regulatory frameworks. However, adoption is expected to accelerate later in the forecast horizon. Enterprises will expand GenAI-infused IDP deployments, apply domain-tuned language models and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and advance toward agentic orchestration once governance and ROI requirements are addressed.
“IDP has evolved from a niche capability into a strategic foundation for intelligent automation;” said Petra Beck, Senior Analyst at Infosource. “GenAI and agentic orchestration are not just incremental improvements; they are redefining how organizations achieve efficiency, compliance, and resilience in a rapidly changing regulatory and business environment.”
Technology and Regulatory Trends
GenAI capabilities are transforming the IDP market by enabling template-free extraction, multimodal input handling, and advanced validation. Vendors embedding IDP within broader automation platforms are outpacing traditional capture-centric providers, while Agentic AI is driving additional value through autonomous automation, adaptive optimization, and multi-agent orchestration.
Regulatory frameworks such as the EU AI Act and expanding e-invoicing mandates are shaping adoption, with governance, cost control, and ROI emerging as critical factors for successful GenAI and Agentic AI implementations. Vendors that combine deep domain expertise with robust compliance capabilities are best positioned to lead in this evolving market.
Methodology
The market assessment is based on comprehensive research of vendors providing tools, IDP platforms, and broader enterprise automation solutions with embedded IDP capabilities. Infosource applies a bottom-up approach, aggregating vendor-reported inputs and informed estimates to reflect total end-customer investments. The analysis covers regional and vertical segmentation, use cases, input channels, and delivery models, ensuring a consistent framework for historical data and forecasts.
The report also provides detailed insights into opportunities created by GenAI and Agentic AI technologies.
About Infosource
Infosource www.info-source.com is a global analyst firm headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
Its Software Practice provides in-depth analysis and strategic guidance on solutions that automate business processes involving unstructured and semi-structured inputs.
Press contact:
Petra Beck, Senior Analyst, Infosource Software Practice, [email protected]
