Market share · Last verified Nov 6, 2026

Help desk market share Across 82,173 companies.

Across the 82,173 company installs we see in Help desk, Zendesk leads with 29.4%, followed by Intercom at 23%. Shares count companies, not revenue.

29.4%Zendesk23%Intercom19.5%Zoho Desk17.4%Freshdesk10.7%Gorgias
82,173Company installs in Help desk
29.4%Zendesk share
5Vendors compared
Share

Share of companies.

VendorCompaniesShareZendesk24,12129.4%Intercom18,90423%Zoho Desk16,05719.5%Freshdesk14,29017.4%Gorgias8,80110.7%
Switching

Who moves to whom.

Companies that stopped using one vendor and started using another since Nov 6, 2025. Darker cells mean more switches.

From ↓ · To →ZendeskIntercomZoho DeskFreshdeskGorgiasZendesk—5814726327Intercomn/a—n/an/an/aZoho Desk13738—2102Freshdesk21963221—10Gorgias4005—

n/a: we don't see drops for Intercom yet, so moves away from it aren't counted. Moves to it are.

By company size

Share by company size.

51–200 staff
Zendesk31%
Intercom27%
Zoho Desk19%
Freshdesk18%
Gorgias4%
201–500 staff
Zendesk35%
Intercom21%
Zoho Desk21%
Freshdesk20%
Gorgias2%
501–1,000 staff
Zendesk37%
Intercom21%
Zoho Desk20%
Freshdesk20%
Gorgias2%
1,001–5,000 staff
Zendesk38%
Intercom23%
Zoho Desk19%
Freshdesk19%
Gorgias2%
5,001–10,000 staff
Zendesk37%
Intercom25%
Zoho Desk19%
Freshdesk18%
Gorgias0%
10,001+ staff
Zendesk34%
Intercom34%
Freshdesk16%
Zoho Desk15%
Gorgias1%
How we count

Every signal behind the numbers.

Agent scanning · 01 / 78MX recordsDomain namesMicrosoft 365 behind MimecastShows adoption
Domain names 9
Subdomains and tenants 7
Certificates 4
Website and app 12
Hiring 8
People 6
Company news 7
Vendors and partners 7
Public records 6
Code and infrastructure 8
Incumbent events 4
Questions

Help desk market share, answered.

Zendesk, with 29.4% of the 82,173 company installs we see in Help desk. Intercom is second at 23%.

By the number of companies where we see each tool in use, not by revenue or seats. A company that uses two of these tools counts for both.

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