Benefit Management Platform Market 2021 Scope, Trends & Size Analysis

Benefit Management Platform Market Forecast to 2028 - COVID-19 Impact and Global Analysis By Deployment (On-Premise and Cloud-Based) and Application (SMEs and Large Business)

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The benefit management platform market is projected to reach US$ 2,466.12 million by 2028 from US$ 1,160.50 million in 2020; it is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 10.3% from 2021 to 2028.

Benefit management platforms are designed to recognize an employee's behavior and help the employer offer various benefits for efficient business operations. Such solutions are worthwhile to enhance staff morale and reward their employment in the organization. These platforms are frequently used in practically all sizes of businesses due to their technological innovations.

Employee benefits incorporate medical insurance, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), pension plans, vacation time, maternity leave, and sick leave. Several players operating in the global benefit management platform market are offering software solutions, which help assist benefits administrators. A good benefits administration program generates and maintains an enrolment profile for every employee, keeping track of information such as the date hired, the number of dependents, marital status, total hours worked, and attendance records. The program delivers flexibility and part-time and temporary hires, considering special employee needs and changes in government regulations. The benefits administration program can function in tandem with tax preparation software, ensuring that all allowable deductions are taken care of and maintaining detailed records for reference in case of an audit, thereby augmenting the benefit management platform market growth.  

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Benefit Management Platform Market: Strategic Insights

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Market Size Value inUS$ 1,160.50 million in 2020
Market Size Value byUS$ 2,466.12 million by 2028
Growth rateCAGR of 10.3% from 2021 to 2028
Forecast Period2021-2028
Base Year2020
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Several government initiatives across the US and Canada have been implemented to uptake benefit management platforms by employers. Some of the initiatives are the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), Affordable Care Act (ACA), and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Employers use these platforms to provide benefits to their employees, such as hospital care, prescription drug coverage, pregnancy and childbirth, and health benefits. All these benefits enhance the confidence of employees. These initiatives are expected to boost the requirement of benefit management platforms across different industries in the US and Canada. Further, the increasing health treatment cost is creating huge opportunities for the market players to design efficient benefit management platforms across both economies.

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Benefit Management Platform Market

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected North American countries, especially the US. The adoption and growth of new technologies owing to favorable government policies to boost innovation, the presence of a huge industrial base, and high purchasing power, especially in developed countries such as the US and Canada. Hence, any impact on the growth of industries is expected to affect the region's economic growth negatively. Presently, the US is the world's worst-affected country due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The US is a prominent market for benefit management platforms in companies. The huge increase in the number of confirmed cases and the rise in reported deaths in the country have positively affected software providers due to the increase in demand for their software. The business shutdowns and high health treatment costs across the US and Canada are positively impacting the adoption of the benefit management platform market. North America is home to many technology companies, and the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak was high in 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. The impact of COVID-19 is short-term, and the benefit management platforms market is expected to grow in the coming years.


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Market Insights

Greater Demands for Convenience Supported by Technology

The constant increase in organizations' spending toward offering an efficient benefit technology to provide enhanced convenience in terms of enrolment and support is aiding the demand for benefit management platforms. The trend of adopting benefit management platforms for tech-enabled convenience provided by employers in all aspects, such as on-demand services, focus on UI/UX design, and one-day shipping, is on the rise. The usability of these consumer services is a far cry from the capabilities of the legacy human capital management (HCM) systems, which were not built to handle the complex range of offerings of the new benefits ecosystem.

Further, the younger employees are more likely to report difficulty in getting access to or understanding their benefits. In the US, they are also more likely to participate in more complex consumer-driven health plans such as high-deductible health plans (HDHPs). Employers are likely to invest in benefit technology to better support the advanced technology to boost the experience of their employees in the organization.

Deployment-Based Market Insights

Based on deployment, the global benefit management platform market is segmented into cloud and on-premise. Cloud-based benefit management platforms are witnessing high demand compared to their on-premise counterparts. The cloud segment generates the majority of the demand since it is comparatively less expensive due to the strong network infrastructure in developed countries. In addition, cloud-based benefit management platform vendors are highly focused on developing a high-level security patch to eliminate the risk of cyberattacks. This factor is also creating significant demand from the end users, thereby driving the benefit management platform market in the global scenario.

Benefit Management Platform Market, by Deployment – 2020 and 2028

Benefit Management Platform Market, by Deployment – 2020 and 2028
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Application-Based Market Insights

Based on application, the market is segmented into SMEs and large enterprises. There is an increase in the adoption of benefit management platforms across large enterprises, owing to the growing demand for different benefits by the employees. Similarly, employers are searching for cost-effective health benefits, insurance, and many more.

Benefit Management Platforms Market

Product development is the commonly adopted strategy by companies to expand their product portfolio. ADP, INC.; WORKDAY, INC.; Bswift LLC; PAYCOM SOFTWARE, INC.; and Paycor are among the key players that are implementing this strategy to enlarge their customer base and gain significant share in the global benefit management platform market, which, in turn, allows them to maintain their brand name globally. A few of the recent key developments in the market are as follows:

In 2021,
  • Benefitfocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNFT) an industry-leading benefits technology platform that simplifies benefits administration for employers, health plans, and brokers expanded its Benefit Catalog to include a full suite of benefits offerings from Standard Insurance Company (The Standard), a leading provider of financial protection products and services for employers and individuals.
  • In 2020, Selerix Systems a leading cloud-based employee benefits and engagement software supplier announced the availability of real-time API connectivity with Paycor, a provider of human capital management solutions

Benefit Management Platform Market Segmentation:

By Deployment

    • On-Premise
    • Cloud-Based

By Application

    • SME
    • Large Enterprise

Benefit Management Platform Market Company Profiles

  • Benefitfocus.Com, Inc
  • BSwift LLC
  • Empyrean
  • Employee Navigator
  • Ease
  • ADP, Inc.
  • Paycom
  • Paycor, Inc
  • Workday, Inc.
  • Businessolver.Com, Inc
 
Report Coverage
Report Coverage

Revenue forecast, Company Analysis, Industry landscape, Growth factors, and Trends

Segment Covered
Segment Covered

Deployment, and Application

Regional Scope
Regional Scope

North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, South & Central America

Country Scope
Country Scope

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Frequently Asked Questions


What are key driving factors behind benefit management platform market growth?

The rising uptake of cloud technology is transforming the working pattern across diverse industry verticals by augmenting security, IT, and DevOps solutions and, thus, boosting the development of innovative and interactive solutions for improved user experience. Due to the potential benefits of cloud technology, the adoption of cloud-based solutions among enterprises has increased drastically since past few years.
Cloud-based solutions enable enterprises to have easy scalability and operational flexibility along with reduced costs and operational risks. The constant development in the cloud architectures, algorithms, and integration of advanced features in cloud solutions are fueling the uptake of these solutions in diverse industry verticals, such as BFSI, IT & telecom, retail, and several others.
A cloud-based benefit management platform is an attractive option for companies due to several benefits, such as extracting real time feedbacks from the customers, regular data backup, high security, comparatively low operations costs, and instant provisioning features provided by these solutions. Therefore, scalability, high level of security, operational flexibility, easy deployment, and affordability are some of key advantages that are expected to boost the uptake of cloud-based benefit management platform among enterprises in the coming years.

What are key market opportunities for benefit management platform market?

Several government initiatives across the regions have been implemented for the uptake of benefit management platforms by employers. Some of the initiatives are the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), Affordable Care Act (ACA), and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). These platforms are taken up by employers to provide several benefits to their employees, such as hospital care, prescription drug coverage, pregnancy and childbirth, and health benefits. All these benefits enhance the confidence of employees. These initiatives are expected to boost the requirement of benefit management platforms across different industries. Further, the increasing health treatment cost is also creating huge opportunities for the market players to design efficient benefit management platform across the both the economies.

Which deployment is expected to dominate the market in the forecast period?

The global benefit management platform market was dominated by the cloud-based segment with market share of 68.4% in 2020. In recent times, the technology sector has been increasingly witnessing a significant rise in cloud-based software. This is because cloud-based software simplifies the deployment time and significantly reduces the cost of deployment. This benefit has attracted a significant percentage of end users. With the rising demand for cloud-based software, the majority of market players in these countries are offering cloud-based products. Additionally, the Internet infrastructure has matured and flourishing in the developed as well as developing countries. This is allowing end users in both the developed countries and other developing economies to access cloud-based benefit management solutions. This factor is driving the benefit management platform market significantly.

Which region has dominated the benefit management platform market in 2020?

In 2020, North America led the market with a substantial revenue share, followed by Europe and APAC. North America is the most technologically advanced region, with the US and Canada as the key economies. Technological advancements have resulted in a highly competitive market in this region since these developments are attracting people at large. The region is considered a mature market for benefit management platforms due to the massive presence of diverse industries with organizations of all sizes. The prime drivers that are fostering market expansion are the expanding digital transformation among industries and increasing consumer demand to manage diversity and talent in the company. Asia Pacific is a prospective market for benefit management platform market players.

Which are the major companies operating in the benefit management platform market?

The major companies in benefit management platform includes ADP, INC., WORKDAY, INC., Bswift LLC, PAYCOM SOFTWARE, INC., and Paycor.

Which application has dominated the benefit management platform market in 2020?

The major application in benefit management platform includes SMEs and large enterprises. The large enterprises segment led the benefit management platform in 2020. The adoption of benefit management platform is witnessed to be high across large enterprises, owing to growing demand of different benefits by the employees from its employers. Similarly, the employers are searching for cost-effective health benefits, insurance, and many more.

The List of Companies - Benefit Management Platform Market

  1. Benefitfocus.Com, Inc
  2. BSwift LLC
  3. Empyrean
  4. Employee Navigator
  5. Ease
  6. ADP, Inc.
  7. Paycom
  8. Paycor, Inc
  9. Workday, Inc
  10. Businessolver.Com, Inc
  11. PlanSource

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