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Summary
- Clerk ranks #3 within the Identity Providers category, maintaining its position month-over-month.
- As of January 2026, 23% of organizations who have a vendor in the Identity Providers category use Clerk: up 6 percentage points from last year.
- Clerk has the highest adoption among micro-SMB companies (33%), compared to small-to-medium businesses (25%), mid-market (14%), and enterprise (11%).
- Clerk key capabilities include pre-built authentication components, multi-factor authentication, and user management APIs, supporting developers building secure authentication flows.
Key stats
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Enterprise, 57%
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Adoption Rates by company size
| Company size | Adoption rate |
|---|---|
| SMB | 25% |
| Mid-market | 14% |
| Enterprise | 11% |
About Clerk
Clerk is an authentication and user management platform that provides drop-in UI components and full-stack identity services for application development and user account administration.
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| Date | New adopter share | Dominant FTE segment | Adoption rate (Enterprise) | Adoption rate (Mid-Market) | Adoption rate (SMB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | 23% | Enterprise, 57% | 11% | 14% | 25% |
| Dec 2025 | 28% | Enterprise, 57% | 12% | 14% | 25% |
| Nov 2025 | 21% | Enterprise, 58% | 12% | 14% | 24% |
| Oct 2025 | 29% | Enterprise, 58% | 12% | 13% | 24% |
| Sep 2025 | 21% | Enterprise, 58% | 13% | 12% | 23% |
| Aug 2025 | 19% | Enterprise, 74% | 14% | 11% | 23% |
| Jul 2025 | 20% | Enterprise, 75% | 12% | 11% | 23% |
| Jun 2025 | 19% | Enterprise, 72% | 12% | 11% | 23% |
| May 2025 | 22% | Enterprise, 81% | 12% | 10% | 23% |
| Apr 2025 | 22% | Enterprise, 68% | 12% | 10% | 22% |
| Mar 2025 | 29% | Enterprise, 69% | 9% | 10% | 21% |
| Feb 2025 | 19% | Enterprise, 70% | 9% | 11% | 19% |
| Jan 2025 | 20% | Enterprise, 70% | 10% | 10% | 19% |
| Dec 2024 | 20% | Enterprise, 70% | 11% | 8% | 18% |
| Nov 2024 | 14% | Enterprise, 70% | 6% | 9% | 18% |
| Oct 2024 | 27% | Enterprise, 70% | 6% | 9% | 17% |
| Sep 2024 | 25% | Enterprise, 70% | 6% | 8% | 16% |
| Aug 2024 | 19% | Enterprise, 71% | 7% | 7% | 15% |
| Jul 2024 | 25% | Mid-Market, 91% | 7% | 7% | 14% |
| Jun 2024 | 15% | Mid-Market, 91% | 7% | 6% | 13% |
| May 2024 | 13% | Mid-Market, 91% | 8% | 5% | 13% |
| Apr 2024 | 6% | Mid-Market, 76% | 8% | 6% | 12% |
| Mar 2024 | 18% | Mid-Market, 76% | 8% | 6% | 12% |
| Feb 2024 | 12% | Mid-Market, 76% | 10% | 4% | 12% |
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