Microsoft Ads

Updated Sep 30, 2026
6%
0% YoY
#6

Summary

  • Microsoft Ads ranks #6 within the Paid Ads category, maintaining its position month-over-month.
  • As of September 2026, 6% of organizations who have a vendor in the Paid Ads category use Microsoft Ads: down < 1 percentage points from last year.
  • Microsoft Ads has the highest adoption among enterprise companies (18%), compared to mid-market (11%), small-to-medium businesses (4%), and micro-SMB (3%).
  • Microsoft Ads key capabilities include search advertising, audience network display ads, shopping campaigns, and import tools for cross-platform campaign management.

Are businesses buying Microsoft Ads?

Key stats

6%
0% YoY
Mid-Market, 47%
3%
6%
#7
#6

Adoption Rates by company size

Company sizeAdoption rate
SMB4%
Mid-market11%
Enterprise18%

About Microsoft Ads

Microsoft Ads is a search and display advertising platform that enables businesses to run campaigns across Bing Yahoo and partner networks with audience targeting and AI-powered bidding.

About this data

These insights come from Ramp’s procurement and renewal data, built on real-world transactions observed across our platform. Figures represent aggregated observations from Ramp Procurement and Renewals activity.

DateNew adopter shareCompetitor switch rateDominant FTE segmentAdoption rate (Enterprise)Adoption rate (Mid-Market)Adoption rate (SMB)
Aug 20263%6%Mid-Market, 47%18%11%4%
Jul 20262%6%Mid-Market, 47%17%11%5%
Jun 20263%6%Mid-Market, 49%17%11%5%
May 20262%6%Mid-Market, 49%15%11%5%
Apr 20262%6%Mid-Market, 50%16%11%4%
Mar 20262%6%Mid-Market, 53%15%11%4%
Feb 20261%6%Mid-Market, 53%14%11%4%
Jan 20263%6%Mid-Market, 56%14%11%4%
Dec 20252%6%Mid-Market, 56%12%11%4%
Nov 20252%6%Mid-Market, 58%12%11%4%
Oct 20252%6%Mid-Market, 58%11%11%4%
Sep 20252%7%Mid-Market, 60%11%11%5%
Aug 20254%7%Mid-Market, 60%10%11%5%
Jul 20253%7%Mid-Market, 63%10%11%5%
Jun 20252%6%Mid-Market, 64%10%12%4%
May 20252%6%Mid-Market, 63%8%12%4%
Apr 20253%6%Mid-Market, 63%9%12%4%
Mar 20252%7%Mid-Market, 62%8%12%5%
Feb 20252%7%Mid-Market, 62%9%12%5%
Jan 20254%7%Mid-Market, 65%9%12%5%
Dec 20242%6%Mid-Market, 65%8%12%5%
Nov 20242%6%Mid-Market, 64%8%12%5%
Oct 20242%7%Mid-Market, 62%9%12%5%
Sep 20242%6%Mid-Market, 62%8%12%5%

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