State of Procurement in the USA Mid-Market Companies - APSentra
Aps entra Aps entra
Reports

State of Procurement in the USA Mid-Market Companies

Know where you stand before your 2027 budget is locked

What you’ll get

  • The CFO-procurement trust gap: why most reported savings get discounted, and the governance model that fixes it
  • 2025 mid-market KPI benchmarks: requisition-to-PO time, AP processing time, rejection rates, vendor concentration and catalog adoption, split by company size
  • Tariffs after the Supreme Court ruling: what changed in 2026, what it means for your contracts, and the refund opportunity most companies can’t claim
  • Fraud exposure in the payables chain: 2025 data on BEC and vendor impersonation, plus the controls that matter for lean teams
  • The real state of AI in procurement: why near-universal adoption hasn’t turned into scaled results, and where mid-market companies are falling behind
  • Separate action plans for CPOs and CFOs

Benchmark report
State of Procurement in the USA Mid-Market Companies
Cost pressure, tariff whiplash, savings credibility, fraud exposure and the real state of AI.

Built for the people who own spend

  • CPOs and procurement leaders who need hard numbers to defend budgets, set targets and benchmark their team
  • CFOs and finance leaders who want procurement savings they can actually trace to the P&L
  • Controllers and AP leaders at companies with $10M–$1B in revenue, juggling multiple entities, budgets and approval layers

State of Procurement in the USA Mid-Market Companies
38%
of US CFOs are highly confident procurement savings actually reach the P&L.
+8% vs. −0.9%
Procurement workload growth vs. headcount change projected for 2026.
58 hours
Median requisition-to-PO time at well-run mid-market companies.

FAQ

Is the report free?

Yes. Leave your email and we’ll send the full PDF right away.

What counts as “mid-market”?

US companies with $10 million to $1 billion in annual revenue, roughly 200,000 businesses. Operational benchmarks are also split by employee count: 100–500 and 500–2,000.

How current is the data?

Every figure describes 2025 or 2026 period.

Who prepared it?

By APSentra Research, based on the trusted sources as: National Center for the Middle Market, RSM / Harris Poll, ISM, Ardent Partners, The Hackett Group, Gartner, AFP, etc. The full methodology is included in the report.