Published statistics / DMARC adoption by size band

DMARC adoption by size band

68.8% of IT service providers publish a DMARC record, 26,961 firms of the 40,404 whose DNS we have read.

Adoption climbs with headcount: 63.3% among firms of 1 to 10 people and 90.4% among firms above 250.

n = 32,236 providers with both a DNS read and a headcount on file · measured 2026-09-17

DMARC adoption by size band

n = 32,236 providers with both a DNS read and a headcount on file · measured 2026-09-17

68.8% of IT service providers publish a DMARC record, 26,961 firms of the 40,404 whose DNS we have read.

Adoption climbs with headcount: 63.3% among firms of 1 to 10 people and 90.4% among firms above 250.

  • 1-10 employees63.3%
  • 11-50 employees74.3%
  • 51-250 employees81.5%
  • 251+ employees90.4%
DMARC adoption by size band. n = 32,236 providers with both a DNS read and a headcount on file.
Headcount bandPublishes DMARCProviders measured
1-10 employees63.3%17,687
11-50 employees74.3%9,659
51-250 employees81.5%3,663
251+ employees90.4%1,227

A live DNS read of each provider's own domain, banded by employee count; a firm counts as adopting when a DMARC record is present, whatever policy it sets.

Source: MSP Signal, DMARC adoption by size band, 2026-09-17, https://mspsignal.com/stats#dmarc-adoption