Trusted Benchmarking Data
Benchmarking helps organizations understand how their performance compares to peers and top performers using trusted, validated data. How do you know if your organization is performing at its full potential? APQC's benchmarking solutions compare your performance against trusted data from organizations around the world, helping you identify gaps, validate decisions, and focus improvement efforts where they'll have the greatest impact.
Learn more about our solutions by talking to an advisor or download our latest benchmarking ebook.
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Access trusted benchmark data instantly to answer pressing performance questions and support faster decision-making.
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Compare your organization against peers and top performers to uncover strengths, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
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Work with APQC experts to design a benchmarking study that delivers insights specific to your organization's needs.
Make Smarter Decisions with Benchmarking
Learn how leading organizations use objective performance data to identify opportunities, prioritize improvement efforts, and build stronger business cases. Download this free guide to see how benchmarking can turn uncertainty into confident decision-making.
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Why Organizations Benchmark
Understand where you stand and where to focus next.
The highest-performing organizations don't rely on assumptions—they use data to understand where they stand and where to improve. Benchmarking provides objective insights that help leaders make more confident decisions and accelerate performance improvement.
Organizations use benchmarking to:
- Identify performance gaps
- Validate strategic decisions
- Build stronger business cases
- Prioritize improvement initiatives
- Track progress over time
Find the approach that fits your needs
| Solution | Best For | Description |
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| Instant Benchmarking | Quick answers | Benchmarks on Demand gives you immediate access to trusted benchmark data, allowing you to answer performance questions in minutes. |
| Comprehensive Assessment | Deep analysis | Open Standards Benchmarking compares your performance against peers and top performers to identify strengths, gaps, and improvement opportunities. |
| Data Licensing | Consultants & professional services firms | Access APQC's trusted benchmark data to support client engagements, strengthen recommendations, and deliver greater value. |
| Custom Benchmarking | Unique business challenges | Work with APQC experts to design a benchmarking study tailored to your organization's specific questions and goals. |
| Expert Guidance | Any benchmarking initiative | Our benchmarking experts help you select the right approach, interpret results, and turn insights into action. |
Or Explore our Benchmarking resources for
Knowledge Management
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Reports & White Papers
2025 KM Program Benchmarks and Metrics Survey Report -
Articles
Showing Return on Investment from KM
Process and Performance Management
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Articles
Benchmarking Fundamentals -
Infographics
Common Benchmarking Challenges and Tips to Address Them
Financial Management
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Data and Measures
Finance Organization Key Benchmarks: Cross Industry -
Articles
Blueprint for Success: Accounts Payable Executive Summary
Human Capital Management
Supply Chain Management
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Webinars & Videos
Supply Chain Benchmarking: What, Why, and How
Get an accurate and detailed picture of your organization’s performance
Use APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking or Rapid Performance Assessments to compare and measure your organization’s performance against others. Find out where performance is sub-optimal, and take actions for improvement.
Powered by the world’s largest database of validated benchmark data, our assessments give you detailed, accurate, and objective information about your organization and your peers. Choose Open Standards Benchmarking for a comprehensive assessment using more than 4,700 standardized measures spanning people, processes, and technology. Or conduct a Rapid Performance Assessment to quickly identify best practices and improvement opportunities.
We use the benchmarking data to compare our processes and performance to other companies. I think it is really helpful that you can select specific industries or search specific sites/markets.