EU cybersecurity suppliers outpace US rivals in tracked distributor sales
Context figures put EU vendors at 15% of sales by value across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, while US companies retained 62%.
Distributor sales of cybersecurity products made by EU-headquartered companies rose 35% from Q3 2024 to Q3 2026, compared with 8% for American suppliers, according to Context figures reported by The Register. Sales overall increased 10%.
The figures cover distribution channels across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, not the EU cybersecurity market as a whole. European suppliers added almost three percentage points to their share by value, reaching 15%, while US vendors continued to dominate with 62%.
Context research vice president Joe Turner said digital sovereignty was increasingly influencing purchases. Buyers want greater clarity about control over encryption keys, access to sensitive logs and the location of their information. Context also pointed to organizations reviewing their reliance on suppliers under European cybersecurity requirements, including NIS2 and the Digital Operational Resilience Act, known as DORA.
Separate efforts to replace American software have had mixed outcomes. France outlined plans to shift government desktops to Linux from Windows, while Denmark's digitalization ministry ended its pilot to replace Office.
