Accenture continues to solidify its leadership in the artificial intelligence space, with $1.5 billion in new generative AI bookings in the third quarter of fiscal 2025 — a strong indicator of growing enterprise demand for AI-driven transformation.
Chair and CEO Julie Sweet highlighted the company’s “continued expansion of leadership in Gen AI” as a core driver of growth, noting that clients are prioritizing measurable outcomes from AI investments. Accenture’s focus on delivering resilience and business value through AI innovation is resonating across industries and markets.
The company’s AI-related client base also deepened, with 30 clients recording quarterly bookings exceeding $100 million — showcasing confidence in Accenture’s AI capabilities.
AI Highlights from Q3 FY2025:
$1.5 billion in generative AI bookings, showing significant traction across use cases.
Accenture’s AI and data-led consulting is a key contributor to its $17.7 billion in total revenues, up 8 percent. Accenture’s Consulting revenue rose 7 percent to $9.01 billion. Accenture’s Managed Services revenue grew 9 percent to $8.72 billion.
Revenue growth was broad-based across regions and industry groups. The Americas led with $8.97 billion (up 8 percent), followed by EMEA at $6.23 billion (up 8 percent), and Asia Pacific at $2.53 billion (5 percent).
Among industry groups, Financial Services recorded the highest growth at 13 percent with $3.28 billion in revenue, followed by Products with $5.34 billion and Health & Public Service with $3.78 billion, each growing 7 percent. Communications, Media & Technology and Resources both posted 5 percent growth, generating $2.91 billion and $2.41 billion, respectively.
Strong demand from sectors like financial services (+13 percent), health & public service (+7 percent), and products (+7 percent), where AI use cases such as automation, personalized experiences, and operational optimization are accelerating.
A robust operating margin of 16.8 percent and $3.5 billion in free cash flow, indicating financial strength to continue scaling AI initiatives.
Looking ahead, Accenture raised its full-year free cash flow forecast to $9.0–$9.7 billion and reaffirmed expectations of 6 percent to 7 percent revenue growth in local currency, underpinned by further AI expansion.
With over 790,000 employees, a growing portfolio of AI offerings, and deep cross-industry partnerships, Accenture is positioning itself as one of the most comprehensive enterprise AI service providers globally, helping organizations unlock value from generative AI at scale.
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