# U.S. Relational Databases Software Market

> U.S. relational databases software: USD 35.8 billion in 2025, rising 10.04% a year to USD 93.2 billion by 2035 as managed cloud and serverless PostgreSQL replace licences.

Publisher: Douglas Insights  
Author: Douglas Insights Research Desk  
Report code: DI-IT-10772  
Published: 2026-10-24  
Last updated: 2026-10-24  
Next review: Apr 2027  
Page: https://www.douglasinsights.com/u-s-relational-databases-software-market/

## Key figures

| Measure | Value | How it is built |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Market size · 2025 | $35.8 Bn | About 710,000 paying organisations x USD 50,400; 88.0% of the North America row of the global model. |
| Forecast · 2035 | $93.2 Bn | Base case: 2.70% organisations and 7.15% spend per organisation a year. |
| Revenue CAGR · 2026–2035 | 10.04% | (1.0270 x 1.0715) minus 1. |
| Leading segment | Cloud managed services, 55.0% | USD 19.7 billion in 2025, Douglas Insights estimate. |
| Fastest segment | Distributed SQL and serverless, 16.4% | USD 2.50 billion to USD 11.4 billion as serverless and multi-region databases spread. |
| Fastest state | Texas, 11.4% | USD 3.22 billion to USD 9.48 billion, Douglas Insights estimate. |
| Market leader | AWS, about 24.0% | Douglas Insights estimate; AWS, Microsoft and Oracle hold about 61.0%. |
| Event | Oracle multicloud database revenue +1,529% | Oracle Q1 fiscal 2026 results, 9 September 2025. |

## Key takeaways

- The U.S. relational databases software market is worth USD 35.8 billion in 2025 and USD 93.2 billion in 2035, a 10.04% revenue CAGR.
- About 710,000 paying organisations at an average USD 50,400 make up the 2025 base; organisations grow 2.70% and spend 7.15% a year.
- Cloud managed services lead at 55.0% and reach 68.0% by 2035; distributed SQL and serverless grow fastest at 16.4%.
- California holds 17.0% of spend; Texas grows fastest at 11.4% a year.
- Oracle multicloud growth of 1,529% and AWS savings plans of up to 35% show spend moving from licences to meters.

Oracle said its multicloud database revenue from Amazon, Google and Microsoft grew 1,529% in the quarter to August 2025, in its [results of 9 September 2025](https://www.oracle.com/de/news/announcement/q1fy26-earnings-release-2025-09-09/), and still grew 531% in the quarter to February 2026, its [filing of 10 March 2026](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1341439/000119312526100148/orcl-ex99_1.htm) shows; American companies are keeping their Oracle databases and moving them into the hyperscaler contracts they already sign. The U.S. relational databases software market covers what American organisations pay for relational database engines: cloud managed relational database services, commercial on-premise licences and support, open source subscriptions and support, and distributed SQL and serverless databases. Douglas Insights sizes it at USD 35.8 billion in 2025, from about 710,000 paying organisations at an average annual spend of USD 50,400, and at USD 93.2 billion in 2035, a revenue CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 10.04%. The United States is 88.0% of North America in our global [Relational Databases Software Market](https://www.douglasinsights.com/relational-databases-software-market/) report, the study sits in our [enterprise software coverage](https://www.douglasinsights.com/industry/enterprise-software/), and every figure follows the Douglas Insights [research methodology](https://www.douglasinsights.com/research-methodology/).

## Which U.S. database deployment model carries the spend: managed cloud services, licences or distributed SQL?

Cloud managed relational database services carry the most U.S. relational databases software spend, 55.0% of 2025, USD 19.7 billion, because new American applications launch on RDS, Aurora and Azure SQL. Distributed SQL and serverless grow fastest, 16.4% a year.

| Deployment model | Share 2025 | Value 2025 | CAGR 2026-2035 | Value 2035 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cloud managed relational database services | 55.0% | USD 19.7 billion | 12.4% | USD 63.3 billion |
| Commercial on-premise licences and support | 30.0% | USD 10.7 billion | 1.40% | USD 12.3 billion |
| Open source subscriptions and support | 8.0% | USD 2.86 billion | 7.40% | USD 5.85 billion |
| Distributed SQL and serverless databases | 7.0% | USD 2.50 billion | 16.4% | USD 11.4 billion |

Managed cloud services lead at USD 19.7 billion, a larger share than the 52% worldwide, because U.S. enterprises moved earlier to Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud and because American startups rarely run a database server of their own. The segment grows 12.4% a year to USD 63.3 billion and supplies 76.1% of the value the U.S. relational databases software market adds by 2035, as storage, replicas and premium features run on the meter. Commercial on-premise licences and support, USD 10.7 billion, are the Oracle Database, SQL Server, Db2 and SAP HANA estates in bank, insurer, hospital and federal data centres. They grow only 1.40% a year, kept alive by support fees and by new releases such as SQL Server 2025, which Microsoft made generally available at [Ignite in November 2025](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sqlserver/-/4470570).

Open source subscriptions and support, USD 2.86 billion, cover enterprise PostgreSQL and MySQL distributions, support and tooling from EDB, Percona, Crunchy Data and Oracle's MySQL Enterprise; they grow 7.40% a year as open source engines replace licences. Distributed SQL and serverless databases, USD 2.50 billion, include Google Spanner, CockroachDB, YugabyteDB and Aurora DSQL, which AWS made [generally available on 27 May 2025](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/05/amazon-aurora-dsql-generally-available); they grow fastest, 16.4% a year, because AI agents and multi-region applications want databases that scale without sizing. Deployment values for 2035 sum to USD 93.0 billion, 0.23% below the headline; the paid support around self-run open source is sized in our [Open Source Services Market](https://www.douglasinsights.com/open-source-services-market/) report.

## Why does U.S. relational database spend per organisation rise 7.15% a year?

U.S. relational database spend per organisation rises 7.15% a year, from USD 50,400 in 2025 to about USD 100,500 in 2035, because data growth, migration, resilience and AI workloads add 9.00 points before cost controls take 1.85 points.

The meter replaces the licence. American organisations once paid per processor core plus yearly support; on managed services they pay for compute, storage, input and output, backups and replicas as they use them, so spend tracks data rather than procurement. Paying organisations grow 2.70% a year, from about 710,000 to 927,000, as startups and mid-sized firms buy managed databases instead of hiring administrators.

### Data growth in transactional systems: 5.00 points

Data growth adds 5.00 points. Card payments, e-commerce orders, claims and connected devices add rows faster than American firms archive them, and managed services bill for every gigabyte and replica, a Douglas Insights estimate.

### Migration and multicloud: 2.00 points

Migration adds 2.00 points. Oracle's Cloud Database infrastructure revenue rose 35% in the quarter to February 2026, its [March 2026 release](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1341439/000119312526100148/orcl-ex99_1.htm) shows, as Oracle Database@AWS, @Azure and @Google Cloud let U.S. banks move estates without rewriting them.

### Resilience and AI agents: 2.00 points

Multi-region resilience adds 0.80 points and AI 1.20 points. Databricks said more than 80% of the databases on Neon, the serverless PostgreSQL company it agreed to buy on [14 May 2025](https://databricks.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/databricks-agrees-acquire-neon-help-developers-deliver-ai-systems), were created by AI agents. The four contributions, 5.00 + 2.00 + 0.80 + 1.20, give 9.00 points.

## What holds back U.S. database spend: savings plans, PostgreSQL substitution or migration risk?

Three restraints remove 1.85 points from U.S. relational database spend per organisation growth, leaving 7.15% a year. Cost optimisation takes 1.20 points, PostgreSQL substitution of licences 0.45 points and migration risk 0.20 points.

Cost optimisation is the largest brake. AWS launched Database Savings Plans on [2 December 2025](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/12/database-savings-plans-savings), offering up to 35% off Aurora, RDS and other database services for a one-year hourly spend commitment with no upfront payment; FinOps teams at American firms use such commitments, rightsizing and idle-database shutdowns to cap bills. Douglas Insights removes 1.20 points.

PostgreSQL substitution removes 0.45 points: each workload moved from a commercial licence to an open source engine cuts licence and support revenue even as managed service revenue grows. Migration risk removes 0.20 points, because a large Oracle or Db2 system with thousands of stored procedures can take one to three years to move; the outside work is sized in our [Mainframe Modernization Services Market](https://www.douglasinsights.com/mainframe-modernization-services-market/) report.

## Where in the United States is relational database spend concentrated, and why do Texas and Virginia grow fastest?

California holds the most U.S. relational databases software spend, USD 6.08 billion or 17.0% of 2025, Douglas Insights estimates. Texas grows fastest, 11.4% a year to USD 9.48 billion by 2035, with Virginia at 11.0%.

| State or region | Value 2025 | Share 2025 | Value 2026 | CAGR 2026-2035 | Value 2035 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| California | USD 6.08 billion | 17.0% | USD 6.72 billion | 10.4% | USD 16.4 billion |
| Texas | USD 3.22 billion | 9.0% | USD 3.59 billion | 11.4% | USD 9.48 billion |
| New York | USD 3.22 billion | 9.0% | USD 3.52 billion | 9.20% | USD 7.77 billion |
| Washington | USD 2.15 billion | 6.0% | USD 2.37 billion | 10.6% | USD 5.88 billion |
| Virginia | USD 1.79 billion | 5.0% | USD 1.99 billion | 11.0% | USD 5.08 billion |
| Rest of West | USD 3.58 billion | 10.0% | USD 3.94 billion | 10.2% | USD 9.45 billion |
| Rest of South | USD 6.80 billion | 19.0% | USD 7.51 billion | 10.4% | USD 18.3 billion |
| Rest of Northeast | USD 3.58 billion | 10.0% | USD 3.90 billion | 9.00% | USD 8.47 billion |
| Midwest | USD 5.37 billion | 15.0% | USD 5.85 billion | 9.00% | USD 12.7 billion |

California leads because Silicon Valley and Los Angeles host the largest concentration of software companies, platforms and startups, the heaviest users of managed and serverless databases; it grows 10.4% a year. Texas, USD 3.22 billion, grows fastest as Dallas and Austin add bank, insurer, airline and energy headquarters and Oracle runs its corporate base in Austin. New York, USD 3.22 billion, grows 9.20% a year on banks, brokers and insurers whose Oracle and SQL Server estates move slowly under regulator scrutiny.

Washington, USD 2.15 billion, carries the home teams of Amazon and Microsoft and Seattle's software firms. Virginia, USD 1.79 billion, grows 11.0% a year because federal agencies and contractors around Northern Virginia are moving systems to FedRAMP-authorised database services. The rest of the South, USD 6.80 billion, includes Georgia, Florida and North Carolina banks and retailers; the Midwest, USD 5.37 billion, and the rest of the Northeast grow 9.00% a year on manufacturers, insurers and hospitals with older estates. State values for 2035 sum to USD 93.5 billion, 0.33% above the headline; in the data table the row labelled Global holds the U.S. total, USD 35.8 billion in 2025.

## Who sells relational databases to American organisations: AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, Google or IBM?

Amazon Web Services takes the most U.S. relational databases software spend, about 24.0% of 2025, USD 8.59 billion, Douglas Insights estimates. Microsoft, Oracle and AWS together hold about 61.0%, with Google Cloud fourth.

| Company | What the U.S. position rests on | Estimated U.S. share 2025 | Estimated value 2025 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amazon Web Services | RDS, Aurora and Aurora DSQL | 24.0% | USD 8.59 billion |
| Microsoft | SQL Server licences, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL on Azure | 21.0% | USD 7.51 billion |
| Oracle | Oracle Database licences and support, Autonomous Database, multicloud | 16.0% | USD 5.73 billion |
| Google Cloud | Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, Spanner | 7.0% | USD 2.50 billion |
| IBM | Db2 on mainframe, distributed and cloud | 3.0% | USD 1.07 billion |
| SAP | SAP HANA under ERP estates | 2.5% | USD 895 million |
| Other vendors | EDB, Percona, Cockroach Labs, Yugabyte, Databricks (Neon), Snowflake (Crunchy Data), MariaDB and others | 26.5% | USD 9.48 billion |

The shares are Douglas Insights estimates because no vendor reports U.S. relational database revenue. AWS leads managed databases; Microsoft wins where SQL Server and Microsoft 365 contracts already sit; Oracle keeps the most valuable systems of record and now sells them through rivals' clouds. Data platforms are moving in: Snowflake agreed to buy Crunchy Data, a PostgreSQL provider with a record in FedRAMP environments, on [2 June 2025](https://snowflake.com/en/news/press-releases/snowflake-acquires-crunchy-data-to-bring-enterprise-ready-postgres-offering-to-the-ai-data-cloud/), three weeks after Databricks agreed to buy Neon. Oracle and Microsoft defend differently. Oracle lets American customers keep its engine while paying through AWS, Azure or Google Cloud commitments, so its database revenue follows the hyperscaler meter; Microsoft bundles SQL Server rights into Azure Hybrid Benefit so licences already owned lower the cost of moving. IBM's Db2 holds on mainframes at the largest banks, insurers and federal agencies, and SAP HANA rises and falls with S/4HANA migrations, which many U.S. manufacturers are scheduling before SAP's 2027 end of mainstream maintenance for older ERP releases. Specialists win where a single feature matters: CockroachDB and YugabyteDB for always-on multi-region ledgers, EDB for Oracle-compatible PostgreSQL. Fleets of this size need monitoring of the kind sized in our [Enterprise Data Observability Platforms Market](https://www.douglasinsights.com/enterprise-data-observability-platforms-market/) report.

## What does a relational database cost a U.S. organisation, per core, per hour or per request?

A U.S. organisation spent an average USD 50,400 on relational database software in 2025, Douglas Insights estimates, from under USD 50 a month for a small managed instance to tens of millions a year for a bank's Oracle estate.

| Pricing model | Typical U.S. cost, 2025 | Typical buyer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Small managed PostgreSQL or MySQL instance | Under USD 50 a month | Startups and small firms |
| Serverless distributed SQL | Free tier of 100,000 processing units a month, then per unit and per GB | AI agents, new applications |
| Production managed cluster with replicas | USD 50,000 to USD 500,000 a year | Mid-sized and large firms |
| Commercial licence per processor core | Tens of thousands of dollars per core, plus about a fifth a year in support | Banks, insurers, federal agencies |
| One-year database savings plan | Up to 35% off on-demand rates | Firms with steady loads |

Labour sets the ceiling. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) counts about 144,500 database administrators and architects with a median pay of USD 126,760 in 2025, and projects administrator jobs to grow 0% to 2035 against 9% for architects, in its [Occupational Outlook Handbook](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/database-administrators.htm). The average USD 50,400 database bill is about 40% of one median salary, which is why small American firms buy managed services rather than hire. Backup copies kept outside the database are sized in our [Online Cloud Backup Service Market](https://www.douglasinsights.com/online-cloud-backup-service-market/) report.

## Which U.S. rules shape database choices: CMMC, FedRAMP or the 2026 state privacy laws?

Three rule sets shape U.S. relational database choices: the Pentagon's CMMC rule in force since 10 November 2025, FedRAMP authorisation for federal cloud services, and state privacy laws in Indiana, Kentucky and Rhode Island from 1 January 2026.

The Department of Defense issued the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) contract rule on 10 September 2025, effective 10 November 2025, with phase 2 starting on 10 November 2026 and full implementation by November 2027, [Squire Patton Boggs explained](https://www.squirepattonboggs.com/insights/publications/the-cmmc-dfars-final-rule-goes-live-ready-or-not-here-it-comes/). Defence contractors that store controlled unclassified information in databases must show certified controls, which pushes them to government-region managed services or hardened on-premise estates. Federal agencies buy cloud databases only with FedRAMP authorisation, which is why Snowflake cited Crunchy Data's FedRAMP record.

State privacy laws add retention and deletion duties. Indiana, Kentucky and Rhode Island comprehensive privacy laws took effect on 1 January 2026, [Koley Jessen noted](https://www.koleyjessen.com/insights/publications/new-state-privacy-laws-effective-january-1-2026-indiana-kentucky-and-rhode-island), so firms must find and delete personal data across every database. Legal holds on database records are sized in our [Cloud-Based E-Discovery Software Market](https://www.douglasinsights.com/cloud-based-e-discovery-software-market/) report.

## What if cost discipline wins or AI agents multiply databases: where does U.S. relational database spend land in 2035?

The U.S. relational databases software market ends 2035 between USD 69.6 billion and USD 116 billion across our three cases, around a base of USD 93.2 billion. AI-agent database creation and savings-plan discipline set the spread.

| Case | Organisation leg | Spend leg | 2035 value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cost discipline | 1.60% | 5.20% | USD 69.6 billion |
| Base case | 2.70% | 7.15% | USD 93.2 billion |
| Data surge | 3.60% | 8.60% | USD 116 billion |

In the cost-discipline case American firms lock most usage into savings plans, move licences to self-run PostgreSQL and slow multi-region builds. In the data-surge case AI agents create databases by the million on Neon, Aurora DSQL and Snowflake Postgres, and Oracle multicloud keeps growing at triple-digit rates. One extra point of yearly organisation growth adds USD 9.48 billion to 2035 U.S. relational databases software value; one point less removes USD 8.69 billion.

Our 10.04% sits just below the 10.08% North America rate and the 11.06% global rate in the Douglas Insights global model, because the United States moved to managed services first and Asia Pacific, at 12.8%, is still migrating.

## Douglas Exclusive: the U.S. Database Meter Ledger

The U.S. Database Meter Ledger is a Douglas Insights model built from 13 sourced inputs in 10 company, government and legal releases dated May 2025 to March 2026, tracking how U.S. database spend moves from licences to meters.

| Date | Event or figure | What it moves |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 14 May 2025 | Databricks to buy Neon; over 80% of Neon databases created by AI agents | Organisation and database counts |
| 27 May 2025 | Aurora DSQL generally available | Serverless distributed SQL |
| 2 June 2025 | Snowflake to buy Crunchy Data | PostgreSQL in data platforms |
| 9 September 2025 | Oracle multicloud database revenue +1,529% | Licences moving into hyperscaler contracts |
| 10 November 2025 | CMMC contract rule in force | Defence contractor database controls |
| November 2025 | SQL Server 2025 generally available | On-premise licence refresh |
| 2 December 2025 | AWS Database Savings Plans, up to 35% off | Spend per organisation |
| 10 March 2026 | Oracle multicloud database +531%; Cloud Database IaaS +35% | Migration pace |
| 2025 data | BLS: 144,500 administrators and architects; median USD 126,760 | Labour substitution |

The finding, a Douglas Insights estimate: the 35% savings-plan discount and the 0% outlook for administrator jobs point the same way. American organisations are paying less per unit of database work and employing fewer people to run it, but buying far more units. Our model has PostgreSQL-compatible engines rising from about 24% of U.S. relational spend in 2025 to 41% by 2035, while Oracle's multicloud growth keeps commercial engines inside the meter rather than outside it; that is why the commercial licence segment still grows 1.40% a year rather than shrinking, and why managed services reach 68.0% of 2035 value.

## How does the methodology turn 710,000 paying organisations into USD 35.8 billion?

Our methodology multiplies about 710,000 U.S. organisations paying for relational database software in 2025 by an average annual spend of USD 50,400 to reach USD 35.8 billion. Counts come from firm-size bands; spend from four deployment models.

The model covers 9 states or regions, 4 deployment models and 3 buyer sizes, and uses 84 data points, 22 sourced and 62 modelled. Arithmetic: 710,000 x USD 50,400 = USD 35,784 million; 35,784 x (1.0270 x 1.0715)^10 = USD 93,178 million, or USD 93.2 billion. Paying organisations reach about 729,000 in 2026 and 927,000 in 2035; spend per organisation reaches USD 54,000 in 2026.

Two cross-checks agree. First, USD 35.8 billion is 88.0% of the USD 40,664 million North America row of our global relational databases software model, in line with the U.S. share of North American GDP and cloud spend. Second, the 61.0% top-three share sits close to the about 60% global share in that model. AI tools help draft the text and automated checks test the arithmetic and links; the Douglas Insights research desk chooses the sources, builds the model and approves publication, as our [editorial standards](https://www.douglasinsights.com/research-methodology/) explain.

## What counts in the U.S. relational databases software market, and what is excluded?

The U.S. relational databases software market counts what American organisations pay for relational engines, licences, support, subscriptions and managed relational database services. NoSQL databases, standalone data warehouses, separately sold tooling and IT services are excluded.

The by-deployment split covers the four models above; the by-buyer split covers large enterprises, mid-sized organisations, and small organisations and startups; the by-state split covers California, Texas, New York, Washington, Virginia, the rest of the West, the rest of the South, the rest of the Northeast and the Midwest. Spend is counted where the buying organisation is based, not where the data centre runs.

## Market by segment

| Segment | Share | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cloud managed relational database services | 55% | $19.7 Bn |
| Commercial on-premise licences and support | 30% | $10.7 Bn |
| Open source subscriptions and support | 8% | $2.86 Bn |
| Distributed SQL and serverless databases | 7% | $2.50 Bn |

## Market by region (USD million)

| Region | 2025 | 2026 | 2035 | CAGR 2026-2035 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Global | 35,784 | 39,377.8 | 93,178.4 | 10.04% |
| California | 6,083.3 | 6,715.9 | 16,361.7 | 10.4% |
| Texas | 3,220.6 | 3,587.7 | 9,479.5 | 11.4% |
| New York | 3,220.6 | 3,516.9 | 7,765.3 | 9.2% |
| Washington | 2,147 | 2,374.6 | 5,880.2 | 10.6% |
| Virginia | 1,789.2 | 1,986 | 5,080.3 | 11% |
| Rest of West | 3,578.4 | 3,943.4 | 9,451.6 | 10.2% |
| Rest of South | 6,799 | 7,506.1 | 18,286.6 | 10.4% |
| Rest of Northeast | 3,578.4 | 3,900.5 | 8,471.4 | 9% |
| Midwest | 5,367.6 | 5,850.7 | 12,707.1 | 9% |

## Dataset

| Series | Value | Unit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Market size 2025 | 35,784 | USD million |
| Market size 2035 | 93,178.4 | USD million |
| Revenue CAGR 2026-2035 | 10.04 | percent |
| Paying organisation CAGR 2026-2035 | 2.7 | percent |
| Spend per organisation CAGR 2026-2035 | 7.15 | percent |

## Frequently asked questions

### How big is the U.S. relational databases software market?

USD 35.8 billion in 2025, from about 710,000 paying organisations at an average USD 50,400, rising to USD 93.2 billion by 2035 at a 10.04% revenue CAGR.

### Which deployment model leads U.S. relational database spend?

55.0% of 2025 spend, USD 19.7 billion, goes to cloud managed relational database services such as RDS, Aurora and Azure SQL.

### Which segment grows fastest?

Distributed SQL and serverless databases, 16.4% a year from USD 2.50 billion in 2025 to USD 11.4 billion in 2035.

### Which U.S. state spends the most on relational databases?

California, USD 6.08 billion or 17.0% of 2025 spend; Texas grows fastest at 11.4% a year.

### Who leads U.S. relational database software?

About 24.0% of 2025 spend goes to AWS by Douglas Insights estimate; AWS, Microsoft and Oracle together hold about 61.0%.

### How much do AWS Database Savings Plans cut database bills?

Up to 35% off on-demand rates for a one-year hourly spend commitment, AWS said on 2 December 2025.

### How wide is the 2035 range?

USD 69.6 billion in the cost-discipline case and USD 116 billion in the data-surge case, against a USD 93.2 billion base.

## Sources

- [Oracle, Oracle Announces Fiscal Year 2026 First Quarter Financial Results](https://www.oracle.com/de/news/announcement/q1fy26-earnings-release-2025-09-09/)
- [Oracle / SEC EDGAR, Oracle fiscal 2026 third quarter results, Form 8-K exhibit 99.1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1341439/000119312526100148/orcl-ex99_1.htm)
- [Amazon Web Services, Amazon Aurora DSQL is now generally available](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/05/amazon-aurora-dsql-generally-available)
- [Amazon Web Services, Announcing Database Savings Plans with up to 35% savings](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/12/database-savings-plans-savings)
- [Databricks, Databricks agrees to acquire Neon](https://databricks.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/databricks-agrees-acquire-neon-help-developers-deliver-ai-systems)
- [Snowflake, Snowflake acquires Crunchy Data](https://snowflake.com/en/news/press-releases/snowflake-acquires-crunchy-data-to-bring-enterprise-ready-postgres-offering-to-the-ai-data-cloud/)
- [Microsoft, SQL Server 2025 generally available](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sqlserver/-/4470570)
- [U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Database Administrators and Architects, Occupational Outlook Handbook](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/database-administrators.htm)
- [Squire Patton Boggs, The CMMC DFARS final rule goes live](https://www.squirepattonboggs.com/insights/publications/the-cmmc-dfars-final-rule-goes-live-ready-or-not-here-it-comes/)
- [Koley Jessen, New state privacy laws effective January 1, 2026: Indiana, Kentucky and Rhode Island](https://www.koleyjessen.com/insights/publications/new-state-privacy-laws-effective-january-1-2026-indiana-kentucky-and-rhode-island)

## How to cite

Douglas Insights, "U.S. Relational Databases Software Market", DI-IT-10772, updated 2026-10-24, https://www.douglasinsights.com/u-s-relational-databases-software-market/