NomidResearch 2026 edition
Mobile device management statistics2026
A closer look at the numbers shaping mobile work. Five figures on security, visibility and deployment scale, with the context to use them well.
Security & visibility
Three findings from Verizon’s 2025 Mobile Security Index survey.
April 2025 survey · 762 respondents
Security needs to be demonstrable.
84% of respondents said a client, partner, regulator or insurer had asked their organization to demonstrate its mobile security maturity.
Reported experience, not a requirement for every organization.
April 2025 survey · 762 respondents
Mobile security is getting more investment.
75% of respondents said their organization had increased mobile security spending over the preceding year.
Self-reported spending changes, not audited budgets.
April 2025 survey · 762 respondents
Visibility is still a challenge.
45% of respondents said missing or incomplete data made shadow IT activity difficult to detect.
A reported visibility challenge, not a measured breach rate.
Mobile & fleet scale
A global estimate and one published Android Enterprise deployment. Each measures something different.
2026 report estimate · Worldwide
Mobile reaches billions of people.
GSMA’s 2026 report estimates 5.8 billion unique mobile subscribers worldwide, approximately 70% of the global population.
Includes consumer and business subscribers. This is not a count of devices, Android users or managed fleets.
GSMA: The Mobile Economy 2026 (Executive summary, p. 2)
September 2025 · BBVA’s reported fleet
One organization, a substantial Android fleet.
BBVA reported centrally managing more than 100,000 Android devices in a September 2025 account published by Google.
An Android Enterprise customer example, not a Nomid customer claim or a typical fleet size.
Google / BBVA: BBVA secures 100,000 devices with Android Enterprise (BBVA customer account)
The context matters
Sources & methodology
This is a curated collection of third-party findings. The edition year records this review; the dates beside each figure identify its evidence. These sources measure different populations and should not be combined into a single benchmark.
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2025 Mobile Security Index
Verizon · Published
Commissioned survey of 762 mobile procurement, management or security staff in April 2025. Organizations had 50+ employees; respondents were in the US (74%), UK (14%) and Australia (12%). The findings are not global prevalence estimates.
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The Mobile Economy 2026
GSMA · Published 2026
GSMA Intelligence’s global estimate. The executive summary describes the subscriber count as current; it does not specify an observation date beside this figure.
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BBVA secures 100,000 devices with Android Enterprise
Google / BBVA · Published
First-person account by Manuel Cerrillo Bermejo, BBVA’s Global Workplace Architect for mobile solutions. A company-reported deployment, not an independent industry survey.
We link to the original publishers, retain the scope of each finding and distinguish estimates, survey responses and company accounts. This page contains no Nomid customer telemetry. If you cite a figure, please keep its date and population with it.
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