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McDermott: ServiceNow hosts over 85B workflows and 7T transactions

Bill McDermott · Scaling Global Organizations in the Age of AI with ServiceNow Chairman and CEO Bill McDermott · Apr 17, 2026 · at 31:38

ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott cites operational scale metrics to illustrate the company's platform moat.

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“Right now I believe the last time I looked at it was more than eighty-five billion workflows are in flight as we're having this podcast, and We got seven trillion transactions happening on that platform.”

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The claim, plainly

ServiceNow has more than 85 billion workflows in flight and seven trillion transactions occurring across its platform.

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Assessment

Official corporate disclosures, investor conference presentations, and press releases issued by ServiceNow around the time of the claim confirm both metrics. On April 9, 2026, an official ServiceNow press release stated that the platform operates with '85 billion workflows and seven trillion transactions' (and 'more than 85 billion workflows running on the platform each year'). This scale was also corroborated during the Morgan Stanley TMT Conference on March 4, 2026 ('85 billion workflows in flight... doing almost 7 trillion transactions') and on the Q1 2026 earnings call on April 23, 2026 ('over 95 billion workflows and more than 7 trillion transactions').

ServiceNow official press release (April 9, 2026) cited '85 billion workflows and seven trillion transactions' across the platform.
Morgan Stanley TMT Conference presentation (March 4, 2026) stated ServiceNow has '85 billion workflows in flight in the Fortune 2000 doing almost 7 trillion transactions.'
ServiceNow Q1 2026 financial earnings call (April 23, 2026) confirmed processing over 95 billion workflows and more than 7 trillion transactions.

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[1] servicenow.com [2] servicenow.com [3] servicenow.com [4] investing.com [5] seekingalpha.com [6] investing.com [7] cxtoday.com [8] crn.com

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