Tableau Sees Exponential Global Growth, Tipping Point Year in EMEA

On the heels of its 2014 earnings announcement, Tableau today shared additional figures on the record growth of its business analytics products. After five years of exponential growth, the company reached $913 million in lifetime global revenue – $413 million of which was generated in 2014. With that achievement, Tableau has become one of the fastest-growing companies in the 50-year history of business analytics software.
Tableau’s growth was also driven by tremendous international expansion in 2014, including in the EMEA region. The company has seen revenue growth of over 100 percent for the past two years in EMEA and has grown its customer base by 60 percent since 2013. Its customer growth was especially strong in the UK, Germany, and France, where 1,000 new customer accounts were added in total.

Tableau now has customers in 150 countries worldwide, more than half of which reported triple-digit growth in 2014. Overall, outside of North America, Tableau has seen revenue growth of over 100 percent for four consecutive years. In response to growing demand in the region, Tableau more than doubled its headcount in EMEA to nearly 200 employees in 2014.

“In the average week more than 150 organizations are moving to the Tableau way,” said Christian Chabot, CEO and Co-founder of Tableau. “People are looking for analytics technology that is fast, easy, and for everyone. They want to put the power of data into the hands of people at all levels of their companies. We saw the strongest demand we’ve ever seen in our history, making 2014 a tipping point year for Tableau.”

Tableau’s mission to help people see and understand data has come to define a new era of analytics. Its accelerated growth comes as data generation around the world has exploded and the skill to analyze it has become critical. Customers call Tableau smart and fun – a far cry from the complicated business intelligence systems of the prior era.

Tableau has more than 26,000 customer accounts around the world. Organizations in EMEA using Tableau include companies, nonprofits, universities, and many other large and small organizations across all types of industries.

In the UK, VirginCare offers hundreds of health and social services. VirginCare uses Tableau Server for fast, intuitive data insight into patient and hospital data, helping them identify ways to improve areas like care and patient satisfaction.

The French Red Cross knows the power of data. But prior to moving to Tableau, the organization had no means of easily analyzing all of the data the organization was creating. With Tableau, they’ve created a common language for their data and significantly cut the time it takes to build dashboards. They’re now able to get fast, at-a-glance access to their data, in turn helping to improve their programs for the people who need it most.

Additional customers in the EMEA region include French banking firm BNP Paribas, German online automotive database Mobile.de, and French advertising firm Criteo.

The company’s product innovation continues at a pace seldom seen in enterprise software companies. In 2014, Tableau invested $90 million(1) on research and development, more than in the previous two years combined. Dr. Forest Baker, Tableau Board Member and General Partner at New Enterprise Associates, notes, “Tableau’s R&D investment ratio is among the highest of all public technology companies. They have an inspiring commitment to research and innovation, and their best years are in front of them.” Tableau grew its headcount by 735, including growing its research and development team by 50 percent. As of the year-end 2014, its total headcount is now 1,947.

Tableau was founded in 2003 by two Stanford University students and a professor. Since basing its first operations out of a Seattle bedroom, Tableau has grown into a publicly-traded concern on the New York Stock Exchange. The company maintains offices in Seattle, Kirkland, Palo Alto, Austin, Washington, D.C., London, Dublin, Frankfurt, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney.

About Tableau
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(1)Represents non-GAAP research & development expense. The figure excludes $20.8 million of stock-based compensation expense. The definition and reconciliation of non-GAAP measures can be found at http://investors.tableau.com/overview/default.aspx.