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About how large was the global business process outsourcing (BPO) market in 2024?

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about 9.8% a year (CAGR)

The global BPO market is projected to grow at what rate from 2025 to 2030?

At that growth rate, the industry is projected to reach roughly $525 billion by 2030.

Source: Grand View Research, cited via Wikipedia (2025) en.wikipedia.org

150,000 to 300,000 a year

Roughly how many U.S. jobs per year were estimated to be lost to offshoring between 2004 and 2015?

That estimate represented roughly 10-15% of total U.S. job creation during that period, according to reporting at the time.

Source: The Economist, cited via Wikipedia (2013) en.wikipedia.org

about 16%

In a study of 244 manufacturing relocation decisions from 2018-2023, what share involved 'reshoring' work back to the home country?

Despite talk of reshoring trends, the large majority of relocation decisions in this period still moved production to other countries rather than bringing it home.

Source: Wikipedia, Offshoring (2023) en.wikipedia.org

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