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title: "Access: search popularity worldwide"
description: "Access is records management software. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/access-records"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Access: search popularity worldwide

Access is records management software. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: Access
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among records management software**: 0.11%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Records management software | 6 | 0.11% | 390 |

- [Records management software](/demand/global-en/categories/records-management-software)

## How has branded search demand for Access changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Access worldwide held steady at 390.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Access’ estimated Share of Search among records management software worldwide held steady, from 0.1% to 0.11%.

## How did search popularity change for records management software worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Iron Mountain gained estimated Share of Search among records management software worldwide, from 58.6% to 59.3%.
- In August 2026, M-Files lost estimated Share of Search among records management software worldwide, from 4.4% to 3.6%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Collabspace worldwide fell 54.6% over 11 measured months, from 1.3K to 590 in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for DocuWare worldwide fell 18.1% over 11 measured months, from 41.1K to 33.7K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for OpenText worldwide fell 17.8% over 11 measured months, from 111K to 91.3K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Records management software | 390 | 0.1% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | Records management software | 320 | 0.06% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | Records management software | 320 | 0.11% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | Records management software | 480 | 0.14% | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | Records management software | 390 | 0.11% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | Records management software | 390 | 0.11% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | Records management software | 390 | 0.11% | 6 |
| May 2026 | Records management software | 390 | 0.12% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | Records management software | 390 | 0.11% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | Records management software | 320 | 0.09% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | Records management software | 390 | 0.11% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | Records management software | — | — | — |

## How is Access measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Access’ name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for this branded term can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “access records”

## Which records management software compete with Access?

- [Iron Mountain](/demand/global-en/brands/iron-mountain): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/access-records-vs-iron-mountain
- [OpenText](/demand/global-en/brands/opentext): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/access-records-vs-opentext
- [DocuWare](/demand/global-en/brands/docuware): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/access-records-vs-docuware
- [M-Files](/demand/global-en/brands/m-files): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/access-records-vs-m-files
- [Collabspace](/demand/global-en/brands/collabspace): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/access-records-vs-collabspace

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Access: search popularity worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/access-records

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