Installmap

Live Chat and Support adoption 2026

Last updated 2026-09-03

Key findings

  1. Intercom runs on 1.5% of the 8,130 company websites crawled, the most of any Live Chat and Support tool.
  2. Intercom share runs from 0.2% in Biotechnology to 3.4% in Administrative Services.
  3. Intercom is most common at 11-50 employees, on 1.5% of sites in that band.
  4. Intercom share is highest in France, at 2.9% of crawled sites there.
  5. In Artificial Intelligence (AI), Intercom is the most used Live Chat and Support tool, on 1.6% of crawled sites.
  6. In Financial Services, Intercom is the most used Live Chat and Support tool, on 2.6% of crawled sites.
  7. In Biotechnology, Intercom is the most used Live Chat and Support tool, on 0.2% of crawled sites.
  8. Intercom, HubSpot Chat, Zoho SalesIQ hold 75% of all Live Chat and Support installs counted.

Intercom runs on 1.5% of the 8,130 company websites crawled, the most of any Live Chat and Support tool.

Live Chat and Support tools, share of crawled company websitesIntercom1.5%HubSpot Chat0.3%Zoho SalesIQ0.2%Zendesk Web Widget0.2%Tawk.to0.1%Crisp0.1%Tidio0.1%Help Scout Beacon0.1%Freshdesk0.0%LiveChat0.0%
Live Chat and Support tools, share of crawled company websites

Intercom was found on 120 sites. HubSpot Chat came second with 22. Shares are of the whole sample, and a site can run more than one tool, so the bars do not add up to 100.

Key takeaway: Intercom leads Live Chat and Support at 1.5%.

Intercom share runs from 0.2% in Biotechnology to 3.4% in Administrative Services.

Intercom share by industryArtificial Intelligence (…1.6%Financial Services2.6%Biotechnology0.2%Information Technology1.9%Health Care0.7%Apps2.9%Data and Analytics1.4%Commerce and Shopping1.2%Administrative Services3.4%Energy0.7%
Intercom share by industry

Administrative Services: 11 of 328 crawled sites run Intercom. Biotechnology: 1 of 521. Only industries with at least 150 crawled sites are compared here; the tool page lists the rest.

Key takeaway: Intercom is 17.5 times as common in Administrative Services as in Biotechnology.

Intercom is most common at 11-50 employees, on 1.5% of sites in that band.

Intercom share by employee band11-501.5%51-2001.3%
Intercom share by employee band

95 of the 6,249 crawled sites with 11-50 employees run Intercom. At 51-200 employees the share is 1.3%.

Key takeaway: Intercom skews to 11-50 employee companies.

Intercom share is highest in France, at 2.9% of crawled sites there.

Intercom share by countryUnited States1.4%United Kingdom1.5%Canada0.8%France2.9%Germany0.5%Australia1.9%Netherlands0.7%Sweden0.0%Denmark4.1%Finland1.5%
Intercom share by country

12 of the 416 crawled France sites run Intercom, against 1.5% across all countries. Countries with fewer than 150 crawled sites are not compared.

Key takeaway: Intercom is strongest in France.

In Artificial Intelligence (AI), Intercom is the most used Live Chat and Support tool, on 1.6% of crawled sites.

Live Chat and Support tools in Artificial Intelligence (AI)Intercom1.6%Zoho SalesIQ0.4%HubSpot Chat0.3%Zendesk Web Widget0.2%Tawk.to0.1%Tidio0.1%Freshdesk0.1%Front Chat0.1%Crisp0.0%Help Scout Beacon0.0%
Live Chat and Support tools in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

1,606 crawled sites are labelled Artificial Intelligence (AI), and 25 of them run Intercom. Zoho SalesIQ follows at 0.4%.

Key takeaway: Intercom leads Live Chat and Support in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

In Financial Services, Intercom is the most used Live Chat and Support tool, on 2.6% of crawled sites.

Live Chat and Support tools in Financial ServicesIntercom2.6%HubSpot Chat0.4%Zoho SalesIQ0.4%Zendesk Web Widget0.4%Crisp0.4%Tawk.to0.2%Tidio0.0%Help Scout Beacon0.0%Freshdesk0.0%LiveChat0.0%
Live Chat and Support tools in Financial Services

536 crawled sites are labelled Financial Services, and 14 of them run Intercom. HubSpot Chat follows at 0.4%.

Key takeaway: Intercom leads Live Chat and Support in Financial Services.

In Biotechnology, Intercom is the most used Live Chat and Support tool, on 0.2% of crawled sites.

Live Chat and Support tools in BiotechnologyIntercom0.2%HubSpot Chat0.2%Tidio0.2%Zoho SalesIQ0.0%Zendesk Web Widget0.0%Tawk.to0.0%Crisp0.0%Help Scout Beacon0.0%Freshdesk0.0%LiveChat0.0%
Live Chat and Support tools in Biotechnology

521 crawled sites are labelled Biotechnology, and 1 of them run Intercom. HubSpot Chat follows at 0.2%.

Key takeaway: Intercom leads Live Chat and Support in Biotechnology.

Intercom, HubSpot Chat, Zoho SalesIQ hold 75% of all Live Chat and Support installs counted.

Share of Live Chat and Support installs by toolIntercom55.8%HubSpot Chat10.2%Zoho SalesIQ8.8%Zendesk Web Widget8.4%Tawk.to4.7%Crisp3.7%Tidio3.3%Help Scout Beacon2.3%
Share of Live Chat and Support installs by tool

215 installs were counted across 16 Live Chat and Support tools. This chart divides by that total, so the bars add up to 100.

Key takeaway: Three tools hold 75% of Live Chat and Support.

Attrition funnel

StepCount
Domains selected for the sample
Company domains drawn from the source universe.
30,000
Homepage fetched
A response was returned for the request.
8,948
Fetch succeeded
A 200 response with a readable HTML body.
8,130
Firmographics joined
Industry, country and employee band all present. The base every share on this site is divided by.
8,130

Named failures

ReasonCountShare of attempted
HTTP 502 249 2.8%
HTTP 403 243 2.7%
Connection timeout 205 2.3%
SSL error 55 0.6%
HTTP 429 (rate limited) 20 0.2%
HTTP 503 11 0.1%
HTTP 500 9 0.1%
Connect 5 0.1%
Proxy error 4 0.0%
HTTP 401 4 0.0%
HTTP 526 3 0.0%
HTTP 530 2 0.0%
HTTP 521 2 0.0%
HTTP 525 2 0.0%
Too many redirects 2 0.0%
HTTP 523 1 0.0%
Http520 1 0.0%

Cite this

Intercom runs on 1.5% of the 8,130 company websites crawled, the most of any Live Chat and Support tool, https://installmap.com/stats/live-chat-support, Installmap, September 2026.