We detected 7,891 companies using Imperva WAF, 1,373 companies that churned, and 260 customers with upcoming renewal in the next 3 months. The most common industry is Financial Services (9%) and the most common company size is 51-200 employees (20%). We find new customers by monitoring new entries and modifications to company DNS records.
Note: We track companies that put Imperva as a firewall in front of their website (gone live)
The count of new companies shown here may differ from the total in the table above. This is intentional. We apply a consistent baseline to ensure month-over-month comparisons are apples-to-apples rather than affected by when data was first collected.
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Market Insights
🏢 Top Industries
Financial Services584 (9%)
Insurance440 (7%)
Banking339 (5%)
IT Services and IT Consulting247 (4%)
Hospitals and Health Care234 (4%)
📏 Company Size Distribution
51-200 employees1527 (20%)
2-10 employees1438 (18%)
11-50 employees1336 (17%)
201-500 employees1140 (15%)
1,001-5,000 employees899 (12%)
👥 What types of companies use Imperva WAF?
Source: Analysis of Linkedin bios of 7,891 companies that use Imperva WAF
Company Characteristics
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Shows how much more likely Imperva WAF customers are to have each trait compared to all companies. For example, 2.0x means customers are twice as likely to have that characteristic.
Trait
Likelihood
Funding Stage: Post IPO secondary
67.1x
Funding Stage: Post IPO debt
37.2x
Industry: Banking
30.8x
Funding Stage: Secondary market
21.0x
Industry: Insurance
18.5x
Company Size: 10,001+
17.0x
I noticed that Imperva WAF's customers span an incredibly diverse range of industries, but they share a common thread: they handle sensitive data or provide critical services that can't afford disruption. These companies include telecommunications providers serving millions of customers, financial institutions managing deposits and investments, government agencies protecting intellectual property databases, healthcare facilities, and major infrastructure operators managing water systems and transportation networks. What they actually do varies wildly, from veterinary pharmaceutical companies to airport concessions to university athletics departments.
These are overwhelmingly mature, established enterprises. The employee counts reveal this clearly: many have 200 to 10,000+ employees, and several explicitly mention decades or even a century of operations. The FCC Group companies alone employ tens of thousands. Even smaller organizations in the dataset, like regional insurance brokers or medical practices, present themselves as established players with years of track record. Very few show venture funding, and those that do are often at later stages or have debt financing rather than early-stage equity rounds.
🔧 What other technologies do Imperva WAF customers also use?
Source: Analysis of tech stacks from 7,891 companies that use Imperva WAF
Commonly Paired Technologies
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Shows how much more likely Imperva WAF customers are to use each tool compared to the general population. For example, 287x means customers are 287 times more likely to use that tool.
I noticed that companies using Imperva WAF are clearly enterprise organizations with mature security and compliance programs. The presence of tools like GlobalSign for SSL certificates, Proofpoint for email security, and OneTrust for consent management tells me these are large companies operating in heavily regulated industries where data protection isn't optional. They're likely in financial services, healthcare, or e-commerce where both customer trust and regulatory compliance drive significant technology investments.
The pairing of Imperva WAF with Proofpoint Email Security is particularly telling. These companies are building defense in depth, protecting multiple attack vectors rather than just their web applications. When I see OneTrust appearing 35 times more often, it confirms these organizations are handling sensitive customer data at scale and need robust consent management for GDPR, CCPA, and similar regulations. The DocuSign presence suggests complex B2B or B2C transactions requiring legally binding agreements, which again points to financial services, insurance, or enterprise software companies.
My analysis shows these are definitively sales-led, enterprise-focused organizations. The full stack screams "mature company with complex compliance requirements." These aren't startups moving fast and breaking things. They're established businesses with legal teams, security officers, and procurement processes. The appearance of Treasure Data, a customer data platform that's 203 times more likely, indicates sophisticated marketing operations that need to unify customer data while maintaining strict security controls.
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