5 Compliance Trends and Priorities for 2025

Explore compliance trends, priorities and action steps to drive business impact

Compliance Trend 1: More than 82% of compliance leaders faced consequences as a result of a third-party risk in the last 12 months

What are the top priorities for compliance leaders in 2025? Gartner surveyed compliance leaders across all industries and revenue bands to identify their most pressing priorities in 2025. Improving third-party risk management emerged as the primary focus, with over 82% of leaders having faced consequences due to third-party risks in the past year.

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  • Top 5 priorities for compliance leaders in 2025
  • Complimentary resources for each priority
  • Key drivers and recommended actions

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What is the Gartner Compliance Trends and Priorities report?

This report is derived from the Gartner’s annual Survey of Legal and Compliance Leader Priorities & Challenges which surveys compliance leaders across industries, asking them to rank the compliance trends and priorities for the year ahead. In 2025, two recurring themes—supporting business growth and harnessing AI advancements—emerged prominently in the top five priorities for nearly 100 leaders who participated in our survey.

Additionally, compliance leaders are prioritizing third-party, privacy and AI risk management, along with improvements in compliance risk detection and in efforts to better measure program effectiveness.

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