KEY INSIGHTS:
- Tools management remains the least adopted field solutions category in 2026, with just over a quarter of organizations using a dedicated solution regularly and 30.4% reporting they do not use one at all.
- Inventory management (19%) and real-time tracking (16%) are the top drivers of adoption, pointing to a core industry need for visibility into where equipment and assets are across distributed job sites.
- Among organizations that do use a tools management solution, roughly half are actively piloting additional options. This signals a dissatisfaction with existing platforms and a growing push to find solutions that better integrate equipment visibility, utilization tracking, and maintenance scheduling.