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Segment Information
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information Segment Information
The Company’s products and services are delivered through three reportable segments – Business and Technology Insights, or “Insights”, Conferences and Consulting, as described below.

•Insights equips executives and their teams from every function and across all industries with actionable, objective business and technology insights, guidance and tools. Our experienced experts deliver all this value informed by an unmatched combination of practitioner-sourced and data-driven research to help our clients address their mission critical priorities.

•Conferences provides executives and teams across an organization the opportunity to learn, share and network. From industry-leading conferences to peer-driven communities – each focused on the mission-critical priorities of specific business roles – our offerings enable attendees to experience the best of Gartner insights and guidance.

•Consulting serves senior executives leading technology-driven strategic initiatives leveraging the power of Gartner’s actionable, objective insights. Through custom analysis and on-the-ground support we enable optimized technology investments and stronger performance on our clients’ mission critical priorities.

The Company's Chief Executive Officer is its chief operating decision maker (CODM). The CODM evaluates segment performance and allocates resources based on gross contribution. Gross contribution, as presented in the tables below, is defined as operating income or loss excluding certain Cost of services and product development expenses, Selling, general and administrative expenses, Depreciation, Amortization of intangibles and Gain from sale of divested operation. Certain bonus and fringe benefit costs included in consolidated Cost of services and product development are not allocated to segment expense. The CODM uses gross contribution to allocate resources (including financial resources and employees) for each segment primarily in the Company's annual budgeting process. The CODM then monitors budgeted versus actual results regularly to
assess segment operating performance, identify business trends, and modify resource allocations as needed. The accounting policies used by the reportable segments are the same as those used by the Company. There are no intersegment revenues. The Company does not identify or allocate assets, including capital expenditures, by reportable segment. Accordingly, assets are not reported by segment because the information is not available by segment and is not reviewed in the evaluation of segment performance or in making decisions regarding the allocation of resources.

The tables below present information about the Company’s reportable segments for the periods indicated (in thousands).

Three Months Ended June 30, 2026InsightsConferencesConsultingConsolidated
Revenues$1,289,870 $244,157 $141,916 $1,675,943 
Less:
Personnel expenses275,672 19,227 80,825 375,724 
Product and content delivery expenses7,230 73,645 3,826 84,701 
Other expenses (1)7,596 6,063 3,495 17,154 
Gross contribution999,372 145,222 53,770 1,198,364 
Cost of services and product development - unallocated (2)9,330 
Selling, general and administrative764,592 
Depreciation and amortization45,183 
Gain from sale of divested operation739 
Interest expenses and other, net23,897 
Income before income taxes$354,623 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2025InsightsConferencesConsultingOther (3)Consolidated
Revenues$1,263,505 $211,407 $155,594 $55,948 $1,686,454 
Less:
Personnel expenses289,436 18,881 86,511 10,089 404,917 
Product and content delivery expenses6,931 65,197 4,052 31,367 107,547 
Other expenses (1)6,406 5,941 3,476 549 16,372 
Gross contribution960,732 121,388 61,555 13,943 1,157,618 
Cost of services and product development - unallocated (2)2,895 
Selling, general and administrative776,888 
Depreciation and amortization50,739 
Interest expenses and other, net9,303 
Income before income taxes$317,793 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2026InsightsConferencesConsultingOther (3)Consolidated
Revenues$2,584,065 $322,482 $261,045 $19,392 $3,186,984 
Less:
Personnel expenses547,630 37,258 156,441 2,210 743,539 
Product and content delivery expenses10,860 100,401 6,765 9,475 127,501 
Other expenses (1)14,686 9,192 7,264 130 31,272 
Gross contribution2,010,889 175,631 90,575 7,577 2,284,672 
Cost of services and product development - unallocated (2)13,904 
Selling, general and administrative1,490,941 
Depreciation and amortization90,614 
Gain from sale of divested operation(5,399)
Interest expenses and other, net47,577 
Income before income taxes$647,035 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2025InsightsConferencesConsultingOther (3)Consolidated
Revenues$2,519,074 $284,004 $295,300 $122,206 $3,220,584 
Less:
Personnel expenses568,427 36,626 165,603 20,460 791,116 
Product and content delivery expenses11,327 89,368 7,314 68,148 176,157 
Other expenses (1)12,640 9,240 7,436 1,080 30,396 
Gross contribution1,926,680 148,770 114,947 32,518 2,222,915 
Cost of services and product development - unallocated (2)9,092 
Selling, general and administrative1,507,196 
Depreciation and amortization101,499 
Interest expenses and other, net20,327 
Income before income taxes$584,801 
(1)Other expenses consists primarily of travel and entertainment and workplace expenses.
(2)The unallocated amounts consist of certain bonus and fringe costs recorded in consolidated Cost of services and product development that are not allocated to segment expense. The Company’s policy is to allocate bonuses to segments at 100% of a segment employee’s target bonus. Amounts above or below 100% are absorbed by corporate.
(3)Other includes the Company's Digital Markets operating segment, which was divested during the three months ended March 31, 2026. See Note 2 — Divestiture for additional information.