2026 Edition — Real Spend, Real Controls, Real Numbers from 200+ Texas Firms

Texas SMB IT & Cybersecurity Benchmark Report

LayerLogix's annual benchmark report on managed IT spend, cybersecurity control adoption, ransomware exposure, compliance maturity, cyber insurance posture, and vendor stack composition across Texas SMBs. Built from a survey of 200+ Texas businesses across Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, the Permian Basin, and the Gulf Coast — supplemented with anonymized operating data from LayerLogix client engagements. Texas-specific, SMB-specific, and free for Texas businesses. The executive summary is publicly available; the full report is sent to verified Texas business contacts within 1 business hour of request.

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What We Offer

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IT Spend by Company Size

Per-user and per-device managed IT spend benchmarks for 10, 25, 50, 100, and 200-employee Texas SMBs across Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio. Median, 25th percentile, 75th percentile.

Cybersecurity Control Adoption

Real adoption rates for MFA, EDR, Privileged Access Management (PAM), conditional access, immutable backup, SIEM/SOC, vCISO, phishing awareness training, and incident response across Texas SMBs.

Ransomware & BEC Exposure

Reported incident frequency, average dwell time, recovery cost, and ransom payment data for Texas SMBs. Industry breakouts for healthcare, energy, manufacturing, professional services, and accounting/financial.

Compliance Maturity by Framework

Adoption and maturity benchmarks for HIPAA, FTC Safeguards Rule, CMMC 2.0, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, NIST 800-171, and Texas HB 300 (TMRPA) across the Texas SMB market.

Cyber Insurance Posture

Premium ranges, coverage limit norms, exclusion patterns, and renewal dynamics for Texas SMB cyber insurance — broken down by industry and control posture.

Vendor Stack & Tooling

Most-deployed RMM, EDR, PAM, M365 license tier, backup, SIEM, and identity stacks across Texas SMBs. With deployment cost ranges and rationale for the leading platforms.

Why Choose LayerLogix?

Serving businesses throughout the Greater Houston area including Houston, The Woodlands, Sugar Land, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Midland, El Paso.

Real Numbers, Not Vendor Marketing

Most "industry benchmark" reports come from vendors selling against the data. This one comes from a Texas-headquartered MSP with operating relationships across the state — the numbers reflect what actually gets bought, deployed, and paid for.

Texas-Specific

National benchmarks blur Texas market dynamics with national averages. This report focuses specifically on Houston, the DFW Metroplex, Austin, San Antonio, the Permian Basin, and the Gulf Coast — the markets where LayerLogix operates.

Defensible for Budget Conversations

Bring the report to your board, your CFO, or your cyber insurance broker. "This is what other Texas firms our size are spending" is much more defensible than "please trust me."

Free for Texas SMBs

No paywall, no email gate for the executive summary. Full report (with raw data tables and methodology notes) requested via the form — sent within 1 business hour.

Annual Refresh

Re-issued each spring with fresh data. The 2026 edition reflects the post-CMMC-2.0 era, the FTC Safeguards Rule rollout maturity cycle, and the new cyber insurance underwriting environment.

Our Process

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Methodology — survey of 200+ Texas SMBs across Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, and the Gulf Coast, supplemented with anonymized operating data from LayerLogix client engagements
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IT spend benchmarking — per-user, per-device, and project-based spend across 10/25/50/100/200-employee company tiers
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Cybersecurity control adoption — MFA, PAM, EDR, conditional access, SIEM/SOC, vCISO, immutable backup, phishing awareness training rates
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Ransomware & BEC incident data — reported frequency, average dwell time, recovery cost, ransom payment data
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Compliance framework adoption — HIPAA, FTC Safeguards Rule, CMMC 2.0, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, NIST 800-171, Texas HB 300 maturity scores
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Cyber insurance posture — premium ranges, coverage limits, exclusions, renewal dynamics by industry and control posture
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Vendor stack analysis — most-deployed RMM, EDR, PAM, M365 license tier, backup, SIEM, identity platforms with cost ranges
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Industry breakouts — Healthcare, Energy/Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Accounting/Financial, Construction
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Geographic breakouts — Greater Houston, DFW, Austin, San Antonio, Permian Basin, Gulf Coast, Borderplex
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Distribution — executive summary publicly available; full report sent to verified Texas business contacts within 1 business hour of request

Frequently Asked Questions

Who participated in the survey?
Texas SMBs across Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, and the Gulf Coast — primarily 10-500 employee businesses across healthcare, energy, manufacturing, professional services, accounting/financial, and construction. Participation is anonymous; identifying details are stripped before aggregation.
Is the report really free?
Yes — for Texas businesses. The executive summary is publicly available; the full report (with raw data tables and methodology notes) is sent to verified Texas business contacts on request. There is no paywall, no email upsell sequence, and no requirement to schedule a sales call.
How accurate are the IT spend benchmarks?
The benchmarks are statistical aggregates with median, 25th percentile, and 75th percentile values. They reflect real Texas SMB market conditions in 2026 — not national averages, not vendor-published list prices, not 5-year-old industry data. Where sample sizes are small, we say so explicitly.
Can I cite the report?
Yes. Attribute as: "LayerLogix Texas SMB IT & Cybersecurity Benchmark Report, 2026 Edition" with a link to https://layerlogix.com/resources/reports/texas-smb-it-cybersecurity-benchmark-2026. Journalists, analysts, and consultants frequently cite the report in coverage of the Texas IT/cybersecurity market.
How does this compare to Gartner or Forrester reports?
Gartner and Forrester publish national or global benchmarks, often skewed toward enterprise data. This report is Texas-specific and SMB-specific. The two are complementary — Gartner/Forrester tells you what large enterprises are doing nationally; this report tells you what Texas SMBs (10-500 employees) are actually spending and deploying.
When does the next edition come out?
Annually each spring. The 2027 edition will be issued April 2027.

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