The fractional executive model has crossed a threshold. What began as a workaround for cash-strapped startups is now a $9.4 billion global market with Gartner forecasting that 30% of midsize enterprises will have at least one fractional executive on retainer by 2027. If you're still treating fractional hiring as an experiment, these ten statistics drawn from the most current research available through mid-2026, should settle that question.