Identity resolution is becoming standard practice for marketers. More than 90% of survey respondents use identifiers, and more than half (54.5%) say they sometimes, often, or almost always work with multiple third-party identifiers, according to a March 2026 survey of 112 US-based agency and marketing professionals by EMARKETER and Acxiom. Eight in 10 respondents say identity resolution has improved marketing ROI. Personalization tops the list of benefits, with 40.2% reporting measurable gains, followed by attribution and measurement (32.1%) and media efficiency (28.6%). This helps explain why 60.7% of marketers expect to increase investment in identity resolution over the next two years.
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