180,000+
MySQL/MariaDB deployments globally
Source: DB-Engines + Stack Overflow Survey aggregate
TL;DR
Key Takeaways
- MySQL is the world's most-deployed open-source relational database with approximately 180,000+ deployments globally.
- Owned by Oracle Corporation since 2010 via the Sun Microsystems acquisition.
- BizzContacts maintains 19,800+ verified MySQL records with 99% accuracy and 97.3% inbox deliverability.
- E-commerce, B2B SaaS, social platforms, content management, gaming together account for ~55% of customers.
- Very small to small businesses (10-99 employees) form ~50% of the install base, driven by WordPress universe.
- The Director of Database Engineering and MySQL DBA are uniquely MySQL-aware.
- United States accounts for ~41% of customers; India is exceptionally strong at ~12%.
- Facebook runs the world's largest MySQL deployment with custom MyRocks storage engine.
By the numbers
MySQL Install Base by the Numbers
Quotable statistics on the MySQL install base, sourced from Stack Overflow Developer Survey, DB-Engines rankings, AWS Aurora MySQL customer disclosures, PlanetScale and MariaDB customer announcements, and BizzContacts proprietary verification.
Most-deployed
Database globally by share
Source: DB-Engines popularity rankings
43%
Share of all websites that run WordPress (and therefore MySQL)
Source: W3Techs Web Technology Survey
19,800+
Verified BizzContacts MySQL records
Source: BizzContacts Q1 2026 audit
~41%
Share of MySQL customers in the United States
Source: BizzContacts geographic analysis
97.3%
Inbox deliverability on BizzContacts MySQL list
Source: Third-party audit, Q1 2026
Under 2.7%
Bounce rate, 30-day replacement guarantee
Source: BizzContacts SLA, 2026
5.3x
Reply rate vs generic developer audience list
Source: BizzContacts customer benchmark, 2026
What is it
What Is the MySQL Customers List?
The MySQL customers list is a verified, regularly refreshed database of companies (typically 50-1,500,000+ employees, including the largest internet-scale MySQL users) running MySQL or MariaDB in production across managed services (Amazon RDS for MySQL, Aurora MySQL, Google Cloud SQL, Azure Database for MySQL Flexible Server, PlanetScale, Oracle MySQL HeatWave, MariaDB SkySQL) and self-hosted deployments, with named VP Engineering, CTO, Director of Database Engineering, Director of Platform Engineering, Director of Backend Engineering, and developer-led decision-makers at each account. Every record on the BizzContacts MySQL list is tagged with the specific MySQL distribution and deployment model, MySQL version where derivable, MySQL Enterprise Edition vs Community Edition (Oracle commercial paid support indicator), Aurora MySQL vs vanilla MySQL on RDS (compute architecture choice), PlanetScale Vitess sharding usage, MariaDB vs MySQL fork choice, Percona Server alternative usage, AI/RAG application status (Oracle HeatWave GenAI customers), underlying cloud provider, ORM choice where derivable, and MySQL ecosystem partner integrations.
The list feeds outbound prospecting for modern MySQL-anchored services (PlanetScale for serverless MySQL with branching displacement of RDS, MariaDB SkySQL for managed MariaDB, Oracle MySQL HeatWave for in-memory acceleration), MySQL performance optimization (Datadog Database Monitoring, Percona Monitoring and Management commercial, SolarWinds DPA), MySQL backup and replication (Percona XtraBackup enterprise, MariaDB Galera Cluster commercial, ClusterControl), MySQL migration services (legacy Oracle-to-MySQL for licensing cost reduction, MySQL 5.7-to-8.x upgrades, MySQL-to-PostgreSQL evaluations), modern ORMs for MySQL (Prisma, Drizzle ORM, Sequelize, ActiveRecord, Diesel), Vitess and ProxySQL operational support (PlanetScale ecosystem), MySQL FinOps and Aurora MySQL cost optimization (Vantage, SELECT for cloud spend), MySQL schema migration and version control (Bytebase, Liquibase, Flyway), AI vector search adjacent to MySQL HeatWave GenAI (Pinecone, Weaviate as dedicated alternatives), and competing OLTP databases targeting MySQL displacement. Records ship with company firmographics, named decision-makers, and audit-trail metadata.
02Definition
Why a MySQL Customer List Matters in 2026
The MySQL 5.7 end-of-life (October 2023), the MySQL 8.0 to 8.4 LTS upgrade window, Oracle MySQL HeatWave's AI/GenAI capabilities expansion, PlanetScale's serverless MySQL with branching adoption, and the broader cloud database modernization push reshape the adjacent tech stack at MySQL customer accounts in 2026. Modern MySQL-anchored platforms, MySQL FinOps for Aurora cost optimization, MySQL observability, MySQL extension and tooling ecosystem expansion, and MySQL-to-PostgreSQL migration evaluations are the highest-velocity adjacent buying categories.
MySQL's bundled coverage is exceptional for open-source LAMP-heritage relational database with the broadest deployment footprint of any database globally. Depth gaps where specialist vendors regularly win include modern serverless MySQL with branching (PlanetScale's Vitess heritage), modern MySQL observability with query-level insights, advanced FinOps for Aurora MySQL cost optimization (Aurora can become expensive at scale), Oracle MySQL HeatWave displacement campaigns (some customers evaluate avoiding Oracle ecosystem expansion), Percona commercial alternatives to Oracle MySQL Enterprise, MariaDB community fork advocacy, and competing OLTP databases including PostgreSQL evaluations.
BizzContacts isolates the MySQL install base as a separately filterable cohort so vendors can run focused outbound into developer-led VP Engineering, CTO, Director of Database Engineering, and Director of Platform Engineering decision-makers across the world's largest internet-scale MySQL users (Facebook, YouTube, Wikipedia, Booking.com, Uber, Airbnb, Pinterest), enterprise MySQL adopters, and growing MySQL-anchored startups.
03Adoption
Companies Running MySQL
MySQL concentrates in developer-led companies and internet-scale platforms (50-2,000,000+ employees) across B2B SaaS and software, e-commerce and retail (LAMP heritage strong), media and entertainment (LAMP heritage strong), social platforms (Facebook is the largest MySQL user globally), gaming companies, advertising and AdTech, FinTech and financial services, telecommunications, travel and hospitality, government and public sector, education and EdTech, transportation and logistics, content management (WordPress universe runs on MySQL), and other software-led industries. MySQL is the default database choice for LAMP-stack heritage applications and remains the most-deployed database globally driven by enormous installed base from the early web 2.0 era plus continued strong managed service adoption at AWS Aurora MySQL.
Customer skew is broad with strong presence across all sizes. MySQL is exceptionally strong at internet-scale platforms (Facebook runs the world's largest MySQL deployment, Booking.com, Uber, Airbnb, YouTube ran MySQL with Vitess sharding) and continues strong adoption at growing B2B SaaS, e-commerce, media, and gaming. WordPress (the world's largest CMS, powering 43% of all websites) runs on MySQL, providing massive MySQL adoption at the very small business and content creator tier. Enterprise MySQL adoption continues strong driven by Aurora MySQL on AWS, Cloud SQL on GCP, and Azure Database for MySQL.
04Top customers
Sample Companies Running MySQL
A representative sample of named MySQL customers across industries and employee sizes, drawn from public MySQL customer references, Aurora MySQL customer stories, PlanetScale customer announcements, Oracle MySQL HeatWave customer talks, and MySQL/MariaDB community customer disclosures.
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05Adoption
MySQL Adoption by Industry
MySQL concentrates broadly across web-scale and developer-led industries with significant relational database needs.
Facebook is the largest single MySQL deployment globally with multi-petabyte MySQL footprint, custom MySQL fork (MyRocks/RocksDB), and the largest MySQL DBA team globally.
WordPress powers 43% of all websites globally, every WordPress site runs on MySQL, providing massive MySQL adoption at the long tail.
Booking.com, Uber, Airbnb, Pinterest all run MySQL at internet-scale with custom sharding solutions (Vitess for YouTube heritage, custom sharding at Facebook).
Shopify and Etsy use MySQL as the dominant e-commerce platform database choice.
Aurora MySQL is the most-adopted enterprise managed MySQL choice on AWS, with separated compute/storage providing higher throughput than vanilla RDS MySQL.
Oracle's continued investment in MySQL HeatWave (with HeatWave GenAI in 2024) positions MySQL with native AI/RAG capabilities, though Oracle ownership creates strategic tension for customers avoiding Oracle ecosystem expansion.
06Geo coverage
MySQL Adoption by Country
MySQL is truly global open-source database with the broadest deployment footprint of any database globally.
The United States accounts for approximately 41% of MySQL customer count, the largest single market.
India is exceptionally strong at ~12% of customers reflecting India's massive B2B SaaS export ecosystem.
Europe collectively accounts for approximately 24% of customers with strong UK, Germany, France, Netherlands presence.
China is unusually strong driven by Alibaba's major MySQL contributor role (AliSQL fork) and Chinese e-commerce platform adoption.
Japan reflects strong gaming and e-commerce MySQL adoption.
07US footprint
MySQL Customers by US State
MySQL US deployments span all 50 states with concentration in tech-dense states.
California concentration is driven by Bay Area B2B SaaS, social platforms (Facebook in Menlo Park), and e-commerce.
Menlo Park CA hosts Meta/Facebook headquarters and the largest single MySQL deployment globally.
New York concentration is anchored by FinTech, media, and Brooklyn e-commerce (Etsy).
Tampa Heights and broader Florida hosts strong e-commerce SaaS MySQL cluster.
08Segmentation
MySQL Customer Size Distribution
MySQL concentrates broadly with exceptional presence across all sizes from WordPress site owners to global mega-platforms.
Very small to small business customers (10-99 employees) form the densest MySQL cohort (~50%) reflecting MySQL's role as the default LAMP stack and WordPress database. Enterprise MySQL adoption continues strong driven by Aurora MySQL on AWS. Mega-platforms (Facebook, Booking.com, Uber, Airbnb) run the world's largest MySQL deployments with custom forks and sharding solutions.
09Buyer titles
Decision-Makers at MySQL Customer Accounts
MySQL buying decisions cluster around developer-led technical decision-makers (VP Engineering, CTO, Director of Platform Engineering) and database leadership.
The Director of Database Engineering and MySQL DBA are uniquely MySQL-aware. VP Engineering and Director of Platform Engineering for general platform pitches. CTO for strategic positioning. Director of SRE for scale-focused pitches. Director of Cloud Architecture for Aurora MySQL vs PlanetScale architecture decisions.
Reach these MySQL decision-makers this week.
Verified MySQL customer contacts with named CIO, ERP Manager, CFO, and procurement titles. 97.4% inbox deliverability.
10Tech stack
Technology Ecosystem Around MySQL Customers
MySQL customers run a predictable adjacent stack of managed services, application platforms, observability, and operational tooling.
Compared
MySQL vs PostgreSQL vs Oracle vs SQL Server vs PlanetScale
MySQL and the four largest competing relational databases (plus the modern PlanetScale serverless alternative) compared by buyer focus and BizzContacts coverage.
MySQL wins on LAMP heritage compatibility, broadest deployment at internet scale (Facebook), and simpler operations. PostgreSQL wins on advanced features, ACID, and AI/RAG (pgvector). Oracle wins on enterprise legacy. SQL Server wins on Microsoft ecosystem. PlanetScale wins on modern serverless MySQL with branching.
11Benefits
Why Outbound Teams Use the MySQL Customers List
Sell into developer-led VPs Engineering and Directors of Database Engineering
Reach the actual decision-makers at MySQL customer accounts.
Pitch modern MySQL-anchored services
PlanetScale, MariaDB SkySQL target MySQL customers for modern serverless alternatives.
Position MySQL observability and APM
Datadog Database Monitoring, Percona Monitoring target MySQL customers.
Run MySQL-to-PostgreSQL migration evaluation campaigns
PostgreSQL migration consultancies target MySQL customers.
Pitch Oracle MySQL HeatWave alternatives
Customers avoiding Oracle ecosystem expansion evaluate non-Oracle MySQL alternatives.
Run MySQL FinOps and Aurora cost optimization
FinOps platforms target Aurora MySQL customers for cost optimization.
Who buys this list
Which Businesses Can Use the MySQL Customers List
MySQL sits at the centre of modern application data infrastructure as the most-deployed open-source RDBMS choice globally across LAMP-stack heritage applications, internet-scale platforms, and growing B2B SaaS. The buyers below are the most common purchasers of the BizzContacts MySQL customers list.
01
Modern MySQL-anchored services
PlanetScale (Vitess-based serverless MySQL), MariaDB SkySQL, Oracle MySQL HeatWave target MySQL customers for modern managed MySQL alternatives.
Use case: Modern serverless MySQL, Vitess sharding, MariaDB managed, in-memory query acceleration.
02
MySQL observability and APM
Datadog Database Monitoring, Percona Monitoring and Management commercial, SolarWinds DPA target MySQL customers for performance monitoring.
Use case: MySQL-specific observability, query performance monitoring, slow query analysis, replication lag tracking.
03
MySQL backup and HA tooling
Percona XtraBackup enterprise, ClusterControl, MariaDB Galera Cluster commercial target MySQL customers for backup and HA.
Use case: MySQL backup automation, point-in-time recovery, Galera Cluster operations, replication management.
04
MySQL FinOps and Aurora cost optimization
Vantage, CloudZero, SELECT target Aurora MySQL customers for cost optimization (Aurora can become expensive at scale).
Use case: Aurora MySQL cost optimization, instance rightsizing, Aurora Serverless v2 evaluation, FinOps governance.
05
MySQL-to-PostgreSQL migration consultancies
Migration consultancies target MySQL customers evaluating PostgreSQL for advanced features (JSONB, pgvector, ACID).
Use case: MySQL-to-Postgres migration, application re-platforming, schema conversion, performance benchmarking.
06
Oracle MySQL Enterprise displacement
Percona, MariaDB target Oracle MySQL Enterprise customers for non-Oracle commercial MySQL alternatives.
Use case: Oracle ecosystem displacement, Percona Server adoption, MariaDB community fork evaluation.
07
Modern ORMs and database access tools
Prisma, Drizzle ORM, Sequelize enterprise target MySQL customers for developer-experience-focused ORM tools.
Use case: Modern ORMs, type-safe MySQL access, schema migrations, developer productivity.
08
Schema migration and version control
Bytebase, Liquibase, Flyway, Atlas target MySQL customers for schema migration management.
Use case: Schema migration version control, DDL change management, database CI/CD, GitOps for MySQL.
If your product or service touches managed MySQL services, MySQL observability, MySQL backup and HA, Aurora MySQL FinOps, MySQL migration, Oracle MySQL alternatives, modern ORMs, or schema migration at a MySQL-running organisation, the BizzContacts MySQL list is the most direct path to qualified VP Engineering, CTO, Director of Database Engineering, and Director of Platform Engineering decision-makers.
12Buyer use cases
Why Businesses Purchase the MySQL Email List
Developer-led title precision
VP Engineering, CTO, Director of Database Engineering, Director of Platform Engineering at MySQL accounts.
Deployment model filtering
Filter by RDS for MySQL, Aurora MySQL, Cloud SQL, Azure Database for MySQL, PlanetScale, Oracle MySQL HeatWave, MariaDB Server, MariaDB SkySQL, Percona Server, self-hosted.
Distribution filtering (MySQL Enterprise vs Community vs Percona vs MariaDB)
Critical for Oracle MySQL Enterprise displacement pitches.
Industry filtering
Filter by B2B SaaS, e-commerce, social, media, gaming, FinTech, hospitality, telecom, government, EdTech, content management, and other industries.
Scale tier filtering
Filter from WordPress small site to mega-platform (Facebook scale) MySQL deployments.
Higher reply rates than generic developer lists
BizzContacts MySQL records benchmark at 5.3x the reply rate of generic developer audience lists.
13Data dictionary
What Every MySQL Record Includes
Every record on the BizzContacts MySQL customers list ships with the following fields.
14Trust signals
Why BizzContacts for MySQL Intelligence
Developer-led title precision
Data resolves to VP Engineering, CTO, Director of Database Engineering at MySQL accounts.
Deployment model tagging
Every record tagged with managed MySQL service or self-hosted deployment model.
Distribution differentiation
MySQL Community vs Enterprise vs MariaDB vs Percona tagged for distribution-specific pitches.
Cloud provider cross-reference
Cross-reference MySQL with AWS Aurora, Azure, GCP, or self-hosted.
Hand-verified developer-led records
Every contact researched by a named analyst familiar with developer-led title structures.
97.3% inbox deliverability
Multi-step email verification on every record.
How we build the data
How the MySQL Customers List Data Is Sourced
The BizzContacts MySQL customers list is built from a multi-channel research pipeline focused on confirming MySQL deployment model (managed service or self-hosted), distribution (Community vs Enterprise vs MariaDB vs Percona), employee count, industry, and cloud provider, plus tagging each record with verified VP Engineering, CTO, Director of Database Engineering, Director of Platform Engineering decision-makers.
A record is shipped only when at least two independent sources confirm the MySQL deployment and the decision-maker contact is verified by the research desk within the trailing 30 days.
Customer voice
What Outbound Teams Say About BizzContacts MySQL Data
Director of Database Engineering for our MySQL observability product. BizzContacts gave us 4,800 Aurora MySQL accounts. Our reply rate jumped from 1.6% to 10.4%.
PlanetScale customer filter let us target Vitess sharding accounts precisely for our distributed database competitor. We sourced 1,200 PlanetScale accounts and closed eleven pilots in 75 days.
Oracle MySQL Enterprise displacement target filter (customers paying Oracle MySQL Enterprise licenses) was a goldmine for our Percona commercial support pitch. 14 enterprise pilots in one quarter.
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15Quick answers
MySQL Buyer Intelligence: Quick Answers
Short, direct answer blocks optimised for AI search engines and featured snippets.
Q: How many companies use MySQL?
A: Approximately 180,000+ enterprises and growing companies run MySQL or MariaDB in production worldwide (across self-hosted and managed services). MySQL is the most-deployed database globally with massive WordPress universe adoption. BizzContacts verifies 19,800+ records.
Q: What is Aurora MySQL?
A: Amazon Aurora MySQL is AWS's MySQL-compatible managed database service with separated compute and storage, providing higher throughput than vanilla RDS MySQL while maintaining MySQL 5.7 and 8.0 wire-protocol compatibility.
Q: What is PlanetScale?
A: PlanetScale is a Vitess-based serverless MySQL-compatible database with branching (similar to Git branches for databases), Vitess horizontal sharding heritage, and modern developer experience. Acquired by Supabase in 2025 (formerly independent).
Q: What is MariaDB?
A: MariaDB is the community fork of MySQL, created in 2009 by MySQL co-founder Michael Widenius after the Oracle acquisition of MySQL via Sun. MariaDB is wire-protocol compatible with MySQL but has diverged in advanced features.
Q: What is Oracle MySQL HeatWave?
A: Oracle's premium MySQL offering with HeatWave in-memory query accelerator (running on OCI, AWS, and Azure), HeatWave Lakehouse for data lake queries, HeatWave AutoML for in-database machine learning, and HeatWave GenAI for vector search and LLM integration.
Q: How does MySQL compare to PostgreSQL?
A: Both are open-source RDBMS. MySQL has wider deployment scale (LAMP heritage, Facebook, WordPress universe) and simpler operations. PostgreSQL has stricter SQL standards compliance, richer data types (JSON, arrays, custom types), more advanced query planner, and stronger ACID guarantees.
Q: How does MySQL compare to Oracle Database?
A: MySQL is open-source (Community Edition) or low-cost Enterprise Edition. Oracle Database is commercial with significant licensing costs. Both are owned by Oracle Corporation. Most MySQL customers do not also run Oracle Database.
Q: How does MySQL compare to Microsoft SQL Server?
A: MySQL is open-source. SQL Server is Microsoft commercial. MySQL wins on lower TCO and broader cloud-native managed service options. SQL Server wins on Microsoft ecosystem integration.
Q: How does Percona Server compare to MySQL?
A: Percona Server for MySQL is a drop-in MySQL replacement with enhanced features (improved query optimizer, performance schema, monitoring). Percona Server is free and open-source. Percona provides commercial support.
Q: Who owns MySQL?
A: MySQL is owned by Oracle Corporation, acquired in 2010 via the Sun Microsystems acquisition ($7.4B Sun acquisition). MySQL Community Edition remains open-source under the GPL.
Q: What industries use MySQL most?
A: B2B SaaS and software, e-commerce and retail (dominant), social media platforms (Facebook), media and entertainment, gaming, advertising and AdTech, FinTech, travel and hospitality (Booking.com, Airbnb), telecommunications, government and public sector, EdTech, content management (WordPress 43% of web), on-demand services (Uber), developer platforms (GitHub, Stack Overflow).
Q: Where is the largest MySQL install base?
A: United States accounts for ~41% of customers. India is exceptionally strong at ~12%. UK, Germany, Japan, France, China, Brazil, Australia have largest non-US concentrations.
Q: How accurate is the BizzContacts MySQL list?
A: 99% record-accuracy SLA, 97.3% inbox deliverability, 30-day replacement guarantee.
Q: Can I filter by MySQL deployment?
A: Yes, by RDS for MySQL, Aurora MySQL, Cloud SQL, Azure Database for MySQL, PlanetScale, Oracle MySQL HeatWave, MariaDB Server, MariaDB SkySQL, Percona Server, self-hosted.
Q: Can I filter by MySQL Enterprise vs Community?
A: Yes, critical for Oracle MySQL Enterprise displacement campaigns.
16Search insights
People Also Ask About MySQL Customers
17FAQ
MySQL Customers List FAQs
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