What are the DMA gatekeeper thresholds?

Under Article 3(2), a presumption of gatekeeper status arises when annual EEA turnover is at least EUR 7.5 billion in each of the last three financial years (or EUR 75 billion average market cap) and the core platform service has at least 45 million monthly active EU end users and 10,000 yearly active EU business users.

Does meeting the thresholds automatically make me a gatekeeper?

No. Meeting the quantitative thresholds creates a rebuttable presumption. The European Commission formally designates gatekeepers and a company can submit arguments to rebut the presumption, or the Commission can designate without thresholds being met based on a market investigation.

What counts as a core platform service?

Core platform services include online intermediation services, search engines, social networks, video-sharing platforms, messaging services, operating systems, web browsers, virtual assistants, cloud computing and online advertising services.

What is the three-country requirement?

The end-user and business-user thresholds must be met for the same core platform service in at least three EU member states for the size-related presumption to apply under Article 3(2)(b).

Is my data sent anywhere?

No. All figures are evaluated locally in your browser against the published thresholds. Nothing is transmitted, stored or shared, so you can test sensitive internal figures safely.

DMA Gatekeeper Test — Gera Tools

The EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) designates the largest digital platforms as “gatekeepers” and imposes a list of do’s and don’ts to keep digital markets contestable and fair. This free tool checks your platform metrics against the quantitative thresholds in Article 3(2) so you can gauge your designation risk before the European Commission ever looks at you. It is built for large-platform operators, regulatory counsel and competition teams.

How it works

Article 3 sets out a two-part test. First, the impact test: a company is presumed to have a significant impact on the internal market if it achieved an annual EEA turnover of at least EUR 7.5 billion in each of the last three financial years, OR its average market capitalisation was at least EUR 75 billion in the last financial year, and it provides the same core platform service in at least three member states.

Second, the gateway test: the core platform service is presumed to be an important gateway when it had at least 45 million monthly active EU end users and at least 10,000 yearly active EU business users in the last financial year, with those figures holding for three financial years for the entrenched-position presumption.

The tool evaluates each threshold independently and reports the overall presumption. A company can still rebut the presumption with evidence, and the Commission can designate a gatekeeper after a market investigation even if a threshold is missed — so treat the result as risk guidance, not a legal determination.

Example and notes

A platform with EUR 9 billion EEA turnover, 60 million monthly EU end users, 25,000 yearly EU business users, operating in five member states for three years, meets both the size and gateway presumptions and is at high designation risk. A platform with strong user numbers but only EUR 2 billion turnover and a low market cap fails the impact test, so the size-based presumption does not arise — though a discretionary designation remains theoretically possible.

Use round, current-year figures. The thresholds are fixed in the Regulation; only Commission decisions and delegated acts change them. Everything is computed locally.