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<ownershipDocument> |
| <schemaVersion> X0306 </schemaVersion> |
| <documentType> 5 </documentType> |
| <periodOfReport> 2019-12-31 </periodOfReport> |
| <form3HoldingsReported> 0 </form3HoldingsReported> |
| <form4TransactionsReported> 0 </form4TransactionsReported> |
| <issuer> |
| | <issuerCik> 0001478242 </issuerCik> |
| | <issuerName> IQVIA HOLDINGS INC. </issuerName> |
| | <issuerTradingSymbol> IQV </issuerTradingSymbol> |
| | </issuer> |
| <reportingOwner> |
| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001189008 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> GOGGINS COLLEEN A </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> C/O IQVIA HOLDINGS INC. </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2> 83 WOOSTER HEIGHTS ROAD </rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> DANBURY </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> CT </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 06810 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
| | | <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription> |
| | | </reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | <reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | | <isDirector> 1 </isDirector> |
| | | <isOfficer> 0 </isOfficer> |
| | | <isTenPercentOwner> 0 </isTenPercentOwner> |
| | | <isOther> 0 </isOther> |
| | | </reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | </reportingOwner> |
| <derivativeTable> |
| | <derivativeTransaction> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Deferred Shares </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <conversionOrExercisePrice> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </conversionOrExercisePrice> |
| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2019-11-13 </value> |
| </transactionDate> |
| | | <transactionCoding> |
| <transactionFormType> 5 </transactionFormType> |
| <transactionCode> A </transactionCode> |
| <equitySwapInvolved> 0 </equitySwapInvolved> |
| </transactionCoding> |
| | | <transactionAmounts> |
| <transactionShares> |
| <value> 201 </value> |
| </transactionShares> |
| <transactionPricePerShare> |
| <value> 143.57 </value> |
| </transactionPricePerShare> |
| <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
| <value> A </value> |
| </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
| </transactionAmounts> |
| | | <exerciseDate> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </exerciseDate> |
| | | <expirationDate> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </expirationDate> |
| | | <underlyingSecurity> |
| <underlyingSecurityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </underlyingSecurityTitle> |
| <underlyingSecurityShares> |
| <value> 201 </value> |
| </underlyingSecurityShares> |
| </underlyingSecurity> |
| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 815 </value> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| </postTransactionAmounts> |
| | | <ownershipNature> |
| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> D </value> |
| </directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <natureOfOwnership> |
| <value></value> |
| </natureOfOwnership> |
| </ownershipNature> |
| | | </derivativeTransaction> |
| | </derivativeTable> |
| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> Each deferred share is convertible into one share of common stock of IQVIA Holdings Inc. (the "Issuer") upon settlement. The deferred shares become settleable, in accordance with the Issuer's Non-Employee Director Deferral Plan, when the reporting person ceases to be a director, upon a change in control of the Company, or upon death of the reporting person. There is no expiry date. </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <remarks></remarks> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> /s/ Matthew Gilmartin, Attorney-in-Fact for Colleen A. Goggins </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2020-01-21 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| </ownershipDocument> |