Vortex86 SoCs were once quite commonly found on embedded boards used in industrial automation. Outside of that I'm willing to bet you'd find them in semi-embedded applications like point-of-sale devices.
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A previous company I worked at used a Vortex86DX embedded board as a replacement for an older Pentium/Celeron board that went EOL. It was one of the last x86 CPUs made that still supported the ISA bus that the product used to talk to custom hardware.
I'm always shocked how many legacy hardware/systems are still in widespread use. Companies such as DM&P that produce the Vortex86 likely have a nice solid revenue stream and will for decades.