List of the largest software companies

Many lists exist that provide an overview of large software companies, often called "independent software vendors" ("ISVs"), in the world. The lists differ by methodology of composition and consequently show substantial differences in both the listed companies and the ranking of those companies.

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Sales	Annual revenue of company in USD billion in previous fiscal year
FY	Company's current fiscal year
Market cap	Market capitalization as of February 2017 in USD billion
Headquarters	Location of company's headquarters
Ref(s).	Reference(s)

Forbes Global 2000

The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the top 2000 public companies in the world by Forbes magazine, based on a mix of four metrics: sales, profit, assets and market value. The Forbes list for software companies includes only pure play (or nearly pure play) software companies and excludes manufacturers, consumer electronics companies, conglomerates, IT consulting firms, and computer services companies even if they have large software divisions.

The top 50 companies in terms of market capitalization in the 2019 Forbes list^{[needs update]} for the "Software & Programming" industry are listed in the following table:^[1]

Rank	Organization	Sales (B$)	FY	Market cap (B$)	Headquarters
1	Microsoft	198.3	2022	1,780.0	Redmond, Washington, US
2	Google	282.11	2022	1,195.0	Mountain View, California, U.S.
3	IBM	77.87	2019	131.9	Armonk, New York, US
4	Oracle	39.6	2019	240.51	Austin, Texas, US
5	SAP	29.1	2019	132.01	Walldorf, Germany^[2]^[3]
6	PayPal	21.4	2020	90.61	San Jose, California US
7	Salesforce	21.3	2020	149.51	San Francisco, California, US
8	Kyndryl	18.6	2020	2.85	New York City, New York, US^[4]
9	Fiserv	14.9	2019	65.13	Brookfield, Wisconsin, US
10	ADP^[5]	14.5	2020	101.78	Roseland, New Jersey, US
11	Adobe	13.7	2020	160.1	San Jose, California, US
12	VMware	11.8	2020	53.15	Palo Alto, California, US
13	Global Payments Inc	7.4	2020	29.11	Atlanta, Georgia, US
14	Intuit	7.7	2020	110.46	Palo Alto, California, US
15	SS&C Technologies	4.7	2020	14.02	Windsor, Connecticut, US
16	Dassault Systèmes^[6]	5.7	2022	51.27	Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
17	NetApp	5.6	2020	13.94	San Jose, California, US
18	ServiceNow	4.5	2020	83.81	Santa Clara, California, US
19	Workday	4.3	2020	42.96	Pleasanton, California, US
20	Broadridge Financial Solutions	4.8	2020	16.96	New York City, New York, US
21	Palo Alto Networks^[7]	4.1	2020	41.99	Santa Clara, California, US
22	Paychex^[8]	3.9	2020	43.37	Rochester, New York, US
23	NortonLifeLock^[9]	3.7	2020	14.89	Tempe, Arizona, US
24	Amdocs^[10]	4.2	2020	10.81	Chesterfield, Missouri, US
25	Autodesk^[11]	3.8	2020	43.28	San Rafael, California, US
26	Synopsys^[12]	3.8	2020	46.9	Mountain View, California, US
27	Akamai Technologies^[13]	3.2	2020	17.0	Boston, Massachusetts, US
28	Citrix Systems^[14]	3.1	2020	14.0	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
29	Zoom Video Communications^[15]	2.7	2020	96.9	San Jose, California, US
30	Fleetcor	2.8	2020	28.3	Atlanta, Georgia, US^[16]
31	Cadence Design Systems^[17]	2.7	2020	40.6	San Jose, California, US
32	EPAM Systems^[18]	2.7	2020	35.3	Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, US
33	Fortinet^[19]	2.6	2020	36.6	Santa Clara, California, US
34	Splunk^[20]	2.4	2020	24.4	San Francisco, California, US
35	CoStar Group^[21]	2.18	2020	10.3	Washington DC, US
36	Ansys^[22]	1.6	2020	27.0	Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, US
37	Twilio^[23]	1.8	2020	61.8	San Francisco, California, US
38	Veeva Systems^[24]	1.5	2019	45.8	Pleasanton, California, US
39	DocuSign^[25]	1.5	2020	45.1	San Francisco, California, US
40	Paycom^[26]	1.5	2020	40.1	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
41	Crowdstrike^[27]	1.5	2022	47.9	Austin, Texas, US
42	Hubspot^[28]	1.3	2020	17.2	Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
43	RingCentral^[29]	1.2	2020	20.9	Belmont, California, US
44	Snowflake Inc.^[30]	1.2	2020	35.2	Bozeman, Montana, US
45	Palantir Technologies^[31]	1.1	2020	40.9	Denver, Colorado, US
46	Unity Technologies^[32]	1.2	2022	35.3	San Francisco, California, US
47	Okta^[33]	1.2	2022	16.3	San Francisco, California, US
48	Datadog^[34]	1.0	2020	35.3	New York City, New York, US

All values listed in the table are in billion US$.

See also

• List of largest technology companies by revenue
• List of largest manufacturing companies by revenue
• List of largest United States–based employers globally
• List of largest employers
• Economy of the United States

References

1. "The World's Biggest Public Companies, Software/Programming". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
2. Melanie Austria Farmer. "SAP acquires consulting house Prescient for 11M". ZDNet. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
3. "SAP show to focus on e-business". CNET. 2002-06-03. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
4. "Kyndryl Holdings (KD)". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
5. "Automatic Data Processing (ADP)". Forbes.
6. "Dassault Systemes | Company Overview & News". Forbes.
7. "Palo Alto Networks (PANW)". Forbes.
8. "Paychex (PAYX)". Forbes.
9. "NortonLifeLock (NLOK)". Forbes.
10. "Amdocs (DOX)". Forbes.
11. "Autodesk (ADSK)". Forbes.
12. "Synopsys (SNPS)". Forbes.
13. "Akamai Technologies (AKAM)". Forbes.
14. "Citrix Systems (CTXS)". Forbes.
15. "Zoom Video Communications". Forbes.
16. "FleetCor Technologies | FLT Stock Price, Company Overview & News". Forbes.
17. "Cadence Design (CDNS)". Forbes.
18. "EPAM Systems (EPAM)". Forbes.
19. "Fortinet (FTNT)". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
20. "Splunk (SPLK)". Forbes.
21. "CoStar Group | CSGP Stock Price, Company Overview & News". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
22. "Ansys (ANSS)". Forbes.
23. "Twilio (TWLO)". Forbes.
24. "Veeva Systems (VEEV)". Forbes.
25. "DocuSign". Forbes.
26. "Paycom (PAYC)". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
27. "CrowdStrike (CRWD)". Forbes.
28. "HubSpot (HUBS)". Forbes.
29. "RingCentral (RNG)". Forbes.
30. "Snowflake (SNOW)". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
31. "Palantir Technologies". Forbes.
32. https://www.forbes.com/companies/unity-software/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
33. "Okta (OKTA)". Forbes.
34. "Datadog (DDOG)". Forbes.com. 2010-06-04. Retrieved 2022-08-06.

External links

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