List of the largest software companies
This yearly list shows 2000 large companies active in all kinds of industries. By selecting software & services a sublist can be made, which is 35 companies long in the 2010 edition. Forbes shows figures such as sales, profits, assets and market capitalization. Only public companies are listed. The ranking seems to be based upon a multiplication of sales x profits x assets x market capitalization. A Top 10 extract of the world's largest software companies according to the Forbes Global 2000 is provided below.[1][not in citation given]
[edit]The Software 500 by Software MagazineA yearly list that is available after free subscription. The list offers 500 companies. Services revenues are included in the software revenues.Software Magazine sends out a yearly request for data: companies fill in their own data online. As Software Magazine is primarily read in the US, the list also has a slight focus on the US, although it is becoming more international every year. The companies are ranked according to software & services sales revenues. Both public and private companies are included.
A top 10 ranking by Software Magazine[2]
CompanyHeadquarters (region)Software/services revenue-billionsIBM2Armonk, NY (New York City)$78.659Microsoft3Redmond, WA (Seattle)$54.426HP1Palo Alto, CA (Silicon Valley)$38.521Oracle Corporation1Redwood Shores, CA (Silicon Valley)$24.530Accenture99Dublin, Ireland$21.551EMC Corporation4Hopkinton, MA (Boston)$17.015SAP AG99Walldorf, Germany$16.539Capgemini5Falls Church, VA (France)$16.128NTT Data Corporation6Tokyo, Japan$12.290Hitachi6Tokyo, Japan$12.254
- IBM
- Oracle Corporation
- Accenture
- SAP AG
- Hewlett Packard
- Computer Sciences Corporation
- Yahoo!
- CA
- Microsoft
[edit]The Software 500 by Software MagazineA yearly list that is available after free subscription. The list offers 500 companies. Services revenues are included in the software revenues.Software Magazine sends out a yearly request for data: companies fill in their own data online. As Software Magazine is primarily read in the US, the list also has a slight focus on the US, although it is becoming more international every year. The companies are ranked according to software & services sales revenues. Both public and private companies are included.
A top 10 ranking by Software Magazine[2]
CompanyHeadquarters (region)Software/services revenue-billionsIBM2Armonk, NY (New York City)$78.659Microsoft3Redmond, WA (Seattle)$54.426HP1Palo Alto, CA (Silicon Valley)$38.521Oracle Corporation1Redwood Shores, CA (Silicon Valley)$24.530Accenture99Dublin, Ireland$21.551EMC Corporation4Hopkinton, MA (Boston)$17.015SAP AG99Walldorf, Germany$16.539Capgemini5Falls Church, VA (France)$16.128NTT Data Corporation6Tokyo, Japan$12.290Hitachi6Tokyo, Japan$12.254