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.
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 2025 Forbes list for the "Software & Programming" industry are listed in the following table (ranked by market capitalization): RankOrganizationRevenue (B$)YearMarket cap (B$)Headquarters1Microsoft261.820252,913Redmond, Washington, US2Alphabet359.320251,973Mountain View, California, US3Oracle55.782025388.36Austin, Texas, US4SAP37.732025324.53Walldorf, Germany4Palantir Technologies2.872025264.5Denver, Colorado, US6Salesforce37.92025257.4San Francisco, California, US7IBM62.832025215.15Armonk, New York, US8ServiceNow11.472025195.67Santa Clara, California, US9Intuit17.172025174.48Palo Alto, California, US10Adobe22.042025156.72San Jose, California, US11Palo Alto Networks8.572025118.15Santa Clara, California, US12ADP18.92024103.28Roseland, New Jersey, US13Fiserv20.7202599.16Brookfield, Wisconsin, US14Synopsys6.14202486.45Sunnyvale, California, US15Crowdstrike3.06202484.12Austin, Texas, US16Cadence Design Systems4.64202579.45San Jose, California, US17PayPal30.43202467.45San Jose, California US18Workday8.42202563.72Pleasanton, California, US19Roper Technologies7.04202559.9Sarasota, Florida, US20 Atlassian 4.79 2025 59.9 Sydney, Australia21Snowflake Inc.3.63202552.92Bozeman, Montana, US22Dassault Systèmes6.75202548.61Vélizy-Villacoublay, France23Autodesk5.45202447.66San Rafael, California, US24Paychex5.2202445.23Rochester, New York, US25Block, Inc.22.88202444.6San Francisco, California, US26Fortinet2.6202345.6Santa Clara, California, US27CoStar Group2.46202331.1Washington D.C., US28Hubspot2.17202330.4Cambridge, Massachusetts, US29Veeva Systems2.4202329.7Pleasanton, California, US30Global Payments10.11202517.19Atlanta, Georgia, US31Corpay3.98202522.62Atlanta, Georgia, US32Ansys2.54202528.11Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, US33Splunk2.4202024.4San Francisco, California, US34Zoom4.67202523.21San Jose, California, US35Akamai Technologies3.2202017.0Boston, Massachusetts, US36Broadridge Financial Solutions4.8202016.96New York City, New York, US37Gen Digital3.7202315.5Tempe, Arizona, US and Prague, Czech Republic38SS&C Technologies5.96202517.91Windsor, Connecticut, US39Citrix Systems3.4202313.2Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US40NetApp6.51202518.25San Jose, California, US41EPAM Systems2.7202310.3Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, US42DocuSign2.5202310.1San Francisco, California, US43Twilio4.220239.8San Francisco, California, US44Amdocs4.920238.9Chesterfield, Missouri, US45Paycom1.520238.5Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US46Kyndryl16.120236.0New York City, New York, US47RingCentral2.220233.2Belmont, California, US48 MongoDB1.7202325.6New York City, New York, US49 Unity Technologies 1.2 2022 35.3 San Francisco, California, US50 Okta 1.2 2022 16.3 San Francisco, California, US49 Datadog 2.68 2025 35.0 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 List of Indian IT companies
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