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Global Software Top 100 - Edition 2009
10 November 2009 , Written by Balder Verberne
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This list contains the top companies in the software industry, ranked by annual software revenues. Software revenues are defined as revenues coming from sale of licenses, maintenance, subscription and support. Revenues from custom software development are excluded.

Please read the research methodology if you wish to gain a deeper understanding of the way the list was composed.
More information on the world's largest software companies can be found in this article with software industry analysis, trends and highlights.

#

Company

Software
Revenues
mln US$

Software
Revenue
growth

Total
Revenues
mln US$

Software
Revenue
share

  
1
 49453 10% 61900 80%  
2
 22089 11% 103630 21%  
3
 17560 17% 22102 79%  
4
 11604 8% 16111 72%  
5
 7245 113% 19886 36%  
6
 6243 6% 117837 5%  
7
 5692 8% 6152 93%  
8
 4622 73%  5032 92%  
9
 4268 29% 4268 100%  
10
 3936 4% 4305 91%  
11
 3361 10% 3544 95%  
12
 3171 3% 14876 21%  
13
 2083 16% 3318 63%  
14
 2015 17% 5596 36%  
15
 1984 14% 39455 5%  
16
 1982 1% 2303 86%  
17
 1605 3% 1855 87%  
18
 1585 2% 1698 93%  
19
 1569 21% 4738 33%  
20
 1496 -7% 2244 67%  
21
 1486 10% 1486 100%  
22
 1452 48% 1452 100%  
23
 1431 6% 5315 27%  
24
 1407 0% 4535 31%  
25
 1383 -3% 2800 49%  

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Company

Software
Revenues
mln US$

Software
Revenue
growth

Total
Revenues
mln US$

Software
Revenue
share

  
26
 1334 16% 87701 2%  
27
 1200 11% 1341 89%  
28
 1180 11% 1583 75%  
29
 1178 30% 1881 63%  
30
 1131 29% 34526 3%  
31
 1130 5% 2260 50%  
32
 1100 5% 2200 50%  
33
 985 16% 985 100%  
34
 959 45% 1049 91%  
35
 917 -17% 917 100%  
36
 905 -39% 1039 87%  
37
 890 7% 10875 8%  
38
 880 -9% 19874 4%  
39
 849 -4% 1762 48%  
40
 800 0% 1200 67%  
41
 795 25% 1600 50%  
42
 794 16% 1122 71%  
43
 749 13% 1002 75%  
44
 744 0% 967 77%  
45
 726 -1% 1145 63%  
46
 714 -11% 845 85%  
47
 697 0% 3320 21%  
48
 691 10% 809 85%  
49
 690 21% 1180 58%  
50
 624 10% 1043 60%  


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Company

Software
Revenues
mln US$

Software
Revenue
growth

Total
Revenues
mln US$

Software
Revenue
share

  
51
 606 11% 808 75%  
52
 582 -3% 831 70%  
53
 574 9% 1132 51%  
54
 571 12% 711 80%  
55
 567 1% 105834 1%  
56
 565 6% 1507 37%  
57
 549 19% 868 63%  
58
 532 13% 36675 1%  
59
 526 22% 631 83%  
60
 526 16% 634 83%  
61
 496 21% 662 75%  
62
 469 11% 3170 15%  
63
 468 13% 735 64%  
64
 465 6% 513 91%  
65
 463 9% 810 57%  
66
 457 -18% 797 57%  
67
 450 0% 600 75%  
68
 444 6% 605 73%  
69
 444 -24% 974 46%  
70
 405 -17% 722 56%  
71
 400 16% 6262 6%  
72
 389 7% 635 61%  
73
 387 0% 773 50%  
74
 384 -17% 1327 29%  
75
 372 25% 478 78%  
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Company

Software
Revenues
mln US$

Software
Revenue
growth

Total
Revenues
mln US$

Software
Revenue
share

  
76
 360 177% 360 100%  
77
 346 4% 1383 25%  
78
 335 46% 503 67%  
79
 333 455% 21796 2%  
80
 333 11% 500 67%  
81
 330 7% 516 64%  
82
 326 13% 547 60%  
83
 313 57% 470 67%  
84
 299 6% 418 72%  
85
 296 53% 591 50%  
86
 296 40% 296 100%  
87
 295 10% 357 83%  
88
 285 14% 5698 5%  
89
 283 32% 312 91%  
90
 283 5% 488 58%  
91
 282 14% 456 62%  
92
 276 10% 390 71%  
93
 275 -22% 275 100%  
94
 274 11% 821 33%  
95
 273 4% 303 90%  
96
 267 102% 296 90%  
97
 267 0% 400 67%  
98
 266 9% 1329 20%  
99
 264 -5% 2285 12%  
100
 263 4% 739 36%  
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