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Top 100 Largest Software Companies in the US
11 January 2010 , Written by Michel van Kooten
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This list contains the top software companies headquartered in the United States.

The companies are ranked according to their 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.

In addition to this list, there is an article that you might find interesting with analysis and trends regarding the largest software companies in the US.

A newer (2010) edition of this list can be found here.
 

#

Company

Software Revenues
mln US$

Software Revenue growth

Total Revenues mln US$

Software Revenue share

  
1
 49,453 10% 61,900 80%  
2

IBM

 22,089 11% 103,630 21%  
3
 17,560 17% 22,102 79%  
4

HP

 11,604 8% 16,111 72%  
5
 5,692 8% 6,152 93%  
6
 4,622 73% 5,032 92%  
7
 4,186 6% 42,731 10%  
8
 4,268 29% 4,268 100%  
9

CA

 3,936 4% 4,305 91%  
10
 3,361 10% 3,544 95%  
11

EMC

 3,171 3% 14,876 21%  
12
 2,015 17% 5,596 36%  
13
 1,984 14% 39,455 5%  
14
 1,982 1% 2,303 86%  
15

BMC

 1,585 2% 1,698 93%  
16
 1,452 48% 1,452 100%  
17

NCR

 1,431 6% 5,315 27%  
18
 1,383 -3% 2,800 49%  
19
 1,200 11% 1,341 89%  
20
 1,180 11% 1,583 75%  
21
 1,178 30% 1,881 63%  
22
 1,131 29% 34,526 3%  
23
 1,130 5% 2,260 50%  
24
 1,100 5% 2,200 50%  
25
 959 45% 1,049 91%  

#

Company

Software
Revenues
mln US$

Software
Revenue
growth

Total
Revenues
mln US$

Software
Revenue
share

  
26

THQ

 917 -17% 917 100%  
27
 905 -39% 1,039 87%  
28
 890 7% 10,875 8%  
29
 849 -4% 1,762 48%  
30
 795 25% 1,600 50%  
31
 794 16% 1,122 71%  
32
 744 0% 967 77%  
33
 727 14% 1,676 43%  
34
 726 -1% 1,145 63%  
35
 714 -11% 845 85%  
36
 624 10% 1,043 60%  
37
 606 11% 808 75%  
38
 574 9% 1,132 51%  
39
 567 1% 105,834 1%  
40
 549 19% 868 63%  
41
 526 22% 631 83%  
42
 526 16% 634 83%  
43

F5

 496 21% 662 75%  
44
 494 9% 549 90%  
45
 475 27% 13,774 3%  
46
 471 9% 14,625 90%  
47
 469 11% 3,170 15%  
48
 468 13% 735 64%  
49
 465 6% 513 91%  
50
 463 9% 810 57%  

#

Company

Software
Revenues
mln US$

Software
Revenue
growth

Total
Revenues
mln US$

Software
Revenue
share

  
51
 457 -18% 797 57%  
52
 450 0% 600 75%  
53
 444 6% 605 73%  
54
 405 -17% 722 56%  
55
 400 16% 6,262 6%  
56
 397 15% 397 100%  
57
 389 7% 635 61%  
58
 387 0% 773 50%  
59
 384 -17% 1,327 29%  
60
 375 N/A 500 75%  
61
 372 25% 478 78%  
62
 346 4% 1,383 25%  
63
 333 455% 21,796 2%  
64
 333 11% 500 67%  
65
 330 7% 516 64%  
66
 313 57% 470 67%  
67

ACI

 299 6% 418 72%  
68
 296 40% 296 100%  
69
 295 10% 357 83%  
70
 285 14% 5,698 5%  
71
 283 32% 312 91%  
72
 283 5% 488 58%  
73
 282 14% 456 62%  
74

JDA

 276 10% 390 71%  
75
 274 11% 821 33%  
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Company

Software
Revenues
mln US$

Software
Revenue
growth

Total
Revenues
mln US$

Software
Revenue
share

  
76
 273 4% 303 90%  
77
 267 102% 296 90%  
78
 267 0% 400 67%  
79
 264 -5% 2,285 12%  
80
 263 4% 739 36%  
81
 248 -3% 416 60%  
82
 235 22% 265 89%  
83
 228 1% 360 63%  
84
 227 -3% 261 87%  
85
 225 N/A 300 75%  
86
 220 25% 220 100%  
87
 215 33% 4,739 5%  
88
 215 N/A 452 48%  
89
 213 32% 37,981 1%  
90
 211 N/A 582 36%  
91
 209 -2% 314 67%  
92
 200 N/A 250 80%  
93
 200 N/A N/A N/A  
94
 194 22% 332 58%  
95
 194 N/A 245 79%  
96
 193 21% 303 64%  
97
 182 50% 209 87%  
98

QAD

 180 -5% 236 68%  
99
 179 5% 3,572 26%  
100
 175 -21% 2,786 6%  
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