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 listed companies and ranking of those companies.

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Revenue	Annual revenue of company in USD billion in previous fiscal year
FY	Company's current fiscal year
Market cap	Market capitalization as of May 2013 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. For example, IBM would likely rank #3 in 2015 if its software business unit had been a separate company. The omission of more diversified firms can be useful to investors who are seeking either more or less exposure in the software sector.

The top 10 companies in the 2015 Forbes list for the "Software & Programming" industry are:

Rank	Organisation		Revenue	FY	Market cap	Headquarters	Refs
1		Microsoft	$93.58	2015	$439	Redmond, WA, USA	[1][2]
2		Oracle	$38.27	2015	$194.7	Redwood City, CA, USA	[3][4]
3		SAP	$23.3	2015	$94.5	Walldorf, Germany	[5]
4		Salesforce.com	$6.61	2015	$52.9	San Francisco, CA, USA	[6][7]
5		Symantec	$6.58	2015	$17.7	Mountain View, CA, USA	[8][9]
6		VMware	$6.57	2015	$20.82	Palo Alto, CA, USA	[10]
7		Fiserv	$5.25	2015	$21.53	Brookfield, WI, USA	[11]
8		CA Technologies	$4.26	2015	$11.259	Islandia, NY, USA	[12][13]
9		Intuit	$4.19	2015	$26.0	Mountain View, CA, USA	[14][15]
10		Amadeus IT Group	$4.1	2013	$17.7	Madrid, Spain	[16][17]

See also

• List of the largest information technology companies
• List of largest Internet companies

References

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