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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Financial Statements for Microsoft". Google.
  2. ^ "Forbes:Oracle". Forbes. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Forbes 2000 The World's Biggest Public Companies: Software and Programming". Forbes. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Forbes:Oracle". Forbes. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  5. ^ https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3ASAP&fstype=ii&ei=4sHhVtnfHIfAUcTFrIAO
  6. ^ "Forbes 2000 The World's Biggest Public Companies: Software and Programming". Forbes. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  7. ^ "Forbes World's Most Valuable Brands: Facebook". Forbes. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Forbes 2000 The World's Biggest Public Companies: Software and Programming". Forbes. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Forbes: Symantec". Forbes. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  10. ^ https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3AVMW&fstype=ii&ei=iMLhVvHpFtKKUtWioLgN
  11. ^ https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3AFISV&fstype=ii&ei=1cLhVrndPMqRUO2VrIgM
  12. ^ "Forbes 2000 The World's Biggest Public Companies: Software and Programming". Forbes. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  13. ^ "Forbes: CA". Forbes. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  14. ^ "Forbes 2000 The World's Biggest Public Companies: Software and Programming". Forbes. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  15. ^ "Forbes: Intuit". Forbes. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  16. ^ "Forbes 2000 The World's Biggest Public Companies: Software and Programming". Forbes. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  17. ^ "Forbes: Amadeus IT Holdings". Forbes. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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