List of Software Companies in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 430,966 software companies in the USA, one in every 148 US companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 7,141 firms employ 50 people or more. One in eleven software firms is based in New York, San Francisco, Austin, Dover and Miami. Below you find the largest software firms in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

430,966 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies430,9661 in148 US companiesCities9,682Largest cityNew York 12,153Sole traders3%Employees1-4 (84%)Revenue$100-500K (45%)Email13%Phone59%Website25%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Alphabet INC.	USA	Mountain View	1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy	San Bernardino	94043-1351	abc.*****	1998	$402,836,000,000	190,820	Corporation	515	5786925
2	Microsoft CORPORATION	USA	Redmond	1 Microsoft Way	King	98052-8300	microsoft.*****	1975	$281,724,000,000	228,000	Corporation	1122	600413485
3	Nvidia CORPORATION	USA	Santa Clara	2788 San Tomas Expy	Santa Clara	95051-0952	nvidia.*****	1993	$215,938,000,000	42,000	Corporation	114	2862596
4	Oracle CORPORATION	USA	Austin	2300 Oracle Way	Travis	78741-1400	oracle.*****	1977	$67,357,000,000	141,000	Corporation	1287	4028125
5	Salesforce, INC.	USA	San Francisco	415 Mission St Fl 3	San Francisco	94105-2504	salesforce.*****	1999	$41,525,000,000	83,334	Corporation	173	2991326
6	Block, INC.	USA	Oakland	1955 Broadway Ste 600	Alameda	94612	block.*****	2009	$24,193,683,000	10,205	Corporation	21	4699855
7	Adobe INC.	USA	San Jose	345 Park Ave	Santa Clara	95110-2704	lynbishop.*****	1982	$23,769,000,000	31,360	Corporation	168	2748129
8	Cognizant Technology Solutions CORPORATION	USA	Teaneck	300 Frank W Burr Blvd Ste 36	Bergen	07666-6821	cognizant.*****	1988	$21,108,000,000	351,600	Corporation	656	2156937
9	Intuit INC.	USA	Mountain View	2700 Coast Ave	San Bernardino	94043-1140	about.*****	1983	$18,831,000,000	18,204	Corporation	124	2324451
10	State Of West Virginia	USA	Charleston	1900 Kanawha Blvd E	Kanawha	25305-0009	wvsao.*****	1863	$17,027,191,000	19,357	Corporation	1317	N/A
11	Vmware LLC	USA	Palo Alto	3421 Hillview Ave	Santa Clara	94304-1320	vmware.*****	2023	$13,350,000,000	33,000	Corporation	618	2853894
12	Openai Group Pbc	USA	San Francisco	1455 3rd St	San Francisco	94158-2210	openai.*****	2025	$13,010,081,683	7,300	Corporation	15	10381551
13	Oai International, INC.	USA	San Francisco	1455 3rd St	San Francisco	94158	N/A	2020	$13,000,000,000	5,298	Corporation	15	3692745
14	Sdg Impact Fund, INC.	USA	Cartersville	475 E Main St 154	Bartow	30121-3353	N/A	2020	$9,860,933,786	4	Corporation	N/A	13394661
15	Workday, INC.	USA	Pleasanton	6110 Stoneridge Mall Rd	Alameda	94588-3211	workday.*****	2005	$9,552,000,000	21,000	Corporation	101	4762854
16	Roper Technologies, INC.	USA	Sarasota	6496 University Pkwy	Sarasota	34240-9051	ropertech.*****	1981	$7,902,500,000	19,400	Corporation	412	928578
17	Global Payments INC.	USA	Atlanta	3550 Lenox Rd Ne	Fulton	30326-4334	gozego.*****	1967	$7,705,878,000	26,000	Corporation	627	0039354
18	Electronic Arts INC.	USA	Redwood Shores	209 Redwood Shores Pkwy	San Mateo	94065-1175	ea.*****	1982	$7,531,000,000	14,600	Corporation	110	2262497
19	Activision Blizzard, INC.	USA	Santa Monica	2701 Olympic Blvd Bldg B	Los Angeles	90404-4183	activisionblizzard.*****	2023	$7,528,000,000	13,000	Corporation	1122	3179148
20	Autodesk, INC.	USA	San Francisco	1 Market St Ste 400	San Francisco	94105-1336	autodesk.*****	1982	$7,206,000,000	14,300	Corporation	200	2401504
21	Oc Acquisition LLC	USA	Redwood Shores	500 Oracle Pkwy	San Mateo	94065-1677	N/A	2011	$7,165,688,078	25,150	Partnership of unknown type	1287	4998226
22	Take-Two Interactive Software, INC.	USA	New York	110 W 44th St	New York	10036-4011	take2games.*****	1993	$6,656,400,000	12,909	Corporation	172	2353224
23	SS&C Technologies Holdings, INC.	USA	Windsor	80 Lamberton Rd	Ct	06095-2136	ssctech.*****	1986	$6,272,200,000	28,800	Corporation	292	4004678
24	Snap INC.	USA	Santa Monica	3000 31st St Ste C	Los Angeles	90405-3046	snapchat.*****	2010	$5,931,447,000	5,261	Corporation	57	5159776
25	Applovin CORPORATION	USA	Palo Alto	1100 Page Mill Rd	Santa Clara	94304-1047	applovin.*****	2011	$5,480,717,000	898	Corporation	10	5012233

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Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 428,548 US software firms with a known headcount, 359,859 (84%) have one to four people, 34,457 have five to nine, 27,091 have ten to 49 and 7,141 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (185,795, 45%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 10394,316 92%
Small 10 to 4927,091 6%
Medium 50 to 2496,694 2%
Large 250+447 0.1%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

5,999

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 3,079 more than $10 million.

40,565

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in the USA?

New York has the most software companies in the USA (12,153), ahead of San Francisco (9,386), Austin (8,076), Dover (5,259) and Miami (5,055). Together the five hold one in eleven of them. Relative to their size, Lewes, Dover and Wilmington Manor have the most: 11.6 to 27.7 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

9,682 US cities have at least one software firm; 3,377 have ten or more; 2,554 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Software firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.67. Lewes has 27.7 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By county 1,721 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	16,050	4%
New York	12,162	3%
Orange	9,853	2%
San Francisco	9,388	2%
New Castle	9,003	2%
Santa Clara	8,822	2%
Travis	8,447	2%
Maricopa	8,003	2%
Miami-Dade	7,911	2%
King	7,478	2%

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Largest software firms in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in New York, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Cognizant Technology Solutions is the largest software firm in the USA by headcount. 7,141 firms employ 50 people or more; 3,256 employ 100 or more.

1Teaneck351,600 staff
2Redmond228,000 staff
3Austin141,000 staff
4Round Rock111,300 staff
5Santa Clara42,000 staff
6Atlanta26,000 staff
7Tampa12,264 staff
8Palo Alto11,300 staff
9Verona9,900 staff
10San Ramon9,700 staff

By employee size · 428,548 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	359,859	84%
5-9	34,457	8%
10-19	16,361	4%
20-49	10,730	3%
50-99	3,885	0.9%
100-199	1,773	0.4%
200-499	1,036	0.2%
500-999	267	<0.1%
1,000+	180	<0.1%

84% have 1 to 4 people; 10,730 have 20 to 49; 7,141 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	174,229	42%
$100K-$500K	185,795	45%
$500K-$1M	24,844	6%
$1M-$5M	24,012	6%
$5M-$10M	2,920	0.7%
$10M-$50M	2,290	0.6%
$50M-$100M	240	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	305	<0.1%
$500M+	244	<0.1%

45% between $100,000 and $500,000; 24,012 between $1M and $5M; 5,999 above $5M.

Software firms in New York

New York has 12,153 software companies and software firms, 1.7% of all 732,093 New York companies and 146% above the national share. Seven in ten New York firms have fewer than five people; 376 have 50 or more. 479 new firms were entered in 2026, 103 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 8,706 · 72%
5-9: 1,587 · 13%
10-19: 863 · 7%
20-49: 601 · 5%
50+: 376 · 3%

Legal form

Sole traders: 195 · 2%
Partnerships: 137 · 1%
Corporations and LLCs: 10,551 · 87%
Other or none: 1,270 · 10%

Of the US total: 2.8%
Of all New York companies: 1.7%
Against the national share: 2.5×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 479
Entered 2025: 914
Of USA's 2026 entries: 1.2%

Old

Before 1990: 103 · 0.8%
1990 or later: 12,050 · 99%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 1.5%

Reachable

Email: 1,825 · 15%
Phone: 8,697 · 72%
Website: 3,803 · 31%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 3,761 · 32%
$100K-$500K: 5,124 · 44%
$500K-$1M: 1,041 · 9%
$1M and more: 1,693 · 15%

Largest

165,000
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35,636
45,156
53,300

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Software companies and software firms in the USA

430,966

21 October 2026

There are 430,966 software companies and software firms in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 148 US companies. About 193 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (40,565 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 403,405 94%
Head offices: 13,590
Branch offices: 13,971

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 7371, 7372.

365,031 of the 430,966 are corporations and LLCs (85%); 12,363 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Newcomers in the USA in 2026

40,565 software firms were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 193 a working day, after 44,704 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 1.4% of the inflow.

22,7752022
29,1332023
33,7482024
44,7042025
40,5652026 so far

39,703 of this year's 40,565 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Wilmington Manor800 staff
2Louisville600 staff
3Scottsdale533 staff
4San Francisco391 staff
5Redwood Shores391 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 72 software firms for every one of the private detectives in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Software Companies	430,966	25%	84%
Secondary Schools	312,263	63%	45%
Security Companies	77,446	28%	84%
Dance Studios	52,631	45%	92%
Tattoo Shops	16,942	85%	97%
Private Detectives	6,019	71%	83%

In other countries

The USA has more software firms than Poland or France.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	430,966	6.7
Poland	183,971	29.1
France	180,031	12.5
The UK	134,087	15.2
Brazil	120,326	4.2

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Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in thirty-five US software firms work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Four in five are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders12,3633%
Partnerships4,0961.0%
Corporations and LLCs365,03185%
No form on record or other49,47611%

Single-site: 94%
Head offices: 13,590
Branches: 13,971

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

How reachable are they?

Software firms are easier to reach than the average US company: 59% list a phone number and 25% a website.

Email54,194 13%
Phone255,990 59%
Website106,084 25%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

The full list with these fields is in our US company database.

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 5 US software firms from before 1900, 55 from before 1950 and 7,041 from before 1990.

1826
1. Canton
1854
1. Davenport
1863
1. Charleston
1884
1. Atlanta
1898
1. San Diego

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US software firms date from before 1990

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were entered in 1990

Frequently asked questions

How many software companies are there in the USA?

There are 430,966 software companies and software firms in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 148 US companies.

Which is the largest software firm in the USA?

Cognizant Technology Solutions in Teaneck, with 351,600 staff. By revenue Alphabet in Mountain View leads with $402.8 billion a year.

Which US city has the most software companies?

New York, with 12,153, ahead of San Francisco (9,386), Austin (8,076), Dover (5,259) and Miami (5,055). Relative to its size, Lewes has the most: 27.7 times the national share.

How many software firms are there in New York?

12,153, which is 1.7% of all 732,093 New York companies and 146% above the national share.

How big is a typical software firm?

Small. 84% of the 428,548 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 7,141 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are US software companies sole traders or companies?

One in thirty-five (12,363) are sole traders, 1.0% are partnerships and 85% (365,031) are corporations and LLCs.

How many software firms started in 2026?

40,565 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 44,704 in 2025. 39,703 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest software firm in the USA?

Canton Rescue Squad in Canton, 1826, followed by Fidlar Technologies in Davenport (1854) and State of West Virginia in Charleston (1863). 5 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers software companies?

Our platform filters them on SIC 7371 (computer programming services) and 7372 (prepackaged software).

Can I download the full list?

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