List of the largest software companies

Several 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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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 excludes manufacturers, consumer electronics companies, conglomerates, IT consultancy, and computer services. The top 10 companies in the 2013 list for the "Software & Programming" industry are:

Rank	Company		Revenue	FY	Market cap	Headquarters	Refs
1		Microsoft	$72.9	2013	$234.8	Redmond, Washington, USA	[1][2]
2		Oracle	$37.1	2013	$79.4	Redwood City, CA, USA	[3][4]
3		SAP	$20.9	2013	$35.5	Walldorf, Germany	[5][6]
4		Symantec	$6.8	2013	$14	Sunnyvale, CA, US	[7][8]
5		VMware	$4.6	2013	$10.6	Palo Alto, CA, US	[9][10]
6		CA Technologies	$4.7	2013	$11.6	Islandia, NY, USA	[11][12]
7		Adobe Systems	$4.4	2013	$10.2	San Jose, CA, USA	[13][14]
8		Fiserv	$4.5	2013	$8.5	Brookfield, WI, USA	[15][16]
9		Intuit	$4.2	2013	$5.1	Mountain View, CA, USA	[17][18]
10		Amadeus IT Group	$3.8	2013	$6.8	Madrid, Spain	[19][20]

See also

• List of the largest information technology companies
• List of largest Internet companies
• Semiconductor sales leaders by year
• List of largest companies by revenue
• List of programming language used in companies with their names

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