Company Index Stats

How many Software companies are there?

There are 1,953,283 Software companies in the DiscoLike index as of October 2026.

Companies can carry several industry labels, so counts overlap.

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Software covers companies that build software, whether as a product or for clients. Assignment reads what the site says the company builds, so a custom development shop lands here alongside a product company.

Services lead the sub-industries

Custom software developers (279,060) and mobile app developers (259,466) lead it; IT consulting is counted under IT Services. For product companies specifically, filter on a sub-industry or start from SaaS.

Software is often additional
54% carry it as their main industry; 893,254 carry it additionally, so Software-label company sets include firms classified elsewhere.
Business selling is elevated
55% sell to businesses, above the 33% index baseline, making B2B a materially denser starting segment.
Custom developers edge mobile specialists
Custom Software Developer labels cover 279,060 companies; Mobile App Developer covers 259,466. Labels can overlap, so either isolates a service specialty.

1,060,029 carry Software as their main industry; 893,254 carry it as an additional label.

By Country

Top 30 countries for Software

1United States398,050
2China120,195
3Germany110,925
4India90,421
5United Kingdom84,874
6Brazil52,370
7Canada52,026
8France45,402
9Russia43,814
10Japan41,890
11Spain36,003
12Italy34,471
13Türkiye32,297
14Australia31,193
15Netherlands29,200
16Switzerland25,761
17Indonesia22,790
18Poland20,839
19South Korea17,073
20Mexico14,012
21Austria12,907
22Vietnam12,705
23South Africa12,273
24United Arab Emirates11,259
25Czechia11,244
26Sweden10,452
27Belgium10,442
28Bangladesh10,178
29Argentina10,135
30Iran10,057
All 169 countries with Software companies

By Company Size

Employee-size distribution

1-10 employees148,993
11-50 employees41,177
51-200 employees7,711
201-500 employees892
501-1000 employees179
1001-5000 employees175

By Sub-Industry

Top sub-industries

These 3 sub-industries account for 30% of the 1,953,283 Software companies by label rather than by distinct company. Sub-categories can span adjacent industries, and a company carrying several labels is counted under each.

1Custom Software Developer279,060
2Mobile App Developer259,466
3Engineering Software49,921

By Region

Regional rollups for Software

European Union

398,495

DACH

149,593

Nordics

31,480

Benelux

40,959

GCC

18,394

ASEAN

62,961

ANZ

36,376

Map

Where Software companies are

Most Software companies are concentrated in United States, China, Germany.

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Methodology

Aggregate counts from the DiscoLike index of 80M+ companies. Companies without a resolvable location are counted under 'unknown', and cells below the minimum count threshold are folded into an 'other' bucket. Industry and business-type categories overlap: a company carrying several labels is counted in each.

Updated monthly. Current snapshot: October 2026. See the full Company Index Stats.

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DiscoLike, "Software companies", Company Index Stats, October 2026. https://discolike.com/company-stats/software/

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