This report covers the scope, size, disposition and growth of the industry including the key sensitivities and success factors. Also included are five year industry forecasts, growth rates and an analysis of the industry key players and their market shares.New version: Mobile computing devices will provide new platforms on which operators can compete
This report is sitting on a computer with an industry-produced operating system. If this report was downloaded, it exists within industry productivity software. The major companies writing operating systems (Microsoft, Apple, Google) have become some of the world's most significant entities, primarily thanks to their omnipresence in the devices people use almost hourly. In the past 20 years, industry revenue more than tripled, untouched by the Great Recession and boosted by the pandemic. Microsoft Word and Adobe Photoshop have enabled executives and schoolchildren to easily command words and images. The industry has been richly rewarded for these world-changing applications, climbing at a CAGR of 5.9% to $482.0 billion in 2023, with profit of 31.0%. Software publishers disseminate licenses to customers for the right to execute software on their own computers. Operators in this industry market and distribute software products and may also design the software, produce support materials and provide support services.
Table of Contents
ABOUT THIS INDUSTRY- Industry Definition
- Main Activities
- Similar Industries
- Additional Resources
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
- Executive Summary
- Key External Drivers
- Current Performance
- Industry Outlook
- Industry Life Cycle
- Supply Chain
- Products & Services
- Demand Determinants
- Major Markets
- International Trade
- Business Locations
- Market Share Concentration
- Key Success Factors
- Cost Structure Benchmarks
- Basis of Competition
- Barriers to Entry
- Industry Globalization
OPERATING CONDITIONS
- Capital Intensity
- Technology & Systems
- Revenue Volatility
- Regulation & Policy
- Industry Assistance
- Industry Data
- Annual Change
- Key Ratios
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- Microsoft Corporation
- Apple Inc.
- Oracle Corporation
- International Business Machines Corporation
- Sap Se
- Vmware, Inc.
- Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.
- Costar Group, Inc.
- Uipath Srl
- Tech Data Corp
- Ultimate Software Group Inc.
- Aci Worldwide, inc.
- Sas Institute Inc.
- Garmin Ltd.
- Bmc Software Inc.
- Bright Event Rentals, Llc
- Ptc Inc.
- Corel Corp
- PRO Unlimited Inc.
- Benefitfocus, Inc.
- Qlik Technologies Inc.
- KLDiscovery Ontrack, LLC
- Basware Oyj
- Ellucian Company LP
- Jaggaer, Llc
- iCIMS Inc.
- Wolters Kluwer N.V.
- SOTI Inc.
- Constellation Software Inc.
- MediaMath Inc.
- Thomas Scientific LLC
- Infinova Corp.
- Enghouse Systems Ltd
- Choura Events