Top 10 IT Software Companies in the World in 2021 by Revenue

Alphabet Inc, Microsoft Corp, International Business Machines Corp, Oracle Corp, and SAP SE are the top 5 IT software companies in the world in 2021 by revenue. In total, the top 10 IT software companies in the world in 2021 generated revenue of $649,290 million, with average revenue growth of 13.6%, where the highest increase being registered by Alphabet Inc ($257,637 million), while the lowest increases were registered by VMware Inc ($11,767 million). The highest revenue increase was registered by Alphabet Inc (41.2%), followed by Salesforce Inc (24.3%), and the lowest revenue increase was registered by SAP SE (1.8%). None of the top 10 companies had a revenue decline in 2021. In terms of the geographic split, 9 out of 10 of the world’s top companies (SAP SE) are based in North America, and the remaining 1 is based in Europe. They employed a total of 1,197,452 people in 2021. The United States of America-based Alphabet Inc is the leading IT software company in the world (by revenue). The company reported revenues of $257,637 million for the fiscal year ended June 2021 (FY2021), an increase of 41.2% over FY2020, due to increased sales in GCP and Google Workspace offerings. The company is the holding company of Google, a global technology company. It offers a wide range of products and platforms, including search, maps, calendar, ads, Gmail, Google Play, Android, google cloud, chrome, and YouTube. It also offers hardware products such as Pixel phones, smartwatches, Google Nest home products, and other related products. The company employs 174,014 people. Microsoft Corp is one of the leading IT software companies in the world (by revenue). The company reported revenues of $168,088 million for the fiscal year ended June 2021 (FY2021), an increase of 17.5% over FY2020, due to a 27% increase in server products and cloud services revenue attributed to 50% increase in Azure revenue, and 8% growth in Enterprise Services' revenue. The company develops, licenses, and supports software products, services, and devices. It offers a comprehensive range of operating systems, cross-device productivity applications, server applications, software development tools, business solution applications, desktop and server management tools, video games, and training and certification services, and employs 221,000 people.