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Top 50 Application Development Software Companies (September 2026)

As of September 2026, Latka tracks 1,654 application development software companies. They have combined revenues of $20.1B and employ 136.4K people. They have raised $11.4B and serve 657.8M customers combined.

Every company below sells application development software to other businesses and is ranked by its most recent annual revenue. Revenue, funding, headcount and customer figures come from CEO interviews on the Latka podcast, public company filings, and Latka estimates where a company has not disclosed a number.

What Application Development Software Companies do

Application Development Software encompasses a broad range of tools designed to facilitate the creation, testing, deployment, and maintenance of software applications. These tools cater to developers and organizations aiming to streamline application workflows, enhance collaboration, and accelerate the development process. Typical features include integrated development environments (IDEs), version control systems, application programming interfaces (APIs), and testing frameworks that ensure code quality and efficiency. The primary use cases for application development software include building web and mobile applications, developing enterprise software solutions, and creating software for specific industries. This software is typically employed by a variety of user personas, including software developers, project managers, and IT teams, who are focused on delivering reliable and innovative software products. By leveraging development tools, these users can enhance productivity, improve code quality, and facilitate better communication among team members throughout the development lifecycle.

Companies
1,654
Revenue
$20.1B
Funding
$11.4B
Employees
136.4K

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Top Application Development Software Companies by revenue

Showing 10 of 1,654 companies ranked by annual revenue.

1BairesDev logo
BairesDev

Mountain View, California, United States

Delivering end-to-end customized technology solutions across over 100 industries, and offering high-quality software solutions quickly and accurately

Revenue
$800M
Year founded
2009
Team size
3.1K
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DataArt Enterprises

New York, New York, United States

Software engineering firm that delivers high-value, high-quality solutions for clients, helping them build lifetime partnerships

Revenue
$793.8M
Year founded
1997
Team size
5.3K
3Automattic logo
Automattic

San Francisco, California, United States

Automattic is a web development corporation. The company is a provider of support services for WordPress and WordPress Multi-User through the Automattic support network. Its WordPress support network provides various services including access to various members of the WordPress development team to help solve problems with WordPress system, various number of support incidents, software updates and upgrade notices and access to recommended third-party WordPress consultants to provide custom development, design and training. It was founded in 2005 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Revenue
$710M
Year founded
2005
Funding
$985.9M
Team size
1.7K
4Altimetrik logo
Altimetrik

Southfield, Michigan, United States

Altimetrik is a pure-play digital business services company. We focus on delivering business outcomes with an agile, product-oriented approach. Our digital business methodology provides a blueprint to manage data as well as develop, scale, and launch new products to market faster. Our team of 6,000+ practitioners with software, data, cloud engineering skills help create a culture of innovation and agility that optimizes team performance, modernizes technology, and builds new business models. As a strategic partner and catalyst, Altimetrik quickly delivers results without disruption to the business.

Revenue
$565.5M
Year founded
2012
Team size
5.1K
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10Pearls

Vienna, Virginia, United States

A global digital technology partner helping businesses create transformative digital products by incorporating exponential tech

Revenue
$358.3M
Year founded
2004
Team size
1.8K
6Redislabs logo
Redislabs

Mountain View, California, United States

Redis Labs is a software company that provides a high-performance, in-memory data platform called Redis. The company was founded in 2011 by Ofer Bengal and Yiftach Shoolman and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with additional offices in Tel Aviv, London, and Bangalore. Redis Labs' platform allows organizations to process and analyze large amounts of data in real-time, enabling faster decision-making and better user experiences. The company's solutions are used by a wide range of industries, including e-commerce, finance, healthcare, and gaming. Redis Labs is recognized as a leader in the NoSQL and in-memory database markets and has won multiple awards for its innovative technology.

Revenue
$300M
Customers
8.5K
Year founded
2011
Funding
$555.6M
Team size
501
7Redis logo
Redis

Mountain View, California, United States

Redis Ltd. (originally Redis Labs, Garantia Data) is an American private computer software company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It is the world's fastest in-memory database, providing cloud and on-prem solutions for caching, vector search, and NoSQL databases.

Revenue
$272.6M
Year founded
2011
Funding
$356M
Team size
1.4K
Growth
30.43%
8JetBrains logo
JetBrains

Prague, Czech Republic

Powerful IDEs for most programming languages and technologies along with products for team collaboration.

Revenue
$252M
Team size
2.1K
9ClickHouse logo
ClickHouse

Redwood City, California, United States

ClickHouse is an open-source, column-oriented OLAP database management system that allows users to generate analytical reports using SQL queries in real-time. Its technology works 100-1000x faster than traditional database management systems, and processes hundreds of millions to over a billion rows and tens of gigabytes of data per server per second. With a widespread user base around the globe, the technology has received praise for its reliability, ease of use, and fault tolerance. Learn more at clickhouse.com.

Revenue
$250M
Year founded
2021
Team size
197
Growth
201.2%
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Etiya

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Etiya is a leading software company providing customer experience focused AI driven Digital Transformation with its own award-winning product portfolio. Founded in 2004, Etiya has more than 1.600 highly qualified employees and offices in 3 continents and 8 countries. Its microservice-based architecture, DevOps methodology and AI-driven portfolio provides competitive advantage to its customers by bringing agility and flexibility into their business. Etiya provides turn-key, end-to-end digital transformation to many customers worldwide from different sectors including telecom, finance and retail. Its business processes and business entities are certified to the latest TM Forum standards, TM Forum Frameworx version 17,5, and achieved the highest number of conformant TM Forum Business Process Framework Level 3 Certifications of any vendor. It incorporates innovative AI technologies, including natural language processing (NLP) techniques, prediction and recommendation, in its portfolio. With the “Connected Customer First” approach which prioritizes the digital customer experience and the agile methodology it applies becoming digital-ready is possible in a matter of months via fast delivery of products and solutions. In 2019, Etiya won the TM Forum Disruptive Innovation Award for its Fizz project and the Outstanding Catalyst Innovation Award for the Digital Twins proof of concept project. Etiya exists to move agilely beyond existing standards in its relationships with the customers, in innovation, and in its ambition to expand and grow. Exceed, Every Day

Revenue
$249.6M
Year founded
2004
Team size
1.7K

Frequently asked questions about Application Development Software Companies

How many application development software companies are there?

Latka tracks 1,654 application development software companies with reported revenue. Together they generate $20.1B in annual revenue and employ 136.4K people.

Which application development software company is the largest?

BairesDev is the largest, with $800M in annual revenue, founded in 2009.

How much revenue does a typical application development software company make?

The average application development software company in this list makes $12.2M a year, across 1,654 companies with reported revenue. They serve 657.8M customers combined.

Who are the leading Application Development software vendors?

Ranked by annual revenue, the leaders are BairesDev, DataArt Enterprises, Automattic, Altimetrik and 10Pearls.

How much funding have application development software companies raised?

The 1,654 application development software companies tracked here have raised $11.4B in disclosed funding between them.

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Inclusion Criteria

- Must provide tools for coding, testing, and debugging applications. - Should support collaboration among development teams. - Must include features for version control and project management. - Should allow for integration with other tools and services. - Not limited to just front-end or back-end development; must support full-stack development.