Top Payroll Software Apps, Market Size and Forecast
Since 2010, our global team of researchers has been studying the patterns of the Payroll software purchases by customers around the world, aggregating massive amounts of data points that form the basis of our Payroll software market size and forecast assumptions and perhaps the rise and fall of certain Payroll vendors.
- Top 10 Payroll software vendors, market share, 2010-to-present, and five-year forecast
- 2010-to-present Payroll software market by revenue Type (on-prem vs cloud vs AI)
- 2010-to-present Payroll software market by customer size (revenue, employees, asset)
- 2010-to-present Payroll software market by industry (21 verticals)
- 2010-to-present Payroll software market by geography (city, state, country, region)
- 2010-to-present Payroll software market by channel (direct vs indirect)
- 2010-to-present Payroll software market by product market share
Some of the Payroll apps that we have been tracking include: Workday Payroll, ADP Payroll, PeopleHR Payroll, SAP HCM Payroll, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll, UKG Workforce Central Payroll (ex Kronos Workforce Payroll), ADP Workforce Now Payroll, Frontier Software Chris21 Payroll, Oracle PeopleSoft Global Payroll, Ascender Preceda Payroll, Access MicrOpay (ex Sage MicrOpay), ADP PayForce, Oracle Cloud HCM Payroll, ReadyTech HR3 Payroll, Ceridian Dayforce Payroll, UKG Pro Payroll (ex Ultipro Payroll), Astute Payroll, MHR iTrent Payroll, Zellis ResourceLink, Big Red Book Payroll and many others.
| Logo | Vendor | Product | Category | Market | Records |
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Workday | Workday Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 994 |
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ADP | ADP Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 954 |
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The Access Group | PeopleHR Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 857 |
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SAP | SAP HCM Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 816 |
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SAP | SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 569 |
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UKG | UKG Workforce Central Payroll (ex Kronos Workforce Payroll) | Payroll | HCM | 546 |
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ADP | ADP Workforce Now Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 485 |
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Frontier Software | Frontier Software Chris21 Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 406 |
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Oracle | Oracle PeopleSoft Global Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 332 |
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Ascender | Ascender Preceda Payroll | Payroll | HCM | 317 |
Buyer Intent: Companies Evaluating Payroll Apps
- Maximum Heights Academy, a United States based Education organization with 1125 Employees
- Skillpath, a United States based Professional Services company with 10 Employees
- Encompass Health Corporation, a United States based Healthcare organization with 35900 Employees
| Logo | Company | Industry | Employees | Revenue | Country | Evaluated |
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| PT Primacom Interbuana | Communications | 220 | $20M | Indonesia | 2026-05-05 | |
| Maximum Heights Academy | Education | 1125 | $257M | United States | 2026-04-24 | |
| Skillpath | Professional Services | 10 | $1M | United States | 2026-04-08 | |
| Healthcare | 35900 | $4.3B | United States | 2026-02-04 | ||
| Insurance | 10665 | $12.0B | United States | 2026-01-09 | ||
| Manufacturing | 75 | $20M | China | 2025-12-30 | ||
| Insurance | 37000 | $53.3B | Canada | 2025-12-18 | ||
| Professional Services | 10 | $1M | United States | 2025-12-15 | ||
| Professional Services | 146 | $103M | United Kingdom | 2025-12-04 | ||
| Insurance | 25 | $4M | Australia | 2025-11-18 |