In 2021 the top 10 Manufacturing software vendors accounted for nearly 49.3% of the global Manufacturing applications market which grew 14.1% to approach nearly $31.6 billion in license, maintenance and subscription revenues.
SAP was the market leader with a 10.8% market share in license, maintenance and subscription revenues, followed by Microsoft, Salesforce, Dassault Systemes, and Synopsys.
We ask the simple question: Who’s buying Manufacturing applications from whom and why? And we provide the answers – supported by decades of research – to our clients around the world. (Sample from our Apps Database)
Through our forecast period, the Manufacturing applications market is expected to reach $32.9 billion by 2026, compared with $31.6 billion in 2021 at a compound annual growth rate of 3.5%.
| Exhibit 2: Worldwide Manufacturing Software Market 2021-2026 Forecast, $M | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2021 | 2026 | 2021-2026 CAGR, % |
| Total | 31608 | 32923 | 3.5% |
Source: Apps Run The World, September 2022
Top 10 Manufacturing Software vendors
Manufacturing (Discrete, high-tech, process manufacturing) – Production Planning, Maintenance Management, Quality Management, CAD/CAM software, Manufacturing ERP, Manufacturing Execution System, Product lifecycle management, Financials, HR, Procurement
Here are the rankings of the top 10 Manufacturing software vendors in 2021 and their market shares.
| Rank | Vendor | 2020 Manufacturing Apps Revenues, $M | 2021 Manufacturing Apps Revenues, $M | YoY Growth | 2021 Manufacturing Market Share, % | Recent Developments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAP | Subscribe | Subscribe | 0.5% | Subscribe | With the SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud solution, customers can leverage a manufacturing execution system (MES) to execute processes, analyze scenarios, and integrate systems through a resource-efficient Industry 4.0 approach. SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud boosts the visibility of manufacturing operations management with near-real-time data and analytics. |
| 2 | Microsoft | Subscribe | Subscribe | 13.0% | Subscribe | In November 2021, Microsoft launched Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing, along with Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Insights, a tool designed to give customers more visibility into what’s happening along their supply chain routes and intelligence to deal with issues as they arise. It’s the first step Microsoft took to loosen the supply chain issues we are seeing today. |
| 3 | Salesforce.com | Subscribe | Subscribe | 17.7% | Subscribe | In February 2022, Salesforce unveiled Manufacturing Cloud for Service, a new, industry-specific platform built on Service Cloud. With Manufacturing Cloud for Service, manufacturers can take advantage of Service Cloud’s ability to deliver smarter, faster, and more personalized service across any channel or device to grow customer loyalty and satisfaction, replacing the various legacy customer service tools that make it difficult for service teams to quickly access data. |
| 4 | Dassault Systemes | Subscribe | Subscribe | 11.1% | Subscribe | Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform offers sophisticated technologies and solutions for modeling, simulation, optimization, execution, data acquisition, analysis, and reporting in an operations management environment. |
| 5 | Synopsys | Subscribe | Subscribe | 13.1% | Subscribe | Synopsys continues to execute very well during 2022, announcing revenue for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2022 $1.248 billion, compared to $1.057 billion for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2021. |
| 6 | Oracle | Subscribe | Subscribe | 5.8% | Subscribe | The Oracle Cloud Manufacturing is a key component of the integrated Oracle Cloud Supply Chain Management, which helps firms compete in today’s global market by providing the latest tools to run their businesses. Oracle’s Fusion Cloud SCM applications, now exceeding 3,300 customers, compared with about 1,000 in 2018. |
| 7 | Autodesk | Subscribe | Subscribe | 13.8% | Subscribe | In June 2022, CloudNC, the company developing advanced software that enables factories to autonomously manufacture precision parts has raised $45 million in a Series B round led by Autodesk, with Lockheed Martin and British Patient Capital participating alongside returning investors Atomico and Episode 1 Ventures. The company will use the additional capital to further develop its SaaS offering and roll out at scale through integrations with CAD/CAM packages such as Autodesk’s platforms, and to expand its unique full-stack manufacturing capability in Essex, United Kingdom. |
| 8 | Siemens Digital Industries Software | Subscribe | Subscribe | 6.7% | Subscribe | In January 2022, Siemens Digital Industries Software unveiled the latest update to Siemens’ Simcenter 3D software, part of Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio of software and services. It enables engineers to tackle the complexity of product development and innovation with advanced simulation. Siemens Digital Industries Software is driving transformation to enable a digital enterprise where engineering, manufacturing and electronics design meet tomorrow. |
| 9 | Adobe | Subscribe | Subscribe | 15.4% | Subscribe | In May 2022, Adobe launched Adobe PDF Print Engine 6, to expand the color horizon with powerful new features to control, automate and optimize full gamut rendering. The capabilities in PDF Print Engine 6 will empower all print segments, delivering exceptional print quality, maximum efficiency, and increased automation with print-time decisions based on job intelligence. |
| 10 | PTC | Subscribe | Subscribe | 18.3% | Subscribe | In May 2022, PTC acquired Intland Software, the German application lifecycle management company. The acquisition significantly broaden and deepen PTC application lifecycle management’s footprint across safety-critical and regulated industries, including automotive, life science, consumer electronics, and aerospace and defense. |
| Subtotal | Subscribe | Subscribe | 9.8% | Subscribe | ||
| Other | Subscribe | Subscribe | 18.6% | Subscribe | ||
| Total | 27710 | 31608 | 14.1% | 100% |
Source: Apps Run The World, September 2022
Other Manufacturing software providers included in the report are: Acumatica, Adobe, ADP, Altair Engineering, American Software, Ansys Inc., Aptean, Arkieva, Atlassian, AVEVA Group, Bentley Systems Inc., Cincom Systems Inc., Cadence Design Systems, Cisco Systems, Citrix, Constellation Software Inc., Content Guru, Dematic, KION Group, DocuSign, Inc., Dropbox, E2open, Edgeverve, Ekm Systems, ECi Software Solutions, Epicor, GE Digital, Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Global Shop Solutions, Google, Hexagon, Honeywell International, HCL Technologies Ltd., IBM, IFS, Informatica, Infor, Intuit Inc., Johnson Controls, Kinaxis, Kingdee, LeaseAccelerator, LogMeIn, Mark Information, Mercateo, OneStream Software, Open Text Corporation, PeopleStrategy, Plex Systems Inc, PTC, Qlik, Ramco Systems, River Logic, Rockwell Automation, Roper Technologies, Sage, SAS Institute, ServiceNow, SYSPRO, Teradata Corporation, To-Increase, TopSolid, TOTVS, Transplace, Trimble, Tugboat Software, UKG, Vendavo, Visma, Workcube ERP, Workday, Yonyou, Zoom Video Communications, and others.
Custom data cuts related to the Manufacturing Applications market are available:
- Top 1100+ Manufacturing Applications Vendors and Market Forecast 2021-2026
- 2021 Manufacturing Applications Market By Functional Market (16 Markets)
- 2021 Manufacturing Applications Market By Country (USA + 45 countries)
- 2021 Manufacturing Applications Market By Region (Americas, EMEA, APAC)
- 2021 Manufacturing Applications Market By Revenue Type (License, Services, Hardware, Support and Maintenance, Cloud)
- 2021 Manufacturing Applications Market By Customer Size (revenue, employee count, asset)
- 2021 Manufacturing Applications Market By Channel (Direct vs Direct)
- 2021 Manufacturing Applications Market By Product
Exhibit 4 shows our projections for the enterprise applications market by vertical segment, based on the buying preferences and the customer propensity to invest in new software within those industries as they continue to upgrade and replace many legacy industry-specific applications that have been identified and tracked in our Buyer Insight Database.
Manufacturing Software Purchases Win/Loss Analysis As Part Of Enterprise Applications Buyer Insight Customer Database
On the buyer side, customers are investing in Manufacturing systems based on new features and capabilities that are expected to replace their existing legacy systems. In many cases, competitive upgrades and replacements that could have a profound impact on future market-share changes will become more widespread.
Since 2010, our global team of researchers has been studying the patterns of the latest Manufacturing software purchases by customers around the world, aggregating massive amounts of data points that form the basis of our forecast assumptions and perhaps the rise and fall of certain vendors and their products on a quarterly basis.
Updated continuously, our database features extensive win/loss analysis. Each year our research team identifies tens of thousands of these Manufacturing customer wins and losses from public and proprietary sources.
The research results are being incorporated into regular updates in our Enterprise Applications Buyer Insight Customer Database. You can access the Quarterly Win/Loss Analysis Scoreboard and our Enterprise Applications Buyer Insight Customer Database by becoming a subscriber.
| Customer | Industry | Empl. | Revenue | Country | Vendor | New Product | Function |
| Helly Hansen | Manufacturing | 750 | $298.0M | Norway | Adobe Systems | Magento Commerce | eCommerce |
| Komatsu | Manufacturing | 59632 | $23.48B | Japan | Box | Box | Content Management |
| Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG | Manufacturing | 12300 | $2.87B | Germany | Dassault Systemes | 3DEXPERIENCE Platform | Project Portfolio Management |
| CJT Koolcarb, Inc | Manufacturing | 120 | $10.0M | United States | Epicor | Epicor Cloud ERP | ERP |
| TASI Group | Manufacturing | 800 | $120.0M | United States | Epicor | Epicor Cloud ERP | ERP |
| ACDC Express | Manufacturing | 415 | $50.0M | South Africa | G Suite (formerly Google Apps for Work) | Collaboration | |
| Whirlpool | Manufacturing | 92000 | $21.25B | United States | G Suite (formerly Google Apps for Work) | Collaboration | |
| DFS | Manufacturing | 4200 | $1.19B | United Kingdom | IBM | IBM WebSphere Platform | eCommerce |
| Mattex Group | Manufacturing | 800 | $120.0M | United Arab Emirates | Infor | Infor CloudSuite Fashion | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Xometry | Manufacturing | 140 | $20.0M | United States | Infor | Infor CloudSuite Industrial (Syteline) | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| AMD | Manufacturing | 8900 | $5.33B | United States | Kinaxis | Kinaxis RapidResponse | Supply Chain Concurrent Planning Platform |
| Power Integrations | Manufacturing | 646 | $432.0M | United States | Kinaxis | Kinaxis RapidResponse | Supply Chain Concurrent Planning Platform |
| Samsung Electronics | Manufacturing | 392000 | $205.00B | South Korea | Kinaxis | Kinaxis RapidResponse | Supply Chain Concurrent Planning Platform |
| WhiteWater | Manufacturing | 650 | $70.0M | Canada | Microsoft | Microsoft Project Online | Project Portfolio Management |
| WhiteWater | Manufacturing | 650 | $70.0M | Canada | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics CRM | Customer Relationship Management |
| WhiteWater | Manufacturing | 650 | $70.0M | Canada | Microsoft | Microsoft Power BI | Business Intelligence |
| Alectra Utilities | Manufacturing | 1600 | $300.0M | Canada | Oracle | Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management | Project Portfolio Management |
| Alpha Industries, Inc | Manufacturing | 500 | $180.0M | United States | Oracle | Oracle Commerce Cloud | Commerce Platform |
| Corporate Synergies (CSG) | Manufacturing | 300 | $80.0M | United States | Oracle | Oracle CX Cloud | Customer Experience |
| Mack Trucks | Manufacturing | 2200 | $300.0M | United States | Oracle | Oracle CX Cloud | Customer Experience |
| Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd | Manufacturing | 3700 | $90.0M | Japan | PTC | PTC Windchill | Product Lifecycle Management |
| Atlas Copco | Manufacturing | 36536 | $11.60B | Sweden | SAP | SAP Cloud for Customer | Customer Relationship Management |
| HMD Global Oy | Manufacturing | 600 | $2.06B | Finland | SAP | SAP Business ByDesign | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| JFE Steel Corporation | Manufacturing | 43874 | $30.00B | Japan | SAP | SAP S/4 HANA | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Signify N.V. | Manufacturing | 32000 | $7.98B | Netherlands | SAP | SAP Cloud for Customer | Customer Relationship Management |
| Terumo BCT | Manufacturing | 6000 | $839.0M | United States | SAP | SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central | Human Capital Management |
| Whirlpool | Manufacturing | 92000 | $21.25B | United States | SAP | SAP Ariba | Source-to-Pay Procurement and Supply Chain Cloud |
| Biesse Group | Manufacturing | 4100 | $790.0M | Italy | Siemens PLM Software | Siemens Teamcenter | Product Lifecycle Management |
| Ferretti Group | Manufacturing | 2000 | $623.0M | Italy | Siemens PLM Software | Siemens Teamcenter | Product Lifecycle Management |
| Bosch | Manufacturing | 400500 | $89.47B | Germany | SmartRecruiters | SmartRecruiters Talent Acquisition Suite | Application Tracking System |
| Bosch | Manufacturing | 400500 | $89.47B | Germany | SAP | SAP Leonardo | IoT Platform |
| Kaeser Compressors | Manufacturing | 5000 | $116.0M | Germany | SAP | SAP Leonardo | IoT Platform |
| Whirlpool | Manufacturing | 92000 | $21.25B | United States | Avaya | Avaya Aura | Customer Service and Support |
| Olympus | Manufacturing | 33336 | $6.67B | Japan | Five9 | Five9 Cloud | Customer Service and Support |
| RJR Technology | Manufacturing | 50 | $5.0M | United States | Five9 | Five9 Cloud | Customer Service and Support |
| JFE Steel Corporation | Manufacturing | 43874 | $30.00B | Japan | IBM | IBM Sterling Order Management | Order Management Software |
| Whirlpool | Manufacturing | 92000 | $21.25B | United States | IBM | IBM Kenexa Talent Acquisition Suite | Talent Acquisition |
| Mattex Group | Manufacturing | 800 | $120.0M | United Arab Emirates | Infor | Infor CloudSuite HCM | Human Resource Management |
| Mattex Group | Manufacturing | 800 | $120.0M | United Arab Emirates | Infor | Birst Business Intelligence | Analytics Cloud |
| Sony | Manufacturing | 125300 | $78.54B | Japan | Interactive Intelligence | PureCloud | Customer Engagement Platform |
| Volvo Aero | Manufacturing | 99500 | $34.80B | Sweden | Interactive Intelligence | PureCloud | Customer Engagement Platform |
| Avon | Manufacturing | 31000 | $60.00B | United States | JDA Software Group | JDA Supply Chain Software | Supply Chain Management |
| Snap-on Tools | Manufacturing | 11500 | $3.35B | United States | LiveOps | LiveOps | Cloud Contact Center |
| Burr Oak Tool | Manufacturing | 400 | $100.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Celldex Therapeutics, Inc | Manufacturing | 192 | $12.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Comfort Revolution | Manufacturing | 250 | $25.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| GSE Environmental | Manufacturing | 928 | $172.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| International Flavors & Fragrances | Manufacturing | 6700 | $3.00B | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Power BI | Business Intelligence |
| Intertech Security LLC | Manufacturing | 200 | $20.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Keymark Corporation | Manufacturing | 200 | $20.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Konecranes USA | Manufacturing | 2704 | $922.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Luxtera, Inc | Manufacturing | 200 | $15.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Nixon Power Services | Manufacturing | 250 | $30.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) | Manufacturing | 3800 | $500.0M | United States | Microsoft | Microsoft Dynamics GP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Hamamatsu | Manufacturing | 4482 | $1.01B | Japan | NetSuite | NetSuite CRM+ | Customer Relationship Management |
| Xplore Technologies | Manufacturing | 100 | $87.0M | United States | NetSuite | NetSuite CRM+ | Customer Relationship Management |
| Canon Global | Manufacturing | 195000 | $36.90B | Japan | Oracle | Oracle Service Cloud (ex RightNow) | Customer Experience Platform |
| Graco | Manufacturing | 2005 | $200.0M | United States | Oracle | Oracle Service Cloud (ex RightNow) | Customer Experience Platform |
| Linksys | Manufacturing | 800 | $125.0M | United States | Oracle | Oracle Service Cloud (ex RightNow) | Customer Experience Platform |
| NETGEAR | Manufacturing | 944 | $1.30B | United States | Oracle | Oracle Service Cloud (ex RightNow) | Customer Experience Platform |
| Photobucket | Manufacturing | 111 | $10.0M | United States | Oracle | Oracle Service Cloud (ex RightNow) | Customer Experience Platform |
| Samsung Electronics | Manufacturing | 392000 | $205.00B | South Korea | Oracle | Oracle Service Cloud (ex RightNow) | Customer Experience Platform |
| Targus | Manufacturing | 700 | $130.0M | United States | Oracle | Oracle Service Cloud (ex RightNow) | Customer Experience Platform |
| Alcan Cable | Manufacturing | 12000 | $3.90B | United States | Salesforce | Service Cloud | Customer Service and Support |
| Avon | Manufacturing | 31000 | $60.00B | United States | Salesforce | Service Cloud | Customer Service and Support |
| Barco | Manufacturing | 3300 | $940.0M | Belgium | Salesforce | Service Cloud | Customer Service and Support |
| Broadcom | Manufacturing | 15235 | $4.60B | United States | Salesforce | Service Cloud | Customer Service and Support |
| AB SKF Group | Manufacturing | 47000 | $8.80B | Sweden | SAP | SAP Ariba | Source-to-Pay Procurement and Supply Chain Cloud |
| AB SKF Group | Manufacturing | 47000 | $8.80B | Sweden | SAP | SAP Cloud for Customer | Customer Relationship Management |
| AB SKF Group | Manufacturing | 47000 | $8.80B | Sweden | SAP | SAP Service Cloud | Customer Service and Support |
| Arizona Chemical | Manufacturing | 1000 | $1.50B | United States | SAP | SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central | Human Capital Management |
| Gtech | Manufacturing | 600 | $100.0M | United Kingdom | SAP | SAP Commerce Cloud | eCommerce & Omni-Channel Commerce Solution |
| Gtech | Manufacturing | 600 | $100.0M | United Kingdom | SAP | SAP Cloud for Customer | Customer Relationship Management |
| Gtech | Manufacturing | 600 | $100.0M | United Kingdom | SAP | SAP Marketing Cloud | Marketing Automation |
| Gtech | Manufacturing | 600 | $100.0M | United Kingdom | SAP | SAP Business One | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Kaeser Compressors | Manufacturing | 5000 | $116.0M | Germany | SAP | SAP EWM (Extended Warehouse Management) | Warehouse Management |
| Nufarm | Manufacturing | 3400 | $2.79B | Australia | SAP | SAP Ariba | Source-to-Pay Procurement and Supply Chain Cloud |
| Peak Scientific | Manufacturing | 500 | $100.0M | United Kingdom | SAP | SAP Business One | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Peak Scientific | Manufacturing | 500 | $100.0M | United Kingdom | SAP | SAP Cloud for Customer | Customer Relationship Management |
| Peak Scientific | Manufacturing | 500 | $100.0M | United Kingdom | SAP | SAP Concur | Travel & Expense |
| Terumo BCT | Manufacturing | 6000 | $839.0M | United States | SAP | SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management | Recruiting |
| Terumo BCT | Manufacturing | 6000 | $839.0M | United States | SAP | SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding | Onboarding |
| Terumo BCT | Manufacturing | 6000 | $839.0M | United States | SAP | SAP Success Factors LMS | Learning Management System |
| Whirlpool | Manufacturing | 92000 | $21.25B | United States | SAP | SAP ERP ECC 6.0 | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| Ferretti Group | Manufacturing | 2000 | $623.0M | Italy | Siemens PLM Software | Siemens NX | Product Lifecycle Management |
| Glencore | Manufacturing | 110378 | $170.50B | Switzerland | Thunderhead | Thunderhead ONE Engagement Hub | Customer Engagement Platform |
| District Photo | Manufacturing | 1200 | $160.0M | United States | Ultimate Software | UltiPro | Human Capital Management |
| Postbox | Manufacturing | 10 | $1.0M | United States | Zendesk | Zendesk | Customer Service and Support |
Source: Apps Run The World, September 2022
Further Readings
An expanded version of this report covers the top 1100+ Manufacturing Software Vendors, offering in-depth analysis of the market dynamics, vendors’ Strengths, Customers, Opportunities, Risks and Ecosystems as well as their ability to gain Shares (SCORES) within their respective space. We also offer win-loss analysis of the quarterly wins of these top vendors and whether incumbents and upstarts pose any real threat to their standing amid shifting market requirements and user preferences.
More Enterprise Applications Research Findings
Based on the latest annual survey of 3,000+ enterprise software vendors, Apps Run The World is releasing a number of dedicated reports, which profile the world’s 500 largest Enterprise Applications Vendors (Apps Top 500) and the world’s 500 largest Cloud Applications Vendors (Cloud Top 500) ranked by their 2015-2021 product revenues.
Their 2021 results are being broken down, sorted and ranked across 16 functional areas (from Analytics to Treasury and Risk Management) and by 21 vertical industries(from Aerospace to Utility), as shown in our Taxonomy. Further breakdowns by subvertical, country, company size, etc. are available as custom data cuts per special request.
Research Methodology
Each year our global team of researchers conduct an annual survey of thousands of enterprise software vendors by contacting them directly on their latest quarterly and annual revenues by country, functional area, and vertical market. We supplement their written responses with our own primary research to determine quarterly and yearly growth rates, In addition to customer wins to ascertain whether these are net new purchases or expansions of existing implementations.
Another dimension of our proactive research process is through continuous improvement of our customer database, which stores more than one million records on the enterprise software landscape of over 100,000 organizations around the world.
The database provides customer insight and contextual information on what types of enterprise software systems and other relevant technologies are they running and their propensity to invest further with their current or new suppliers as part of their overall IT transformation projects to stay competitive, fend off threats from disruptive forces, or comply with internal mandates to improve overall enterprise efficiency.
The result is a combination of supply-side data and demand-generation customer insight that allows our clients to better position themselves in anticipation of the next wave that will reshape the enterprise software marketplace for years to come.
