{
    "question": "How much revenue does the US software industry make?",
    "answer": "US software publishers earned $177.0 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2026, seasonally adjusted, up 14.7% from a year earlier, according to the Census Bureau's Quarterly Services Survey (preliminary estimate). Data processing, hosting and related services firms earned $124.1 billion, up 20.3%.",
    "period": "2Q 2026",
    "key_numbers": [
        {
            "value": "$177.0B",
            "label": "Revenue of US software publishers, 2Q 2026",
            "note": "Census QSS, seasonally adjusted, preliminary estimate",
            "stat": "saas/us-software-publisher-revenue-quarterly"
        },
        {
            "value": "14.7%",
            "label": "Growth from 2Q 2025",
            "note": "Census QSS; 3.8% from 1Q 2026"
        },
        {
            "value": "$349.4B",
            "label": "Software publisher revenue, first half of 2026",
            "note": "Not seasonally adjusted; up 14.5%"
        },
        {
            "value": "20.3%",
            "label": "Revenue growth, data processing and hosting",
            "note": "$124.1B in 2Q 2026, Census QSS",
            "stat": "saas/us-data-processing-hosting-revenue-growth"
        }
    ],
    "tables": [
        {
            "id": "by-industry",
            "title": "Revenue of US software and related industries, 2Q 2026",
            "columns": [
                "Industry (2017 NAICS)",
                "Revenue, 2Q 2026",
                "Change from 2Q 2025",
                "Change from 1Q 2026",
                "Coefficient of variation"
            ],
            "rows": [
                [
                    "Software publishers (5112)",
                    "$177.0B",
                    "14.7%",
                    "3.8%",
                    "5.3%"
                ],
                [
                    "Data processing, hosting and related services (518)",
                    "$124.1B",
                    "20.3%",
                    "5.5%",
                    "7.3%"
                ],
                [
                    "Other information services (519)",
                    "$135.0B",
                    "18.9%",
                    "5.3%",
                    "5.0%"
                ],
                [
                    "Computer systems design and related services (5415)",
                    "$194.9B",
                    "3.3%",
                    "0.5%",
                    "8.2%"
                ],
                [
                    "Publishing industries, except internet (511)",
                    "$199.3B",
                    "13.1%",
                    "3.4%",
                    "5.0%"
                ],
                [
                    "Information sector (51)",
                    "$704.4B",
                    "9.9%",
                    "2.7%",
                    "2.8%"
                ]
            ],
            "row_ids": [
                "ind-software-publishers",
                "ind-data-processing",
                "ind-other-information",
                "ind-computer-systems-design",
                "ind-publishing",
                "ind-information-sector"
            ],
            "note": "Census Quarterly Services Survey, release of 9 Sep 2026, Table 1a (seasonally adjusted, not adjusted for price changes) and Table 2a (coefficient of variation of the 2Q 2026 level). 2Q 2026 is a preliminary estimate. Software publishers are part of publishing industries (511), which are part of the information sector (51).",
            "source": "census-qss"
        },
        {
            "id": "first-half",
            "title": "Revenue in the first half of the year, 2026 and 2025",
            "columns": [
                "Industry (2017 NAICS)",
                "First half 2026",
                "First half 2025",
                "Change"
            ],
            "rows": [
                [
                    "Software publishers (5112)",
                    "$349.4B",
                    "$305.2B",
                    "14.5%"
                ],
                [
                    "Data processing, hosting and related services (518)",
                    "$239.2B",
                    "$201.1B",
                    "19.0%"
                ],
                [
                    "Other information services (519)",
                    "$258.8B",
                    "$219.7B",
                    "17.8%"
                ],
                [
                    "Computer systems design and related services (5415)",
                    "$387.9B",
                    "$369.7B",
                    "4.9%"
                ],
                [
                    "Information sector (51)",
                    "$1,374.8B",
                    "$1,253.4B",
                    "9.7%"
                ]
            ],
            "row_ids": [
                "half-software-publishers",
                "half-data-processing",
                "half-other-information",
                "half-computer-systems-design",
                "half-information-sector"
            ],
            "note": "Census QSS Table 1c, year to date, not seasonally adjusted. 2026 is preliminary.",
            "source": "census-qss"
        },
        {
            "id": "history",
            "title": "Quarterly revenue of US software publishers and related industries, 1Q 2025 to 2Q 2026",
            "columns": [
                "Quarter",
                "Software publishers",
                "Data processing and hosting",
                "Computer systems design"
            ],
            "rows": [
                [
                    "1Q 2025",
                    "$149.6B",
                    "$100.1B",
                    "$181.8B"
                ],
                [
                    "2Q 2025",
                    "$154.2B",
                    "$103.2B",
                    "$188.6B"
                ],
                [
                    "3Q 2025",
                    "$160.0B",
                    "$107.2B",
                    "$191.9B"
                ],
                [
                    "4Q 2025",
                    "$164.9B",
                    "$111.5B",
                    "$192.1B"
                ],
                [
                    "1Q 2026",
                    "$170.5B",
                    "$117.6B",
                    "$193.9B"
                ],
                [
                    "2Q 2026 (preliminary)",
                    "$177.0B",
                    "$124.1B",
                    "$194.9B"
                ]
            ],
            "row_ids": [
                "hist-1q-2025",
                "hist-2q-2025",
                "hist-3q-2025",
                "hist-4q-2025",
                "hist-1q-2026",
                "hist-2q-2026"
            ],
            "note": "Census QSS Table 1a, release of 9 Sep 2026, seasonally adjusted, rounded from millions of dollars. 1Q 2025 to 1Q 2026 are revised estimates. Census expects to revise the not seasonally adjusted estimates with benchmark data from the November 2026 advance release for 3Q 2026 onward, so these values may change.",
            "source": "census-qss"
        }
    ],
    "sources": [
        {
            "name": "Quarterly Services Survey",
            "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
            "type": "official",
            "url": "https://www.census.gov/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Gartner newsroom",
            "publisher": "Gartner, Inc.",
            "type": "research",
            "url": "https://www.gartner.com/"
        }
    ],
    "content_changed_on": "2026-10-31",
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/saas/us-software-industry-revenue",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/saas/us-software-industry-revenue.csv"
}