$177.0Brevenue of US software publishers in the second quarter of 2026, up 14.7% from a year earlier (seasonally adjusted)

Publisher

US Census Bureau, Quarterly Services Survey

Source type

Official data: Government statistics office or regulator

What it measures

$177.0B revenue of US software publishers in the second quarter of 2026, up 14.7% from a year earlier (seasonally adjusted)

Data period

2Q 2026 (ends 30 Jun 2026)

Published by the source

9 Sep 2026

Who is counted

Quarterly Services Survey of US employer firms; 2017 NAICS 5112 software publishers. Relative standard error about 5% for the level.

Margin of error

Coefficient of variation 5.3% (Table 2a)

In the source's words

5112 | Software publishers | 176958 | 170465 | 164929 | 160040 | 154219 | 149628 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 14.7 | 13.9

Checked at source

23 Oct 2026: Read in Census QSS Table 1a (seasonally adjusted), release of 9 Sep 2026 (qss-current.xlsx). Advance estimate for 2Q 2026 (p). Columns: 2Q26(p), 1Q26, 4Q25, 3Q25, 2Q25, 1Q25 in $ millions, then % changes; last two are year-over-year (2Q26 vs 2Q25 = 14.7). $176,958 million rounded to $177.0B. New stat.

Reuse

Public domain (US government work). Revenue of US employer firms by 2017 NAICS, seasonally adjusted, not adjusted for prices.

Next expected update

19 Nov 2026 (US Census Bureau, quarterly)

Original page

www.census.gov: Quarterly Services Survey

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