The Top 100 European Software vendors

The European software industry ranking.

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2011


Editorials

Neelie Kroes

Neelie Kroes

This latest Truffle 100 report shows that Europe's software sector has had yet another exciting year.Most encouragingly, even in these times of economic uncertainty, the sector has clearly remained a reliable pillar underpinning Europe's economic growth. Not only has the market grown by about 10% year on year but,more importantly, vendors are planning to increase headcounts and R&D investments. These are exactly the right ingredients to sustain the industry's momentum in years to come. The importance of the industry, however, is not just economic: because innovation in software and ICT services also helps address Europe's societal challenges, creating amore equitable and sustainable future for citizens.

Still, a lot remains to be done to maximise the potential of Europe's software industry.We have great ideas, with products pouring out from both established players and the next generation. However we need to go further to help newcomers develop into high growth companies. In particular, we need to overcome the barriers which stand in the way of a European digital single market.

The European Commission is working hard to boost innovation. Our Digital Agenda for Europe, now one year old, aims to improve the environment for ICT investment in Europe.

The Agenda is an action plan to catalyse development, fuel demand and power supply-side investments in ICT. It will ensure roll-out of high speed broadband infrastructure, strengthen the digital singlemarket, encourage venture capital and other financial support, and promote more open standards and interoperability. It also seeks to develop the public markets where ICT can support policy challenges, like energy efficiency, health care and smart mobility.

Alongside that, Horizon 2020, the Commission's new research and innovation programme for 2014-2020, will make the framework for R&D and innovation support more flexible and integrated; and the Commission's proposed infrastructure fund, the "Connecting Europe Facility", will invest 9.2 billion euros in the deployment of broadband network and digital services infrastructure.

You can depend on me to domy share in creating the best environment for Europe's software industry to thrive. I hope we can count on the support and entrepreneurship of the Truffle 100's current and future members to achieve these goals.

Neelie Kroes
European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda

Bernard-Louis Roques

Bernard-Louis Roques

We are pleased to present the 6th edition of the Truffle 100 Europe,which once again highlights the impressive dynamism and exceptional resilience of the European software industry. Software vendors are able to bounce back quickly (with year-on-year growth of 14%) and generate profits (€3.7 billion last year),while investing heavily in R&D (€4.4 billion). With over 55,000 highly qualified R&D jobs, they constitute a strategic industry that is absolutely critical for employment & GDP growth in Europe. With cloud computing and "software as a service" (SAAS) bound to radically transformthe industry in the coming years, Europe's software vendors are on the verge of a major paradigm shift and deserve a lot more attention. On-going changes in business models mean that this is a highly critical period for vendors. European governments must accentuate supporting measures, so that more money is channelled into R&D and thousands of added-value jobs are created. The Truffle 100 reveals that software vendors are clamouring for the implementation of R&D tax incentives (with the effect of leveraging investment in R&D), a European Small Business Act (whereby a fraction of public procurement is systematically allocated to small businesses) and publiclyfunded R&D programmes with facilitated access and simplified procedures for SMEs. I am convinced that Europe's industrial future, economic growth and technological independence rely on its ability to develop a solid, sustainable software industry.

I wish to thank Commissioner Kroes, CXP and IDC for their commitment to and support for the Truffle 100.

Bernard-Louis Roques
General Partner & co-Founder, Truffle Capital

Franck Cohen

Franck Cohen

This latest edition of the Truffle 100 arrives in turbulent economic times where Europe has to overcome a strong crisis. In this volatile market, the ranking of the top 100 European software vendors underlines the dynamism of the software industry. It also demonstrates how important the software industry is to Europe's future to ensure sustainable growth in a highly competitive global economy.

In this ever-changing environment, innovation is crucial to remain competitive while technology is the foundation for sustainable growth. Today, software companies are the ones that drive innovation across all industries and their goal is to increase headcount and R&D investments in 2012.

To drive this innovation, software vendors count on public support through R&D tax breaks & public R&D programs. With that said, we strongly encourage the European Union to develop a software industry policy with pan-European R&D projects.

The demand for sustainable business solutions will continue to increase to reach the right balance between economic and environmental demands. Companies are always looking for a better user interface to transform and improve their end-to-end business processes in a sustainable fashion.

In light of customer expectations that are constantly changing, our industry has to manage a significant paradigm shift. The appetite for technology is astonishing because technology together with connectivity empowers people to connect across the globe, share their views and ideas, and do business differently. This is the era of social media where users of online social and business communities are collaborating across company boundaries at amazing speeds via digital environments using their smart phones. This allows them to be more efficient, more productive, and make the right decisions in less time. This paradigm shift also includes a new way to consume software with cloud computing and On Demand solutions.

SAP is again at the forefront of this major shift in the IT sector, away from commoditized hardware and toward renewed investment in differentiating IT: business software that drives efficiency, agility and growth.

SAP business software, unwired by mobile apps and fueled by in-memory and advanced analytics, is reshaping the business IT world with innovation that drives value and growth for customers, partners, and entire markets. With state-of-the-art technologies that offer speed, mobility, and insights - SAP allows customers to truly put their Business in the Moment. From the boardroom to front lines of global markets across all industries, SAP helps companies better understand and more quickly act upon customer demands, unexpected events and new opportunities.

We are lucky to be part of the software industry where the rules of the game are constantly changing thus allowing for constant growth opportunities.

Franck Cohen
President of Europe, Middle East & Africa at SAP

Karl-Heinz Streibich

Karl-Heinz Streibich

This latest edition of the Truffle 100 is being published in times of economic uncertainty with many economies failing to return to sustainable growth after the worst global recession in many decades. While the depth and duration of the current economic turbulence cannot be foreseen, there is one significant, positive aspect. That is, that the European software industrywill once again prove to be an economic stimulus in terms of growth, of increased high-value employment and as a driver of innovation across all industries.

The Truffle 100 - 2011 supports this conclusion. The annual growth rate of Europe's top 100 software companies in 2010 was more than five times that of the total European Union economy. This continues the resilience the European software industry demonstrated during the last recession. Secondly the software industry will increase Research and Development investments and employment over the coming year.

This is a cause for much optimism. The commitment of the European software industry to growth and to driving innovation throughout the economy fully demonstrates the contribution it can make to building a stronger Europe.

The Truffle report also highlights the industry-wide call for public-private partnerships to further drive expansion through joint R&D programs and lighthouse projects. In Germany we have established such partnerships in the Software Cluster and the House of IT. These have been important steps in strengthening the software industry in Germany.

I can fully endorse this call at a European level.

Karl-Heinz Streibich
CEO, Software AG

Laurent Calot

Laurent Calot

Although Europe is going through a period of major economic turbulence, the software industry has shown itself to be a reliable, federating asset. After monitoring trends in the software sector for almost 40 years and having collaborated with Truffle Capital since the first edition of the Truffle 100, we are still impressed by the industry's eternally renewed dynamism and inventiveness year after year.

Laurent Calot
CEO, CXP Group


Bo Lykkegaard

Bo Lykkegaard

In 2010 and 2011, we saw the European software industry undergo continuing globalization and specialization. These two aspects are closely interconnected for European ISVs, since a high degree of specialization is needed for global competitiveness. We have seen ISVs divest unrelated software businesses and/or acquire well-matched companies to deepen their functional capabilities. HP's acquisition of UK-based Autonomy is a loss to the European software industry but major acquisitions in the other direction have also happened, such as Sweden-based Hexagon's $2.1-billion acquisition of US-based Intergraph and SAP's $5.8 billion acquisition of Sybase in 2010. We find that European ISVs have particular strengths in horizontal business applications, engineering applications, and industry-specific applications and we believe that these areas will continue to be strongholds for Europe's software industry.

Bo Lykkegaard
Program Director - European Enterprise Applications, IDC

Figures

  • Software revenues 30.9 bn€ (up from 27.1 bn€ last year)

    Total revenues for the Truffle 100 are 49.4 bn€

    63 % of revenues come from the top 25 vendors(79% last year)

     

    % Revenues 2009 2010

    SAP

    40 % 31 %
    TOP 3 50 % 40 %
    TOP 5  56 % 44 %
    TOP 10 65 % 52 %
    TOP 50 91 % 84 %

    European, 100 million euro vendors, 2010

    49 vendors have revenues > 100 m€
    they account for 89.2 % of Truffle 100 revenues

    European, 100 million euro vendors, 2010

    85 vendors have revenues > 50 m€
    they account for 97.8 % of Truffle 100 revenues

    European, 50 million euro vendors, 2010

    All Truffle 100 have revenues > 25 m€


  • World-class national champions
    Vendor Country Revenues (m€) % of
    Truffle 100
    SAP DE 12 337 39.8 %

    Dassault Systemes

    FR 1 564 5.0 %

    Sage

    UK 1 543 5.0 %
    Software AG DE 919 3.0 %
    DATEV DE 685 2.2 %
  • Fierce global competition

    European, software vendors growth, 2011

  • Growth

    … 14 % growth

    Revenues growth year on year:+14 %




  • Strong exposition to capital markets

     

    Public or non-public # Software
    Revenues (€M)
    % of
    Truffle 100
    R&D
    Spend (€M)
    % of
    Truffle 100

    Publicly traded

    65 26 176 84.5 % 3 803 85.8 %
    Private 35 4 810 15.5 % 630 14.2 %
    Total 100 30 985 100 % 4 433 100 %

  • Profits

    Profits on the rise

    5.8 bn€ aggregated net profits,
    up from 3.7 bn€ last year

    Profits bn€ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
      2.8 3.2 3.6 3.7 5.8

      % of revenues % of profits
      Truffle 100 2010 2009 2008 2007
    SAP 40% 31% 46% 51% 60%
    TOP 3 50% 40% 58% 62% 73%
    TOP 5 55% 44% 66% 67% 75%
    TOP 10 36% 52% 66% 67% 75%
    TOP 50 90% 84% 91% 92% 95%

    Big vendors more profitable
    Small vendors catching up


    Profitability m€ 2010 % of revenues 2009
    TOP 3 2.386 15.2 % 16.0 %
    TOP 50 4.952 12.2 % 10.7 %
    BOTTOM 50 0.940 10.6 % 6.8 %
    BOTTOM 25 0.228 13.4 % 8.6 %
  • Breakdown by country

    Breakdown by country

    Countries Software revenues
    (€ millions)
    % of total # Software
    companies
    Germany   15 578   50.3%   16  
    UK   5 752   18.6%   24  
    France   3 482   11.2%   18  
    Netherlands   1 093   3.5%   7  
    Sweden   977   3.2%   4  
    Norway   436   1.4%   5  
    Finland   661   2.1%   2  
    Italy   522   1.7%   8  
    Switzerland   881   2.8%   7  
    Belgium   511   1.6%   1  
    Poland   562   1.8%   4  
    Denmark   185   0.6%   1  
    Czech Republic   166   0.5%   1  
    Spain   117   0.4%   1  
    Austria   62   0.2%   1  

R&D and Jobs

~ 4.4 bn€ invested in R&D


55 000 R&D jobs

Countries Number R&D
employees
% of
total
R&D
investment (m€)
% of
total
Germany   20 416   39.9%   2 147   48%  
UK   10 573   19.1%   842   19%  
France   8 096   14.6%   561   13%  
Netherlands   3 774   6.8%   144   3%  
Sweden   2 801   5.1%   167   4%  
Norway   1 056   1.9%   62   1%  
Finland   1 322   2.4%   94   2%  
Italy   1 378   2.5%   74   1.7%  
Switzerland   1 499   2.7%   125   2.8%  
Belgium   452   0.8%   54   1.2%  
Poland   3 147   5.7%   87   2.0%  
Denmark   283   0.5%   26   0.6%  
Czech Republic   150   0.3%   24   0.5%  
Spain   212   0.4%   17   0.4%  
Austria   110   0.2%   9   0.2%  

Major M&A transactions



Trends


R&D investments trend for 2012 ?


Headcount in 2012


Expected growth rate for 2012 ?


Main technological trends for 2012 ?

Measures: Tax breaks and SBA needed

What measures should be adopted to serve the cause of european software industry?
(multiple answers possible)


European software vendors ranking 2011

Rank Company Public ? Country
of HQ
location
Software
revenues
2010 (m€)
Total
revenues
2010 (m€)
R&D
employees
2010
1 SAP DE 12 336.7   12 464.0   14 991  
2 Dassault Systemes FR 1 563.8   1 563.8   3 700  
3 Sage UK 1 542.9   1 688.4   *2 076  
4 Software AG DE 919.2   1 119.5   850  
5 DATEV DE 684.6   698.6   *1 250  
6 Autonomy UK 657.0   657.0   *563  
7 Asseco PL 516.4   808.5   *2 047  
8 SWIFT BE 511.1   538.0   *452  
9 Wincor Nixdorf DE 461.6   2 239.0   *372  
10 Misys UK 431.2   431.2   *1 102  
11 Unit4 NL 421.7   421.7   1 150  
12 Sopra Group / Axway FR 354.7   1 169.9   1 000  
13 Temenos Group CH 338.2   338.2   *617  
14 Swisslog CH 324.9   444.3   *511  
15 Micro Focus UK 322.7   329.2   *300  
16 Compugroup Holding DE 312.4   312.4   *900  
17 Murex FR 310.0   310.0   255  
18 Invensys UK 279.2   2 897.1   1 328  
19 NIS (Northgate Information Solutions) UK 269.0   780.9   *760  
20 IFS SE 264.0   270.8   524  
21 Acision UK 260.4   434.1   486  
22 Sophos UK 259.4   259.4   *600  
23 Fidessa UK 228.8   305.7   *300  
24 Exact NL 228.2   228.2   456  
25 Cegid FR 218.0   249.6   537  
26 Visma NO 208.2   520.6   *720  
27 Zucchetti IT 205.0   237.0   *380  
28 Reply IT 202.8   384.2   *552  
29 AVEVA Group UK 187.2   187.2   248  
30 SimCorp DK 185.4   185.4   *283  
31 Qliktech SE 171.0   171.0   96  
32 AVG Technologies CZ 166.1   166.1   *150  
33 Hexagon SE 165.6   1 487.1   *1 300  
34 Civica UK 164.8   196.9   *310  
35 Kofax UK 162.9   258.5   457  
36 Gemalto NL 152.0   1 905.6   *1 470  
37 Nemetschek DE 149.3   149.7   484  
38 RM UK 147.9   443.0   *280  
39 PSI DE 143.5   158.7   *284  
40 Torex UK 137.6   217.5   *240  
41 Linedata Services FR 136.2   136.2   278  
42 Digia FI 130.8   130.8   *230  
43 F-Secure Corp. FI 130.1   130.1   339  
44 GAD DE 129.0   645.0   *255  
45 Panda Security SP 116.5   116.5   *212  
46 Sword FR 111.6   185.3   *182  
47 Centric NL 111.1   1 225.7   *140  
48 IBS SE 104.8   136.2   209  
49 Affecto FI 103.6   114.1   *142  
50 Lumesse UK 95.6   95.6   *160  
51 IRIS Software UK 93.2   93.2   *138  
52 SDL International UK 92.5   237.2   *311  
53 BasWare FI 90.7   103.1   239  
54 GFI Informatique FR 90.0   657.9   160  
55 ACS (Advanced Computer Software) UK 88.3   111.2   *170  
56 Avanquest Software FR 88.2   88.2   150  
57 Avaloq CH 86.7   86.7   *200  
58 Opera Software NO 86.5   86.5   *119  
59 ESI Group FR 84.2   84.2   240  
60 Aditro SE 83.8   167.0   *320  
61 ORC Software SE 83.1   102.3   *87  
62 Wolters Kluwer (CCH & A3 Software) NL 82.7   3 556.0   *365  
63 Vizrt NO 79.7   79.7   *117  
64 ERI Bancaire CH 79.5   79.5   *106  
65 Comptel FI 77.9   77.9   177  
66 ISAGRI FR 75.0   75.0   200  
67 Cegedim FR 74.0   74.0   150  
68 Berger-Levrault FR 74.0   95.0   205  
69 Anite UK 72.0   109.2   *117  
70 LHS AG (part of Ericsson) DE 71.6   71.6   *213  
71 Aldata Solutions FI 70.2   73.1   103  
72 Kewill Systems UK 69.9   69.9   *136  
73 Gruppo Engineering IT 69.8   738.3   324  
74 Generix Group FR 69.0   69.0   160  
75 Mensch und Maschine DE 67.9   195.6   *150  
76 Personal & Informatik DE 66.6   69.1   133  
77 UC4 AT 62.0   62.0   *110  
78 Mamut NO 61.3   61.3   *100  
79 ReadSoft SE 60.5   64.8   *115  
80 Tekla FI 57.8   57.8   *92  
81 SSP Holding UK 57.4   82.0   *120  
82 Lectra FR 53.5   190.3   210  
83 CSB-System DE 52.0   52.0   *80  
84 Elca CH 51.3   55.5   65  
85 AFAS ERP Software NL 50.2   50.2   73  
86 HR Access FR 49.2   69.6   *150  
87 proALPHA DE 48.5   49.3   *120  
88 Beta Systems Software DE 47.6   47.6   113  
89 Cordys NL 47.2   47.2   *120  
90 Smartstream UK 46.4   62.9   *90  
91 Comarch PL 45.9   191.1   1 100  
92 CAD It IT 44.6   52.5   *122  
93 Hogia Group SE 44.2   44.2   *150  
94 Groupe SAB FR 44.2   44.2   320  
95 Schleupen DE 44.1   55.1   *70  
96 Fiducial Informatique FR 43.4   54.6   122  
97 COR&FJA DE 43.2   116.2   *150  
98 Alterian UK 43.1   43.1   *110  
99 InfoVista FR 43.0   43.0   77  
100 Delcam UK 42.7   42.7   *170  

(*) R&D headcount 2010 estimated
Software revenues: software revenues + related services