Global Software Market 2025-2029

Software Market 2025-2029

The software market is forecasted to grow by USD 30.7 billion during 2024-2029, accelerating at a CAGR of 8.2% during the forecast period. The report on the software market provides a holistic analysis, market size and forecast, trends, growth drivers, and challenges, as well as vendor analysis covering around 25 vendors.

The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, the latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment. The market is driven by increase in volume of enterprise data, increasing digital transformation, and increasing rise of mobile computing.

The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market size data, segment with regional analysis and vendor landscape in addition to an analysis of the key companies. Reports have historic and forecast data.

Technavio's software market is segmented as below:

By Type

  • Subscriptions
  • Identity and access management
  • Endpoint/network/messaging/web security
  • Risk management
By Deployment
  • Cloud-based
  • On-premises
By Sector
  • Large enterprises
  • Small and medium enterprises
By Geographical Landscape
  • North America
  • Europe
  • APAC
  • South America
  • Middle East and Africa
This study identifies the increasing cloud computing as one of the prime reasons driving the software market growth during the next few years. Also, increasing rise of AI and ML in software development and increasing demand for open-source software will lead to sizable demand in the market.

The report on the software market covers the following areas:
  • Software Market sizing
  • Software Market forecast
  • Software Market industry analysis
The robust vendor analysis is designed to help clients improve their market position, and in line with this, this report provides a detailed analysis of several leading software market vendors that include Adobe Inc., ANSYS Inc., Autodesk Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Dassault Systemes SE, Focus Softnet Pvt. Ltd., Gen Digital Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., IFS World Operations AB, International Business Machines Corp., McAfee LLC, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., OTSUKA CORP., Salesforce Inc., SAP SE, SYNERGIX TECHNOLOGIES PTE LTD., Synopsys Inc., VMware Inc., and Zoho Corp. Pvt. Ltd.. Also, the software market analysis report includes information on upcoming trends and challenges that will influence market growth. This is to help companies strategize and leverage all forthcoming growth opportunities.

The publisher presents a detailed picture of the market by the way of study, synthesis, and summation of data from multiple sources by an analysis of key parameters such as profit, pricing, competition, and promotions. It presents various market facets by identifying the key industry influencers. The data presented is comprehensive, reliable, and a result of extensive primary and secondary research. The market research reports provide a complete competitive landscape and an in-depth vendor selection methodology and analysis using qualitative and quantitative research to forecast accurate market growth.


  • Executive Summary
    • Market overview
      • Table Executive Summary - Data Table on Market Overview
      • Table Executive Summary - Data Table on Incremental Growth
  • Technavio Analysis
    • Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
    • Criticality of inputs and Factors of differentiation
    • Factors of disruption
    • Impact of drivers and challenges
  • Market Landscape
    • Market ecosystem
      • Table Data Table on - Parent Market
    • Market characteristics
    • Value chain analysis
  • Market Sizing
    • Market definition
    • Market segment analysis
    • Market size 2024
    • Market outlook: Forecast for 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Global - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Global Market: Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
  • Historic Market Size
    • Global Software Market 2019 - 2023
      • Table Historic Market Size - Data Table on Global Software Market 2019 - 2023 ($ billion)
    • Type segment analysis 2019 - 2023
    • Deployment segment analysis 2019 - 2023
    • Sector segment analysis 2019 - 2023
    • Geography segment analysis 2019 - 2023
    • Country segment analysis 2019 - 2023
  • Qualitative Analysis
    • Impact of AI on the Global Software Market
  • Five Forces Analysis
    • Five forces summary
    • Bargaining power of buyers
    • Bargaining power of suppliers
    • Threat of new entrants
    • Threat of substitutes
    • Threat of rivalry
    • Market condition
  • Market Segmentation by Type
    • Market segments
      • Table Data Table on Type - Market share 2024-2029 (%)
    • Comparison by Type
      • Table Data Table on Comparison by Type
    • Subscriptions - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Subscriptions - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Subscriptions - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Identity and access management - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Identity and access management - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Identity and access management - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Endpoint/network/messaging/web security - Market size and forecast 2024- 2029
      • Table Data Table on Endpoint/network/messaging/web security - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Endpoint/network/messaging/web security - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Risk management - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Risk management - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Risk management - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Market opportunity by Type
      • Table Data Table on Market opportunity by Type ($ billion)
  • Market Segmentation by Deployment
    • Market segments
      • Table Data Table on Deployment - Market share 2024-2029 (%)
    • Comparison by Deployment
      • Table Data Table on Comparison by Deployment
    • Cloud-based - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Cloud-based - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Cloud-based - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • On-premises - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on On-premises - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on On-premises - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Market opportunity by Deployment
      • Table Data Table on Market opportunity by Deployment ($ billion)
  • Market Segmentation by Sector
    • Market segments
      • Table Data Table on Sector - Market share 2024-2029 (%)
    • Comparison by Sector
      • Table Data Table on Comparison by Sector
    • Large enterprises - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Large enterprises - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Large enterprises - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Small and medium enterprises - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Small and medium enterprises - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Small and medium enterprises - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Market opportunity by Sector
      • Table Data Table on Market opportunity by Sector ($ billion)
  • Customer Landscape
    • Customer landscape overview
  • Geographic Landscape
    • Geographic segmentation
      • Table Data Table on Market share by geography 2024-2029 (%)
    • Geographic comparison
      • Table Data Table on Geographic comparison
    • North America - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on North America - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on North America - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Europe - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Europe - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Europe - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • APAC - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on APAC - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on APAC - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • South America - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on South America - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on South America - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Middle East and Africa - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • US - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on US - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on US - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Canada - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Canada - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Canada - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • China - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on China - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on China - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • UK - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on UK - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on UK - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Japan - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Japan - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Japan - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Germany - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Germany - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Germany - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • India - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on India - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on India - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Mexico - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Mexico - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Mexico - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Italy - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on Italy - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on Italy - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • France - Market size and forecast 2024-2029
      • Table Data Table on France - Market size and forecast 2024-2029 ($ billion)
      • Table Data Table on France - Year-over-year growth 2024-2029 (%)
    • Market opportunity by geography
      • Table Data Tables on Market opportunity by geography ($ billion)
  • Drivers, Challenges, and Opportunity/Restraints
    • Market drivers
      • Increase in volume of enterprise data
      • Increasing digital transformation
      • Increasing rise of mobile computing
    • Market challenges
      • High costs of licensing and support
      • Data privacy issue
      • Lack of skilled IT professionals
    • Impact of drivers and challenges
    • Market opportunities/restraints
      • Increasing cloud computing
      • Increasing rise of AI and ML in software development
      • Increasing demand for open-source software
  • Competitive Landscape
    • Overview
    • Competitive Landscape
    • Landscape disruption
    • Industry risks
  • Competitive Analysis
    • Companies profiled
    • Company ranking index
    • Market positioning of companies
    • Adobe Inc.
    • Autodesk Inc.
    • Cisco Systems Inc.
    • Dassault Systemes SE
    • Gen Digital Inc.
    • Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
    • International Business Machines Corp.
    • McAfee LLC
    • Microsoft Corp.
    • Oracle Corp.
    • OTSUKA CORP.
    • Salesforce Inc.
    • SAP SE
    • VMware Inc.
    • Zoho Corp. Pvt. Ltd.
  • Appendix
    • Scope of the report
      • Market definition
      • Objectives
      • Notes and caveats
    • Inclusions and exclusions checklist
    • Currency conversion rates for US$
    • Research methodology
    • Data procurement
    • Data validation
    • Validation techniques employed for market sizing
    • Data synthesis
    • 360 degree market analysis
    • List of abbreviations

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