How big this market is, as its publishers state it
as of Sep 30, 2026 · 5 figures carried2 publishers carried, 2020–2034, 1 with a published outlook, the furthest to 2034. Figures are the publishers' own, shown side by side and never averaged.
Last read Sep 30, 2026: wrote 5 figures and 1 stated rate.
Forge measures none of this. A statistical body publishes the history and its own outlook; Forge copies the figures with the sentence each came from and refreshes once a year, when the publishers do. A growing market says you are not building into a headwind — it says nothing about whether this application has customers.
Where its publishers say it is going
- $896.1 bnby 2034 · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’s outlook, published 20255.0 % a year from $552.2 bn in 2024, implied by its own two figures
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: projects to 2034 from 2024, its last observed year — 5.0 % a year implied by its own two figures; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics itself states 5.0 % a year over 2024–2034.
In U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’s words, 2024–2034 (published 2025): Software publishers Information 5132 552.2 896.1 343.9 5.0 source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics· outlook dashed
- U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: one observed year (2024), too short to state a rate.
| Year | Figure | Kind | Published | In the publisher’s words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $552.2 bn | history | 2025 | Software publishers Information 5132 552.2 896.1 343.9 5.0As the read noted: Figure is BLS Employment Projections real output (billions of chained 2017 dollars) for Software publishers, 2024 base year, converted to millions; not a Census revenue figure. source |
| 2034 | $896.1 bn | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’s outlook | 2025 | Software publishers Information 5132 552.2 896.1 343.9 5.0As the read noted: BLS gives only the 2024 base year and the 2034 terminal projection year; no intermediate projected years are stated. source |
U.S. Census Bureau: grew 13.8 % a year, 2020–2022, by its own figures.
| Year | Figure | Kind | Published | In the publisher’s words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $350.1 bn | history | 2024 | 2020: 350,136 | Millions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted | AnnualAs the read noted: Figure is the Census Bureau's Service Annual Survey total revenue for Software Publishers, All Establishments, Employer Firms, as republished by FRED; original Census SAS table page could not be retrieved directly. source |
| 2021 | $402.4 bn | history | 2024 | 2021: 402,390 | Millions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted | AnnualAs the read noted: Same series/source note as 2020 row. source |
| 2022 | $453.5 bn | history | 2024 | 2022: 453,549 | Millions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted | AnnualAs the read noted: This is the newest Service Annual Survey release located (2022 SAS, published Jan 30 2024); the SAS was discontinued and folded into the Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) starting with data collection in 2024, and no published AIES/SAS table stating 2023, 2024, or 2025 Software Publishers revenue could be located within the search budget. source |
Other markets in North America
What else the yearly read measures in this region.
- HealthcareUnited StatesUS$5.66 tn2025 · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services$9.00 tn by 2034 · 5.3 % a year · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s outlookas of Sep 30, 2026
- IT servicesUnited StatesUS$799.0 bn2024 · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · +1 more, never averaged$1.10 tn by 2034 · 3.2 % a year · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’s outlookas of Sep 30, 2026
- E-commerceUnited StatesUS$1.23 tn2025 · U.S. Census BureauNo outlook published by U.S. Census Bureauas of Sep 30, 2026
- EnergyUnited StatesUSRead Sep 30, 2026, nothing quotable foundRead from U.S. Energy Information Administration
- AutomotiveUnited StatesUS$754.4 bn2025 · U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · +1 more, never averagedNo outlook published by U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysisas of Sep 30, 2026
- EducationUnited StatesUS$1.60 tn2022 · National Center for Education StatisticsNo outlook published by National Center for Education Statisticsas of Sep 30, 2026
- Construction and real estateUnited StatesUS$2.16 tn2025 · FMI · +2 more, never averaged$2.70 tn by 2030 · 4.5 % a year · FMI’s outlookas of Sep 30, 2026
- Advertising and mediaUnited StatesUS$294.6 bn2025 · Interactive Advertising Bureau · +1 more, never averagedNo outlook published by Interactive Advertising Bureauas of Sep 30, 2026
- Financial servicesUnited StatesUS$3.29 tn2025 · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics$3.92 tn by 2035 · 1.8 % a year · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’s outlookas of Sep 30, 2026
- Software and ITCanadaCACAD 161.9 bn2024 · Statistics CanadaNo outlook published by Statistics Canadaas of Sep 5, 2026