50 Fastest-Growing Software Companies

Below is a list of 50 fastest growing publicly held business software companies, based on year-on-year growth compiled by Baseline. According to Baseline, most of the companies at the top, do not sell software in the traditional sense – they follow the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, similar to ebdex. As you would have expected, all of these companies are US based.

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Rank Company Category Annual growth 1 Click Commerce†1 Supply chain management 128.2% 2 Omniture Web site analytics 108.1% 3 Synchronoss Technologies E-commerce for communications providers 99.4% 4 Knova Software† Knowledge management 88.8% 5 Open Solutions† Financial data processing, Internet banking 80.8% 6 Tecsys†2 Supply chain management 78.0% 7 Salesforce.com3 Customer relationship management 75.7% 8 WebSideStory† Web site analytics 74.6% 9 Viewpoint† Internet marketing management 74.1% 10 Kintera† Customer relationship management 72.5% 11 DealerTrack† Auto dealer management 71.6% 12 Sonic Solutions†4 Multimedia 64.1% 13 SXC Health Solutions† Health-care data processing 63.8% 14 Opsware†3 Network and systems management 61.6% 15 Emageon† Medical imaging 61.1% 16 (tie) Symantec†4 Storage management, security 60.4% 16 (tie) Comarco3 Wireless network monitoring 60.4% 18 Peerless Systems3 Printing and imaging management 56.7% 19 Workbrain Workforce management 55.7% 20 Retalix† Supply chain management 52.4% 21 Smith Micro Software† Wireless computing 52.1% 22 Top Image Systems† Document imaging and management 50.4% 23 Logility†2 Supply chain management 50.3% 24 Evolving Systems† Telecommunications operations management 49.8% 25 Autonomy† Search and retrieval software 48.3%

Rank Company Category Annual growth 26 Corel†5 Graphics, word processor 46.9% 27 InterVideo†6 Multimedia 46.7% 28 Vital Images† Medical imaging 43.2% 29 Online Resources† Internet banking 43.1% 30 Digital River† E-commerce 43.0% 31 FalconStor Software Storage management 42.7% 32 Kenexa† Recruiting and performance management 41.8% 33 Red Hat†7 Linux operating systems 41.7% 34 RightNow Technologies† Customer relationship management 41.1% 35 Neoware†8 Thin-client computing 40.6% 36 Saba†9 Learning and talent management 39.0% 37 Voxware8 Speech recognition 37.9% 38 CyberSource8 Electronic payment 37.6% 39 SumTotal Systems† Learning management 35.8% 40 CryptoLogic Internet casino management 35.5% 41 Bitstream Publishing and fonts 34.6% 42 (tie) CDC† Enterprise resource planning 34.1% 42 (tie) Quality Systems4 Health-care management 34.1% 44 Taleo† Talent management 33.7% 45 Websense Internet content filtering, Web security 32.9% 46 Witness Systems† Workforce management, call center applications 31.2% 47 Art Technology Group† E-commerce 31.0% 48 Netsmart Technologies† Health-care management 30.9% 49 F-Secure† Antivirus 30.8% 50 Scientific Learning Education 30.2%