Research
Software tools by company size
This study counts the software tools named on applications after the privacy notice took effect. A cell is one headcount band and one product. Counts appear only when a cell has at least ten companies. No dollar figure is attached. The method and the empty table sit on this page until enough applications land in a cell.
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Applications | 0 |
| Headcount bands | 0 |
| Version | 1.0 |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International |
What the counts show
A tool is listed for a headcount band only when at least 10 companies in that band named it.
Each row is one product inside one headcount band. The number is how many companies in that band named the product on a licensing application. A company can name several products, so the rows in a band do not split one group into shares. Read the row as a count of namings, not as a rank of buyers and not as a price.
The bands follow peak headcount. Under the staff floor is its own band. The other bands are 25 to 49, 50 to 99, 100 to 249, and 250 and above. A company outside the United States enters the 25 to 49 band at a peak of 30, and a lower peak stays under the staff floor. No band carries a dollar amount.
How the sample was built
The file has 0 licensing applications received after 2026-11-04. Each one named at least one software tool and gave a numeric peak headcount. The applications are the fit-check form, not a crawl of public sites and not a survey of companies that never applied.
Peak headcount is used only to place the company in a band. The raw number is then dropped. A company below the staff floor stays in the counts, in the under-floor band. The table does not add a second mark on that band. United States or elsewhere is kept as one bit, taken from the form, and the country itself is not kept.
Tool names are trimmed, matched to a known product where the name is a known alias, and counted once per company in that band. A name that does not match a known product is counted inside its category and is not printed as the words the applicant typed. User counts typed next to a tool are discarded. The category table counts a company once per category when that company named at least one tool in the category.
0 headcount bands appear, because those bands have rows that meet the cell rule. A band with no such row is not given a total. Absence of a row is not a zero.
What was never used
The fit check still collects the details needed to judge one company. Those details stay on the application. They are not in the table, the download, or the description of the file.
- Legal name, trading name, and website
- Countries, other than the single bit for the United States or elsewhere
- The free-text description of what the company does
- Parents, subsidiaries, and other group structure
- Exact workforce figures, including current headcount and the raw peak
- How many people use each tool
- Admin access, and whether the company can license the records
- Free-text notes on the unit of work, retired systems, and in-house functions
- Signer and contact names, roles, email addresses, and phone numbers
- The internal fit score, and any label that includes a payout range
A category total can include a tool whose name was too specific to print. The specific words are not recovered from the total. The same rule keeps a single unusual company from being the only member of a cell.
Tools by headcount band
No headcount band has ten companies naming the same tool yet. The table stays empty until a cell meets that rule. Absence of a row is not a zero.
Category coverage by band
No category cell has ten companies yet. The category table stays empty until a band and category meet the same ten-company rule.
What this cannot tell you
Applicants are companies that asked for a fit check. They are not a random sample of companies of the same size, and they are not a census of software in use. A tool that is common here can be rare in a different group of companies. A tool that is missing can be common outside this file.
Tools are self-reported. The form asks for the products people use, and the applicant types the name. We match known aliases onto one product name. We do not connect to the product to confirm the subscription, the seats, or the years of history. User counts were discarded, so a row does not say how deeply a tool was used.
A missing cell is not a claim that nobody uses the tool. It means the cell was too small to show, or that the name did not match a product we print. United States or elsewhere is one bit. It is not a country, and it is not a list of offices. No payout is attached to a tool, a band, or a category. A frequent tool is not a more expensive license.
Deletion rules for a product you are about to cancel are in what happens to company data when you cancel software. Public deal figures are in the company data price index. Vendor retention after cancellation is in SaaS data retention after cancellation. These counts do not price a single company. For your own range, see how much is my company data worth. The license those applications were asking about is described in how to sell company data to AI companies. Other datasets sit with company data market research.
Download the table
Download the company tool-stack counts as a CSV. The file has the same rows as the tool table: headcount band, tool, companies, and category. Version 1.0. The license is Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
Cite the version and the page address with any figure you repeat. A later version, if one is released, will be a new file. This version stays at this address. The category table uses the same cell rule and is part of the same version.
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Questions about software tools by company size
Where do these tool counts come from?
These counts come from 0 licensing applications received after 2026-11-04. They are not a crawl of public websites. Each application named the tools the company used and gave a peak headcount. The count keeps the product and the headcount band, and it leaves out the company name, the website, and the exact headcount. Applications sent before that date are not in the counts.
Why are some tools missing from a band?
A tool is listed for a headcount band only when at least 10 companies in that band named it. A gap in the table is not a zero, and it does not mean the tool is unused. A smaller count is left out so one company cannot be picked out of the row. The category table uses the same rule. Read a number as a count of companies, not as a share of every company in the band.
Can I find my company in the counts?
No. Names, websites, and exact headcounts are not in the file. You will not find a legal name, a domain, or a street address. The count is a number of companies in a band, and the tool is a normalized product name. 0 applications were counted, and none of them is listed as itself. A rare product name is not printed.
Does a common tool mean a higher payout?
No. A tool that many companies named is not tied to a price. The counts do not put a payout next to a product. Public prices for company records live in the company data price index. A range for one company is a different calculation, based on that company's headcount. A popular tool in the table is not a reason to expect a larger payment.
How often is the table replaced?
The table is replaced at most twice a year, and only as a new version of the file. This download stays at version 1.0 even after a later version exists. A run that changes nothing does not change the version or the date. The count in version 1.0 is 0 applications. The older file remains available at the same address.
Sources
- Vetrix Labs. Privacy notice.
- Creative Commons. Attribution 4.0 International.