PRESS REVIEW

UK retain strong presence on European software stage

5 December 2008

British firms make up 15 per cent of the top 100 software companies in Europe as compiled by representatives of the following software associations (European Software Association, AFDEL, BASDA) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. 

With worldwide revenue of 13.3bn [euro] (2.5 per cent of the overall revenue generated by the entire top 100) These UK companies created significantly more wealth than their Western European counterparts. The German and French software companies that featured in the EuroSoftware 100 generated 4.3bn [euro] and 1.2bn [euro] respectively. In 2008, the European market represented approximately 30 per cent of the overall worldwide software market generating revenues of approximately 56bn [euro].

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