ISVWorld Regional Software Intelligence

SaaS & ISV Market Asia-Pacific

ISVWorld tracks 67,058 active SaaS and ISV companies across Asia-Pacific, the independent software vendors and software-enabled businesses behind the region's software economy. India leads with 21,038 companies, ahead of Japan (9,645) and Australia (9,315).

Data updated All time unless stated otherwise
67,058 SaaS & ISV companies 37,688 Market signals 4,271 Funding rounds 1,420 Acquisitions

Countries with Most SaaS & ISV Companies

Countries in Asia-Pacific ranked by the number of SaaS and ISV companies tracked by ISVWorld.

Rank Country Companies Share of Asia-Pacific
1 India India 21,038 31.4%
2 Japan Japan 9,645 14.4%
3 Australia Australia 9,315 13.9%
4 China China 6,623 9.9%
5 South Korea South Korea 3,653 5.4%
6 Singapore Singapore 3,548 5.3%
7 New Zealand New Zealand 1,777 2.6%
8 Indonesia Indonesia 1,742 2.6%
9 Hong Kong SAR China Hong Kong SAR China 1,567 2.3%
10 Malaysia Malaysia 1,390 2.1%
11 Vietnam Vietnam 1,102 1.6%
12 Taiwan Taiwan 1,059 1.6%
13 Pakistan Pakistan 926 1.4%
14 Bangladesh Bangladesh 857 1.3%
15 Thailand Thailand 654 1%
16 Philippines Philippines 627 0.9%
17 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 425 0.6%
18 Nepal Nepal 186 0.3%
19 Armenia Armenia 135 0.2%
20 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 132 0.2%
21 Georgia Georgia 98 0.1%
22 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 78 0.1%
23 Cambodia Cambodia 65 0.1%
24 Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands 61 0.1%
25 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 59 0.1%
26 Myanmar (Burma) Myanmar (Burma) 58 0.1%
27 Mongolia Mongolia 44 0.1%
28 Tonga Tonga 25 0%
29 American Samoa American Samoa 17 0%
30 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 15 0%
31 Tuvalu Tuvalu 14 0%
32 Maldives Maldives 13 0%
33 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 12 0%
34 Laos Laos 11 0%
35 Fiji Fiji 11 0%
36 Macao SAR China Macao SAR China 10 0%
37 Marshall Islands Marshall Islands 10 0%
38 Brunei Brunei 9 0%
39 Afghanistan Afghanistan 8 0%
40 New Caledonia New Caledonia 7 0%
41 British Indian Ocean Territory British Indian Ocean Territory 3 0%
42 Timor-Leste Timor-Leste 3 0%
43 Micronesia Micronesia 3 0%
44 French Polynesia French Polynesia 3 0%
45 Samoa Samoa 3 0%
46 Bhutan Bhutan 2 0%
47 Christmas Island Christmas Island 2 0%
48 Tajikistan Tajikistan 2 0%
49 Guam Guam 2 0%
50 Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands 2 0%
51 Palau Palau 2 0%
52 Vanuatu Vanuatu 2 0%
53 Antarctica Antarctica 1 0%
54 Niue Niue 1 0%
55 French Southern Territories French Southern Territories 1 0%

Top software categories in Asia-Pacific

Software categories with the most SaaS and ISV companies in Asia-Pacific, by company count

Rank Category Companies
1 Developer and IT Infrastructure 23,496
2 AI and Machine Learning 11,050
3 Retail and Commerce 7,263
4 Business Intelligence and Analytics 7,142
5 Fintech, Banking and Payments 6,009
6 Manufacturing Industry 5,919
7 Sales and Customer Experience 5,759
8 ERP and Process Management 5,283
9 Marketing and Advertising 5,247
10 HealthTech 5,151
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Signals Shaping the Software Vendor Market

Funding rounds, acquisitions, and product launches help show how the Asia-Pacific software vendor market is changing.

37,688 Total market signals captured

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Major Product Launches Recent product releases, platform updates, AI features, and workflow improvements from software companies in Asia-Pacific.

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Global Benchmark

Compare market signals across all six ISVWorld regions. The active region, Asia-Pacific, is highlighted in the chart.

Month North America Europe Asia-Pacific Latam Africa Middle East
Apr 2026 85 17 15 4 5 1
May 2026 354 142 96 18 5 11
Jun 2026 517 249 232 22 11 15
Jul 2026 495 253 205 19 10 28
Aug 2026 486 221 234 19 11 31
Sep 2026 113 57 31 4 1 15

Market detail

Explore company distribution by country and by revenue across active SaaS and ISV companies in Asia-Pacific.

67,058 Active companies in this region
Size Companies Share
up to $1M 17,690 26.6%
$1M to $5M 37,571 56.5%
$5M to $10M 2,740 4.1%
$10M to $25M 6,049 9.1%
$25M to $50M 666 1%
$50M to $100M 869 1.3%
$100M to $250M 571 0.9%
$250M to $500M 136 0.2%
$500M to $1B 110 0.2%
$1B+ 146 0.2%

Company distribution by estimated size among SaaS and ISV companies in Asia-Pacific.

Country Companies Share
India 21,038 31.4%
Japan 9,645 14.4%
Australia 9,315 13.9%
China 6,623 9.9%
South Korea 3,653 5.4%
Singapore 3,548 5.3%
New Zealand 1,777 2.6%
Indonesia 1,742 2.6%
Other 9,717 14.5%

Company distribution by country across the Asia-Pacific SaaS and ISV market.

New SaaS & ISV Companies to Watch

Newly added ISV and SaaS companies in Asia-Pacific showing recent activity, category relevance, or emerging market presence in the ISVWorld database

Totara Gov

New Zealand New Zealand
09/12/2026

A FedRAMP- and GovRAMP-certified learning management system for federal, state, and local government workforces.

SaaS Learning Management System Software Enterprise Software

NadouPro

China China
09/12/2026

iQIYI’s NadouPro is a professional AI filmmaking platform for creating scripts, storyboards, images, video, and audio, with workspaces, model tools, and creator community features.

AI Video Generation Creative Software SaaS

Unity Source Code

India India
09/12/2026

An online marketplace selling ready-made Unity game source codes, templates, and assets for developers to download, customize, and publish.

Game Development Software Developer Tools SaaS

Medeo

Singapore Singapore
09/12/2026

Medeo is an AI video creation platform that lets users generate and edit videos from text, images, URLs, and prompts using chat-based workflows and reusable templates.

SaaS AI Video Generation Creative Tools

Eynthra Solution

India India
09/11/2026

AI CRM and business card scanner for sales teams and event professionals, with lead capture, OCR, enrichment, and follow-up automation.

SaaS CRM Software Sales Automation

Willow-Inc

Australia Australia
09/11/2026

Willow provides an estate planning platform for attorneys and their clients, including client portals, document sharing, digital signing, storage, and plan management tools.

Legal Tech SaaS Workflow Management Software

Waka

Australia Australia
09/11/2026

Waka provides cross-border settlement infrastructure for trade flows across Africa, Asia, and stablecoin rails, with a customer portal and API for collections, payouts, FX, treasury, and reconciliation.

SaaS Payments Software Fintech Infrastructure

KIRI Engine

Singapore Singapore
09/10/2026

KIRI Engine develops a smartphone and web-based 3D scanning application that turns photos or videos into 3D models, with related tools and add-ons for 3D editing and export.

SaaS Mobile Apps 3D Modeling Software

Polypal

Hong Kong
09/10/2026

An AI translation app and platform for live voice, video, phone, and image translation with summaries and multilingual subtitles.

SaaS Language Translation Software AI Productivity Software

Dealign.ai

Korea Korea
09/10/2026

An AI alignment research lab led by Eric Jang that publishes mechanistic research on safety behavior in large language models and also offers software tools and model assets around model ablation and inference.

Developer Tools AI/ML Software MLOps

DCSPay

Hong Kong
09/10/2026

A payments platform for merchants to accept stablecoin and local currency payments with fiat settlement and compliance handling.

Payments Software Fintech SaaS Merchant Services Software

Lightsage

Philippines Philippines
09/10/2026

Lightsage is an agent-led growth platform for software companies, offering analytics and tooling to track how AI agents discover, evaluate, and use products across AI platforms and coding agents.

SaaS Developer Tools Analytics Software

ScaleNinja

India India
09/10/2026

ScaleNinja is a software studio that builds infrastructure and systems products for macOS, cloud, and related developer/admin workflows, alongside selective consulting.

SaaS Developer Tools System Utilities

Plugos

China China
09/09/2026

TrustKernel/PlugOS sells portable secure computing devices built around its own PlugOS operating system, including the PlugMate secure computer and PlugClaw AI agent computer.

Operating Systems Security Software AI Agent Software

zhushihuisheevolia

Japan Japan
09/09/2026

A Japan-based local marketing and promotion company that provides area marketing, digital marketing, OOH, direct mail, and event/campaign support services for regional customer acquisition.

Marketing Analytics Software Location Intelligence Software MarTech
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