ISVWorld Regional Software Intelligence

SaaS & ISV Market North America

ISVWorld tracks 148,563 active SaaS and ISV companies across North America , the independent software vendors and software-enabled businesses behind the region's software economy. United States leads with 132,725 companies, ahead of Canada (13,605) and Mexico (2,205).

Data updated All time unless stated otherwise
148,563 SaaS & ISV companies 285,866 Market signals 30,032 Funding rounds 14,087 Acquisitions

Countries with Most SaaS & ISV Companies

Countries in North America ranked by the number of SaaS and ISV companies tracked by ISVWorld.

Rank Country Companies Share of North America
1 United States United States 132,725 89.3%
2 Canada Canada 13,605 9.2%
3 Mexico Mexico 2,205 1.5%
4 Bermuda Bermuda 28 0%
5 Greenland Greenland 2 0%

Top software categories in North America

Software categories with the most SaaS and ISV companies in North America, by company count

Rank Category Companies
1 Developer and IT Infrastructure 48,177
2 AI and Machine Learning 21,699
3 Business Intelligence and Analytics 18,429
4 HealthTech 15,084
5 Fintech, Banking and Payments 13,221
6 Retail and Commerce 11,718
7 Marketing and Advertising 11,594
8 Sales and Customer Experience 10,962
9 Manufacturing Industry 10,382
10 Human Resources 8,516
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Signals Shaping the Software Vendor Market

Funding rounds, acquisitions, and product launches help show how the North America software vendor market is changing.

285,866 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 North America.

Date Company Type Triggers AskAI Classifications
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Global Benchmark

Compare market signals across all six ISVWorld regions. The active region, North America, is highlighted in the chart.

Month North America Europe Asia-Pacific Latam Africa Middle East
Mar 2026 73 34 17 5 1 4
Apr 2026 79 14 14 4 3 1
May 2026 344 138 96 17 5 11
Jun 2026 509 248 229 22 11 15
Jul 2026 491 251 203 19 10 28
Aug 2026 334 146 131 11 6 10

Market detail

Explore company distribution by country and by revenue across active SaaS and ISV companies in North America.

148,563 Active companies in this region
Size Companies Share
up to $1M 50,728 34.3%
$1M to $5M 75,735 51.2%
$5M to $10M 4,011 2.7%
$10M to $25M 11,685 7.9%
$25M to $50M 842 0.6%
$50M to $100M 2,030 1.4%
$100M to $250M 1,407 1%
$250M to $500M 397 0.3%
$500M to $1B 472 0.3%
$1B+ 609 0.4%

Company distribution by estimated size among SaaS and ISV companies in North America.

Country Companies Share
United States 132,725 89.3%
Canada 13,605 9.2%
Mexico 2,205 1.5%
Bermuda 28 0%
Greenland 2 0%

Company distribution by country across the North America SaaS and ISV market.

New SaaS & ISV Companies to Watch

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

Gnu-Darwin

United States United States
08/10/2026

An open-source software distribution project centered on Darwin/BSD and GNU software, including operating system builds, source code, documentation, and packages.

Operating Systems Open Source Software Software Distribution

Blacksky Algorithms Inc.

United States United States
08/10/2026

A company building decentralized social infrastructure and tools for communities to create, moderate, and govern their own online spaces.

SaaS Social Networking Software Open Source Software

Certiv

United States United States
08/10/2026

Certiv builds AI agent security software for endpoints, providing runtime visibility, policy enforcement, and governance for enterprise AI agents.

Cybersecurity Software Endpoint Security AI Security

Mosart

United States United States
08/10/2026

Passivhaus architecture, consulting, certification, training, and building performance monitoring firm serving Ireland, the UK, and beyond.

SaaS PropTech Building Analytics Software

Kubewarden

United States United States
08/10/2026

Kubewarden is a Kubernetes policy engine and admission-controller project that provides policy-as-code tooling, WebAssembly-based policy execution, Helm charts, and related SDKs and policies.

Open Source Software Kubernetes Security DevOps Tools

Parabolic Auto

United States United States
08/10/2026

Parabolic Auto provides software that helps auto dealerships automate the sale of vehicle service contracts and related customer communications through DMS integration.

SaaS Automotive Software Sales Automation

Superlocal

United States United States
08/10/2026

Superlocal is an AI-powered personal map and place-discovery app with personalized recommendations, check-ins, and an Ask API for developers.

API Products Developer Tools Location Intelligence Software

Hellosanctum

United States United States
08/10/2026

Sanctum is a software company providing an AI platform for post-acute care operations, including intake, assessments, compliance, scheduling, referrals, and revenue-cycle workflows.

SaaS Healthcare Software Workflow Automation

Mr. EzPz

United States United States
08/10/2026

An AI-based learning suite that provides personalized instruction, study help, and custom assessments for students.

SaaS EdTech AI Tutoring Software

IQLand

United States United States
08/10/2026

IQLand provides AI-powered real estate development intelligence software for property analysis, zoning, feasibility, and appraisal insights.

SaaS Real Estate Software Analytics Software

Innovative Connections

United States United States
08/10/2026

A B2B provider of contact center, outreach, design, and technology solutions for benefits and insurance-related communications.

SaaS Benefits Administration Software Workflow Automation

Compaire

United States United States
08/10/2026

A career intelligence platform for real estate professionals to anonymously explore, compare, and evaluate teams and brokerages, with tools for agents and subscription features for organizations.

SaaS HR Tech Recruiting Software

KaibanJS

United States United States
08/10/2026

A JavaScript framework and library for building multi-agent AI systems, with a Kanban-style board, docs, playground, and npm installation.

Developer Tools AI Development Platform SaaS

Baby2Home

United States United States
08/10/2026

Baby2Home is a digital perinatal wellness platform and mobile app that supports new families with mental health screening, care-manager chat, baby tracking, and educational content.

SaaS Mobile Health Healthcare Software

Thinkstruct

United States United States
08/10/2026

Thinkstruct is an AI-powered patent intelligence platform for prior art search, invalidity/FTO analysis, infringement monitoring, claim mapping, and portfolio management for legal and IP teams.

SaaS Legal Tech Patent Analytics
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