October 2026
Largest Design & Engineering Software Public Companies in the US
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
Synopsys, Cadence Design Systems, Adobe, Autodesk and PTC.
 | Synopsys is a technology company supplying engineering software and semiconductor intellectual property to companies designing chips and electronic systems. Its electronic design automation tools support the design, verification and implementation of integrated circuits. The company also provides reusable semiconductor IP, including interface, analog, embedded memory and other functional building blocks that customers incorporate into their own chips. Its customers are commercial engineering and product-development organisations across semiconductor and other technology markets. Revenue comes from licensing software and intellectual property and providing associated support, training and engineering services. Its portfolio also includes simulation and analysis technologies used to assess engineering designs and system behaviour. The business combines internally developed technologies with acquired capabilities, including the embedded memory and logic library portfolio obtained through its acquisition of Virage Logic in 2010. | $510 | +13% | $98B | $105B | 14.9x | 47.2x | ||
| Cadence Design Systems is a provider of electronic design automation software, intellectual property, and system design and analysis products. EDA software automates and aids in the chip design process, enhancing design accuracy, productivity, and complexity in a full-flow end-to-end solution. Cadence offers a portfolio of design IP, as well as system design and analysis products, which enables system-level analysis and verification solutions. | $353 | +4% | $97B | $98B | 18.6x | 55.6x | ||
| Adobe provides content creation, document management, and digital marketing and advertising software and services to creative professionals and marketers for creating, managing, delivering, measuring, optimizing, and engaging with compelling content multiple operating systems, devices, and media. The company operates with three segments: digital media content creation, digital experience for marketing solutions, and publishing for legacy products (less than 5% of revenue). | $242 | -29% | $94B | $95B | 4.0x | 10.3x | ||
| Founded in 1982, Autodesk is a multinational software company best known for pioneering computer-aided design, or CAD, with its AutoCAD product. Nowadays, Autodesk provides design software for a variety of verticals, including architecture & construction, manufacturing, and media & entertainment. Autodesk products have been used in some of the world's most iconic landmarks, like Burj Khalifa, and well-known movie titles like Avatar. | $235 | -22% | $49B | $49B | 6.8x | 27.6x | ||
| PTC is a US-based global company that offers high-end computer-assisted design, product lifecycle management, and augmented reality solutions that industrial manufacturers commonly use on factory floors. Founded in 1985, PTC is a major player in parametric design and serves some of the world’s most well-known equipment manufacturers, such as Caterpillar, Garmin, and Thermo Fisher. | $194 | -2% | $21B | $22B | 8.2x | 19.8x | ||
| Unity Software is a San Francisco technology company founded in 2004 that provides a real-time three-dimensional content development platform. Game studios, film producers, automotive teams, architects and other creators use its engine, editor and cloud services to build and operate interactive experiences. Its software supports deployment across mobile devices, computers, consoles, virtual-reality hardware and other endpoints. Unity earns revenue from software subscriptions, cloud and advertising services, and usage-linked platform products. | $47 | +25% | $21B | $21B | 11.2x | (1148.0x) | ||
| Figma Inc is engaged in transforming ideas into digital products and experiences. The group focuses on the entire software creation lifecycle, enabling it to quickly launch new products on Figma's browser-based platform and reinforcing its belief that design extends well beyond a single step or role. The company adopts an expansive view, as design is more than how something looks, feels, or works. It derives its revenue from sales of subscriptions for access to its platform. | $23 | -54% | $12B | $10B | 9.8x | (8.2x) | ||
| Bentley Systems is a software vendor that caters to civil engineers, constructors, and geospatial professionals by enabling design, simulation, and data management of infrastructure assets such as roads and bridges. While Bentley is smaller than many other design software companies, it is a market leader across a handful of specialty areas, including public works, electricity grids, and transit. | $35 | -31% | $11B | $12B | 7.8x | 27.2x | ||
| Octave Intelligence PLC provides a suite of software solutions that help organizations design, build, operate, and protect their physical assets, people, and critical infrastructure. The company operates in a single business segment developing enterprise software used in design, construction, operations, and security. Geographically, it operates in Americas that includes the United States, and Other Americas (Canada, and Latin America); EMIA that includes Europe, Middle East, India, and Africa; and APAC that includes the Asia-Pacific region, excluding India. The company derives maximum revenue from Americas. Its products include: Octave Coda Spatial, Octave Alto Twin, Octave Coda, Octave Oncall, Octave Alto, Octave Imagine, Octave Oncall Dispatch, Octave Alto Lightspeed, and Others. | $21 | -- | $5.5B | $5.9B | 3.7x | 11.1x | ||
| PDF Solutions Inc provides products and services designed to empower organizations across the semiconductor and electronics ecosystem to connect, collect, manage, and analyze data about design, equipment, manufacturing, and test to improve the yield and quality of their products and operational efficiency. The Company's products, services, and solutions include proprietary software, physical intellectual property (IP) for integrated circuit (IC) designs, electrical measurement hardware tools, methodologies, and professional services. | $54 | +87% | $2.3B | $2.3B | 10.3x | 226.5x | ||
| Forward Industries Inc is a provider of carrying and protective solutions. The company operates in two segments: design and digital assets. The design segment consists of two operating segments (IPS and Kablooe, which have been aggregated into one reportable segment) that provide a full spectrum of hardware and software product design and engineering services to customers predominantly. | $7 | -49% | $560M | $666M | 36.6x | (3.9x) | ||
| Silvaco Group Inc is a provider of technology computer aided design (TCAD) software, electronic data automation (EDA) software and semiconductor intellectual property (SIP). TCAD, EDA and SIP solutions enable semiconductor and photonics companies to increase productivity, accelerate their products’ time-to-market and reduce their development and manufacturing costs. It is developing the technology behind the chip and providing solutions that span from atoms to systems, starting with providing software for the atomic level simulation of semiconductor and photonics material for devices, to providing software and SIP for the design and analysis of circuits and system level solutions. | $8 | +39% | $275M | $264M | 4.2x | (6.2x) | ||
| Rand Worldwide Inc provides design automation, engineering, facilities, and data management software marketplace. The company provides value-added services, such as training, technical support, and other consulting and professional services to businesses, government agencies, and educational institutions. The firm operates in five divisions namely, IMAGINiT Technologies, Rand 3D, Rand Simulation, Facilities Management and ASCENT. | $7 | -50% | $250M | $250M | 1.1x | 13.5x | ||
| Digimarc Corp is a product digitization company delivering business value across industries through identities and cloud-based solutions. Its solutions are Anti-counterfeiting, Internal Compliance, Leak Detection, Piracy Prevention, Product Swap Prevention, Provenance & Authenticity (C2PA), Recycling, and Royalty Monitoring. The group offers services to various industries such as Consumer Packaged Goods, Government, Media, Pharmaceutical, and Retail. | $6 | -36% | $141M | $137M | 4.0x | (5.5x) | ||
| Median | $41 | -22% | $11B | $11B | 8.0x | 12.3x |
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