NAICS 511210 · Information
Software Publishers: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 17,438 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in computer software publishing or publishing and reproduction. Establishments in this industry carry out operations necessary for producing and distributing computer software, such as designing, providing documentation, assisting in installation, and providing support services to software purchasers. These establishments may design, develop, and publish, or publish only. These establishments may publish and distribute software remotely through subscriptions and downloads.
Businesses classified here include
- Applications development and publishing, except on a custom basis
- Applications software, computer, packaged
- Computer software publishers, packaged
- Computer software publishing and reproduction
- Games, computer software, publishing
- Operating systems software, computer, packaged
- Packaged computer software publishers
- Programming language and compiler software publishers, packaged
- Publishers, packaged computer software
- Software computer, packaged, publishers
- Software publishers
- Software publishers, packaged
- Utility software, computer, packaged
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 511210), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for software publishers
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U.S. business numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.
Top states for software publishers
- California 3,767 locations
- Texas 1,203 locations
- New York 1,192 locations
- Florida 909 locations
- Washington 793 locations
- Massachusetts 741 locations
- Illinois 590 locations
- Colorado 564 locations
- Georgia 501 locations
- North Carolina 494 locations
All 51 states
- Alabama (139)
- Alaska (13)
- Arizona (318)
- Arkansas (53)
- California (3,767)
- Colorado (564)
- Connecticut (185)
- Delaware (262)
- District of Columbia (105)
- Florida (909)
- Georgia (501)
- Hawaii (55)
- Idaho (81)
- Illinois (590)
- Indiana (175)
- Iowa (101)
- Kansas (103)
- Kentucky (91)
- Louisiana (78)
- Maine (63)
- Maryland (264)
- Massachusetts (741)
- Michigan (359)
- Minnesota (258)
- Mississippi (21)
- Missouri (170)
- Montana (54)
- Nebraska (74)
- Nevada (239)
- New Hampshire (123)
- New Jersey (362)
- New Mexico (45)
- New York (1,192)
- North Carolina (494)
- North Dakota (26)
- Ohio (347)
- Oklahoma (79)
- Oregon (402)
- Pennsylvania (435)
- Rhode Island (58)
- South Carolina (146)
- South Dakota (21)
- Tennessee (234)
- Texas (1,203)
- Utah (382)
- Vermont (43)
- Virginia (470)
- Washington (793)
- West Virginia (20)
- Wisconsin (178)
- Wyoming (52)