Where America's software publishers actually are, by metro

the U.S. AI economy · Data as of 2026-09-18 · ALEX Intelligence

1,390 Software Publishers — San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

#	Metro	Software Publishers
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	1,390
2	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,266
3	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	1,024
4	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	684
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	682
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	597
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	549
8	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	506
9	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	432
10	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	406

Methodology

Source:: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022, NAICS 5112 (Software publishers)
Measure: Software Publishers, ranked highest first across all U.S. metros (280 ranked in total).
Universe: Places below a 5,000-resident floor are excluded so a median computed on a handful of households cannot top the ranking.
Vintage: 2022
Reproduce this query: https://api.census.gov/data/2022/cbp?get=NAME%2CESTAB%2CNAICS2017_LABEL&for=metropolitan%20statistical%20area%2Fmicropolitan%20statistical%20area%3A%2A&NAICS2017=5112&key=YOUR_CENSUS_KEY

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