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European Software Landscape

A data-driven overview of the European software ecosystem. 576 products across 96 categories, built in 30 countries.

Annual Report

The State of European Software 2026

Ownership, geography, funding, and the gaps — the July 2026 snapshot, frozen and citable.

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576
Total Products
96
Categories
425
Alternatives Covered
30
Countries Represented
576
Deep Reviews
135
Open Source Products

Products by Country

Where European software is built

🇩🇪Germany
150
🇫🇷France
94
🇬🇧United Kingdom
53
🇳🇱Netherlands
41
🇨🇭Switzerland
28
🇸🇪Sweden
24
🇵🇱Poland
21
🇪🇸Spain
18
🇳🇴Norway
15
🇧🇪Belgium
13
🇩🇰Denmark
13
🇮🇹Italy
11
🇨🇿Czech Republic
11
🇫🇮Finland
10
🇦🇹Austria
10
🇪🇪Estonia
10
🇷🇴Romania
8
🇱🇺Luxembourg
6
🇮🇪Ireland
6
🇸🇰Slovakia
6
🇱🇹Lithuania
6
🇱🇻Latvia
5
🇭🇺Hungary
4
🇸🇮Slovenia
3
🇧🇬Bulgaria
3
🇭🇷Croatia
2
🇳🇿New Zealand
2
🇲🇹Malta
1
🇨🇾Cyprus
1
🇵🇹Portugal
1

Products by Category Group

Distribution across the 8 top-level groups

Business & SaaS195
Developer & Infrastructure123
AI & Machine Learning84
Consumer Tools74
Communication59
Security & Privacy45
Analytics & Data40
Finance & Payments35

Pricing Model Distribution

How European software is priced

Open Source51
Free21
Freemium266
Paid167
Custom / Enterprise71

EU Tier Breakdown

Classification by European jurisdiction

EU Member State476 (83%)
EEA15 (3%)
European82 (14%)
European Project3 (1%)

Who Owns European Software?

96% of listed products are European-owned — the rest are European-built but answer to a non-EU parent. We disclose this on every affected review.

Independent European523 (91%)
European parent company31 (5%)
Non-EU parent company22 (4%)

Non-EU parent companies in the directory

Algolia, Inc. (United States)Algolia
Semrush (United States)Brand24
DataCamp Limited (United Kingdom)CDN77
Elastic NV (United States)Elastic
NatWest Group plc (United Kingdom)FreeAgent
Grafana Labs Inc (United States)Grafana
Corsair Capital (United States)IDnow
Insight Partners (United States)Jedox
Learneo, Inc. (United States)LanguageTool
Hg (United Kingdom)LucaNet
Advent International (United States)Mangopay
K1 Investment Management (United States)MariaDB
Mattermost Inc (United States)Mattermost
Neo4j, Inc. (United States)Neo4j
Kaleidos Inc (United States)Penpot
PostHog Inc (United States)PostHog
Thoma Bravo (United States)Qlik
AppHub (United States)Reviews.io
Traject (ASG / Alpine Investors) (United States)Sendible
Box Inc (United States)SignRequest
Visa (United States)Tink
Voicemod Inc. (United States)Voicemod

Key Insights

Notable trends in the European software ecosystem

European-Owned
96%
22 products have non-EU parents
EU Data Hosting
84%
482 of 576 products
Free Tier Available
60%
343 of 576 products
Open Source
23%
135 of 576 products
Average Founded Year
2013
Based on 576 products
Most Popular Category
AI Assistants
14 products

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