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Salesforce's Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding and Acquisitions

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Based on data from Salesforce's latest SEC filings

Employees

Marc Benioff's photo - Chairman & CEO of Salesforce

Chairman & CEO

Marc Benioff

CEO Approval Rating

79/100

OVERVIEW

Founded:

1999

Headquarters:

San Francisco, California

Status:

PublicNYSECRM

Industry Sector:

Internet Software

SIC Code:

7372NAICS listing »

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Competitive Analysis

TOP COMPETITORS OR ALTERNATIVES

Oracle is Salesforce's #1 competitor. Oracle is a Public company that was founded in 1977 in Redwood Shores, California. Oracle is in the Application Software industry. Compared to Salesforce, Oracle has 101,000 more employees.

SAP is seen as one of Salesforce's biggest rivals. SAP was founded in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg} in 1972. SAP is in the Internet Software field. Compared to Salesforce, SAP generates $13.8B more revenue.

Adobe is one of Salesforce's top competitors. Adobe is headquartered in San Jose, California, and was founded in 1982. Adobe competes in the Internet Software industry. Adobe generates 68% the revenue of Salesforce.

RANK

COMPANY

LEADERSHIP

CEO SCORE

EMPLOYEES

TOTAL FUNDING

REVENUE

Marc Benioff

Chairman & CEO

- -
35,000
$2.7B
$17.1B
1

Safra A. Catz

CEO

67/100
136,000
$31.5M
$39.8B
2

Jennifer Morgan

Co-CEO

95/100
84,183
- -
$30.9B
3

Shantanu Narayen

Chairman & CEO

72/100
21,357
- -
$11.7B
4

Brian Halligan

Co-Founder & CEO

62/100
2,638
$225.7M
$1.3B
5

Sridhar Vembu

Founder & CEO

61/100
9,250
- -
$500M
6

Kevin Samuelson

CEO

71/100
16,950
$1.5B
$3.2B
7

Steve Hare

CEO

62/100
12,755
$6M
$2.4B
8

Craig Charlton

CEO

65/100
450
$127.5M
$106.9M
9

Aneel Bhusri

Co-Founder & CEO

58/100
10,500
$860.7M
$3.6B
10

Stephen Murphy

CEO

62/100
3,700
- -
$876.8M
The top 10 competitors in Salesforce's competitive set are Oracle, SAP, Adobe, HubSpot, Zoho, Infor, Sage, SugarCRM, Workday and Epicor. Together they have raised over 2.8B between their estimated 312.3K employees. Salesforce has 35,000 employees and is ranked 3rd among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 30,253.

Quarterly and Annual Revenue

Trailing 12-Months Trend (TTM)

Annual Revenue

$17.1B

Salesforce's revenue is the ranked 3rd among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 10.1B. Over the last four quarters, Salesforce's revenue has grown by 29.8%. Specifically, in Q1 2020's revenue was $4.9B; in Q4 2019, it was $4.5B; in Q3 2019, it was $4B; in Q2 2019, Salesforce's revenue was $3.7B.

Acquisitions

COMPANY ACQUIRED
ACQUISITION DATE
AMOUNT
DESCRIPTION
The CMO Club

Mar 2020

Source »
undisclosed
The CMO Club is an online portal that allows the user to share and discuss challenges in the marketing field for marketers.
Vlocity, Inc.

Feb 2020

Source »
$1.3B
Vlocity is a cloud-based platform that provides omnichannel customer engagement solutions for energy, government, financial and healthcare sectors.
Evergage, Inc.

Feb 2020

Source »
undisclosed
Evergage develops a real-time personalization and data platform that offers customer engagement solutions for enterprises.
ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd.

Aug 2019

Source »
$1.4B
ClickSoftware develops a field service management platform that offers schedule optimization, workforce mobility and demand forecasting solutions.
Tableau Software, Inc.

Jun 2019

Source »
$15.7B
Tableau is a software technology firm that provides data visualization products focused on business intelligence.

These are all the companies that Salesforce has acquired. Salesforce has acquired 48 companies and its latest acquisition was The CMO Club in Mar 2020. The CMO Club is an online portal that allows the user to share and discuss challenges in the marketing field for marketers.

Salesforce Funding History

Since Salesforce was founded in 1999, it has participated in 11 rounds of funding. In total Salesforce has raised $2.7B. Salesforce's last funding round was on Sep 2019 for a total of $666.2M

ROUND

FUNDING DATE

AMOUNT

INVESTORS

Equity
Sep 2019
$666.2M
-
Equity
Aug 2018
$317.2M
-
Equity
Jan 2018
$11.3M
-
Equity
Oct 2016
$348.2M
-
Equity
Sep 2016
$26.3M
-

Total Funding: $2.7B

Since Salesforce was founded in 1999, it has participated in 11 rounds of funding. In total Salesforce has raised $2.7B. Salesforce's last funding round was on Sep 2019 for a total of $666.2M

Investments

COMPANY

DESCRIPTION

AMOUNT

INVESTMENT DATE

ROUND

EXIT DATE

Bringg develops a logistics platform that allows enterprises to manage their last-mile delivery operations.
$30M
Apr 06, 2020
Series D
-
Yappli is a cloud-based paltform that allows developers to design and deploy mobile and desktop applications.
$27.6M
Jun 16, 2019
Equity
-
Kespry develops an analytics platform that utilizes industrial drones to capture and analyze aerial data for mining and construction sectors.
-
Mar 26, 2019
Equity
-
CaliberMind is a Customer Data Platform that helps companies to organize and optimize their sales, marketing and product data.
$3.2M
Mar 19, 2018
Seed
-
Twilio is a cloud-based platform that allows software developers to programmatically make and receive phone calls and text messages.
$27.6M
Feb 14, 2018
Equity
Jun 22, 2016

These are all the companies that Salesforce has invested in. Salesforce has invested 48 companies and its latest investment was The CMO Club in Mar 2020. The CMO Club is an online portal that allows the user to share and discuss challenges in the marketing field for marketers.

Salesforce News

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Salesforce Blogs

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Salesforce Press Releases

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Salesforce Videos

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"Salesforce Trailblazer - John Moffett, GM, Generator" on YOUTUBE

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February 19, 2020Salesforce Youtube Channel

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February 17, 2020Salesforce Youtube Channel

"Salesforce Trailblazer - Rod Bishop, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Jayride" on YOUTUBE

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February 17, 2020Salesforce Youtube Channel

"Salesforce Trailblazer - Steven Boyd, Chief Executive, Deadly Ponies" on YOUTUBE

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February 10, 2020Salesforce Youtube Channel

"Creating a personalised customer experience: Customer Vox Pop video with Sanjay Narula, Titan" on YOUTUBE

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February 3, 2020Salesforce Youtube Channel

"Salesforce Trailblazers - Josh Allen, Marketing Manager & Steve Adam, GM at World Surfaris" on YOUTUBE

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January 28, 2020Salesforce Youtube Channel

"Delivering trust through technology: Customer Vox Pop video with Bala Nadar, Startupwala.com" on YOUTUBE

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San Francisco, California94105

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ABOUT

Overview

Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) is a software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. Salesforce is best known for its eponymous CRM product. Salesforce was founded in 1999 by Marc Benioff, Parker Harris, Dave Moellenhoff, and Frank Dominguez. Sale...

CEO

Salesforce's Chairman & CEO, Marc Benioff, currently has an approval rating of 79%. Salesforce's primary competitors are Oracle, SAP & Adobe.

Website

salesforce.com

Frequently Asked Questions about Salesforce

  1. When was Salesforce founded?

    Salesforce was founded in 1999

  2. Who is Salesforce's CEO?

    Salesforce's CEO is Marc Benioff

  3. How much revenue does Salesforce generate?

    Salesforce generates $17.1B in revenue

  4. How much funding does Salesforce have?

    Salesforce has historically raised $2.7B in funding

  5. Where is Salesforce's headquarters?

    Salesforce's headquarters is in San Francisco California, USA

  1. How many employees does Salesforce have?

    Salesforce has 35,000 employees

  2. What sector does Salesforce operate in?

    Salesforce is in Internet Software

  3. Who are Salesforce's competitors?

    Salesforce's top competitors are Oracle, SAP, Adobe

  4. Who has Salesforce invested in?

    Salesforce's has invested in companies such as Bringg, Yappli, Kespry
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