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Design Software

572
Companies
90
Programs
41
Countries

Design Software encompasses the digital tools used to create, analyse and manage aerospace product definitions, including CAD modelling environments, FEA and CFD simulation platforms, and PLM and PDM systems that govern configuration control, geometry release and engineering change management across the full product lifecycle.

Supplier analytics shown free, courtesy of sector sponsor Accuris: ESDU Aircraft Design.
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Supplier reach

How many distinct aircraft programs each supplier in this area is linked to in our database — a proxy for how widely established a company is across the industry. Bars are relative to the top-ranked supplier.

1Dassault Systemes32
2Siemens Digital Industries Software Inc. (was Siemens PLM Software)9
3Cascade Engineering8
4Siemens PLM Software Inc.6
5Altair Engineering, Inc.4
6Collier Aerospace4
7Ansys, Inc.3
8PTC The Product Development Company3
9SolidWorks Corporation3
10Onshape by PTC3
11CAE Inc.3
12Luminary Cloud2
13Strand Aerospace Malaysia2
14AdaCore2
15Palladyne Defense (GuideTech)2
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Market structure

Whether supply here is concentrated in a few big players or spread across many. Top-5 share is the portion of all program links held by the five largest suppliers. HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) runs 0–10,000: under ~1,500 is competitive, over ~2,500 is concentrated.

52%
Top-5 share
1042
Concentration (HHI)
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Geography

Where the listed suppliers in this area are based, by country of head office. Useful for sourcing, near-shoring and understanding regional strengths.

Worldwide — by country
U.S.A.243
U.K.99
Germany35
France32
India22
Italy20
Canada20
Spain10
Switzerland9
Czech Republic6
Belgium6
Turkey6
Other (29)64
United States — by state
California53
Massachusetts21
Michigan15
Florida14
Texas14
Ohio13
Washington11
Virginia9
Illinois9
Connecticut9
New Jersey8
Oregon7
Other (22)57

Sector movement

Last 90 days on our record: 1 new supplier link, 1 updated, 9 companies newly listed.

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Sector history

352 dated events from our coverage of Design Software companies — acquisitions, contracts, funding, facilities and people moves, each linked to its source.

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