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As of 4 November 2026, QuickBooks leads accounting software with 3,385 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of DATEV at 2,747.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Leader
QuickBooks · 3,385
Runner-up
DATEV · 2,747
Most hiring, 90 days
DATEV
Highest postings per company
Lexware
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
15,451companies across the category
22%of them on QuickBooks
36,964postings naming a accounting software in 90 days
40tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every accounting software we can measure

Companies naming the tool, and postings naming it in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the leader.

#ToolCompaniescompaniesPostings, 90 dayspostingsper company
1
QuickBooksIntuit
3,385
6,6902.0
2
DATEVDATEV eG
2,747
8,8513.2
3
SageSage Group
1,531
3,3712.2
4
XeroXero
1,023
2,9772.9
5
Sage IntacctSage
883
1,4001.6
6
QuickBooks OnlineIntuit
858
1,6922.0
7
TallyTally Solutions
553
1,1132.0
8
Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft
540
8121.5
9
Foundation SoftwareFoundation Software
372
6671.8
10
ExactExact
291
5631.9
11
ACDACD Groupe
278
6852.5
12
Sage 300 Construction and Real EstateSage
266
1,1354.3
13
DATEV Unternehmen onlineDATEV
221
3391.5
14
Sage 300Sage
188
2971.6
15
Zoho BooksZoho
181
2921.6
16
CegidCegid
178
6883.9
17
MIP Fund AccountingCommunity Brands
160
2151.3
18
Sage 50Sage
155
3202.1
19
MYOBMYOB
151
5093.4
20
LexwareHaufe Group
141
1,67811.9
21
Blackbaud Financial EdgeBlackbaud
134
1220.9
22
BMDBMD Systemhaus
132
1941.5
23
PennylanePennylane
114
5354.7
24
AgendaAgenda Software
111
1591.4
25
VismaVisma
110
2091.9
26
QuickBooks DesktopIntuit
102
1891.9
27
BMD NTCSBMD
74
1091.5
28
AddisonWolters Kluwer
72
1301.8
29
Domínio SistemasThomson Reuters
56
1102.0
30
Microsoft Dynamics SLMicrosoft
53
851.6
31
1C:Enterprise1C Company
51
1032.0
32
EBPEBP Informatique
46
1403.0
33
SymfoniaSymfonia
45
902.0
34
AcombaSage
39
842.2
35
CampfireCampfire
39
541.4
36
Sage TimberlineSage
39
822.1
37
ProfitSwordProfitSword
36
551.5
38
Sage PastelSage
34
1263.7
39
ComputerEaseComputerEase
31
391.3
40
TwinfieldWolters Kluwer
31
551.8
03 — Head to head

Compare two tools

Same data, two columns: who chooses which by size, industry and country.

QuickBooks vs DATEV3,385 · 2,747QuickBooks vs Sage3,385 · 1,531QuickBooks vs Xero3,385 · 1,023QuickBooks vs Sage Intacct3,385 · 883QuickBooks vs QuickBooks Online3,385 · 858DATEV vs Sage2,747 · 1,531DATEV vs Xero2,747 · 1,023DATEV vs Sage Intacct2,747 · 883DATEV vs QuickBooks Online2,747 · 858Sage vs Xero1,531 · 1,023Sage vs Sage Intacct1,531 · 883Sage vs QuickBooks Online1,531 · 858Xero vs Sage Intacct1,023 · 883Xero vs QuickBooks Online1,023 · 858Sage Intacct vs QuickBooks Online883 · 858
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QuickBooks leads accounting software with 3,385 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of DATEV at 2,747. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/accounting-software)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • CatalogueBreaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov: 6,296 tools with vendor and category, editions folded into their parent.
  • CompaniesCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, any confidence. Candidate wish-lists excluded.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not countedTools used by teams that do not post jobs, and companies without a career site we can read.
FAQ

accounting software: questions

How is this ranking made?

By the number of companies whose own job postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue (version T-1.0.1-prov). No vendor paid for a position and no editor chose the order.

Why is this different from review-site rankings?

Review sites rank by reviews collected. This ranks by companies hiring people to work in the tool, which is closer to seats in use. It under-counts tools used by teams that rarely post jobs.

What about product editions?

Editions and sub-products () are counted under the parent so no company is counted twice.

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