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As of 4 November 2026, ArcGIS leads gis software with 1,609 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of QGIS at 997.

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

Leader
ArcGIS · 1,609
Runner-up
QGIS · 997
Most hiring, 90 days
ArcGIS
Highest postings per company
SOCET GXP
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
7,322companies across the category
22%of them on ArcGIS
17,616postings naming a gis software in 90 days
40tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every gis 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
ArcGISEsri
1,609
5,2403.3
2
QGISQGIS.org
997
1,9782.0
3
ArcGIS ProEsri
544
1,2642.3
4
EsriEsri
517
1,1452.2
5
PostGISPostGIS Project
353
5341.5
6
Google EarthGoogle
348
7262.1
7
ArcGIS OnlineEsri
282
6702.4
8
ArcGIS Field MapsEsri
214
4972.3
9
ArcGIS EnterpriseEsri
182
5843.2
10
Leapfrog GeoSeequent
172
4442.6
11
ArcMapEsri
149
2711.8
12
GDALOSGeo
144
2031.4
13
ArcGIS Survey123Esri
129
2842.2
14
Maptek VulcanMaptek
115
3443.0
15
ArcPyEsri
99
1801.8
16
ArcGIS ModelBuilderEsri
92
1952.1
17
GeoJSONIETF
92
1301.4
18
ArcGIS DesktopEsri
85
2282.7
19
KMLOpen Geospatial Consortium
85
1872.2
20
ArcGIS Experience BuilderEsri
82
1982.4
21
ArcGIS ArcadeEsri
80
1491.9
22
Global MapperBlue Marble Geographics
79
1171.5
23
GEOVIA SurpacDassault Systèmes
73
1572.2
24
ArcGIS ServerEsri
71
1802.5
25
ShapefileEsri
71
1191.7
26
ArcSDEEsri
69
2463.6
27
MapInfo ProPrecisely
64
1472.3
28
PetrelSLB
64
1672.6
29
DatamineDatamine
61
1772.9
30
ATAKUS Department of Defense
54
1202.2
31
Google Earth EngineGoogle
53
831.6
32
SmallworldGE Vernova
44
1092.5
33
SurferGolden Software
41
802.0
34
GeoTIFFOGC
35
661.9
35
ArcGIS DashboardsEsri
34
531.6
36
ENVINV5 Geospatial
34
762.2
37
MineSightHexagon
34
792.3
38
MicromineMicromine
33
621.9
39
ArcGIS API for PythonEsri
20
402.0
40
SOCET GXPBAE Systems
18
874.8
03 — Head to head

Compare two tools

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

ArcGIS vs QGIS1,609 · 997ArcGIS vs ArcGIS Pro1,609 · 544ArcGIS vs Esri1,609 · 517ArcGIS vs PostGIS1,609 · 353ArcGIS vs Google Earth1,609 · 348QGIS vs ArcGIS Pro997 · 544QGIS vs Esri997 · 517QGIS vs PostGIS997 · 353QGIS vs Google Earth997 · 348ArcGIS Pro vs Esri544 · 517ArcGIS Pro vs PostGIS544 · 353ArcGIS Pro vs Google Earth544 · 348Esri vs PostGIS517 · 353Esri vs Google Earth517 · 348PostGIS vs Google Earth353 · 348
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ArcGIS leads gis software with 1,609 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of QGIS at 997. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/gis-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

gis 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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