List of 291 Illinois-based Software Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Flexera PE Backed Thoma Bravo 2020-12-03 $2.85B Itasca, Illinois, United States website	Software	-	13	12	1
Cision PE Backed Platinum Equity 2019-10-22 $2.74B Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Software	730	11	11	-
Trustwave Acquired LevelBlue 2025-07-01 Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Software	-	10	9	1
Merge Healthcare, Inc. Acquired IBM 2015-10-13 $1B Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Software	212	9	9	-
TeamSnap PE Backed Waud Capital Partners Crawley Ventures 2021-04-14 Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Software	-	8	8	-
Paylocity NASDAQ : PCTY Schaumburg, Illinois, United States website	Software	1,403	6	6	-
HaystackID PE Backed Quad-C Management 2020-02-03 Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Software	-	6	6	-
Mediafly PE Backed Boathouse Capital Edison Partners 2017-01-05 Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Software	-	6	6	-
NewNet PE Backed Skyview Capital 2007-08-13 Lombard, Illinois, United States website	Software	-	9	5	4
CCC Intelligent Solutions NASDAQ : CCCS Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Software	945	5	5	-
IPDN NASDAQ : IPDN Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Software	7	5	5	-
Fog Software Group Private Deerfield, Illinois, United States website	Software	-	5	5	-
VelocityEHS PE Backed CVC Capital Partners Partners Group 2017-09-25 Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Software	-	5	5	-
Vistex PE Backed Accel-KKR SAP 2019-01-23 Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States website	Software	-	5	5	-
Infogix Acquired Precisely 2021-05-05 Naperville, Illinois, United States website	Software	-	5	5	-
JP 3E Public Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Software	-	4	4	-

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