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Top 25 Automotive design software developers based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 137 automotive design software developers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 27,409 professional contacts across them, including 10,521 with verified work emails. Austin is the largest hub.

This list covers automotive design software developers headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 27, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 27, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
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27,409Contacts tracked
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The 25 largest automotive design software developers based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 137 automotive design software developers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to automotive design software developers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202610001+21,030 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Autodesk is changing how the world is designed and made.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
2Indirect evidenceSanta Rosa, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261,001-5,0001,673 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Keysight Computer Aided Engineering (CAE): Simulate real-world performance before building a single prototype.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
3Partial evidenceNewport Beach, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261,001-5,000633 contacts →

Partial evidence

“MSC Software, part of Cadence's physical systems simulation division, is one of the ten original software companies and a global leader in helping product manufacturers to advance…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
4Indirect evidenceTroy, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026501-1,000523 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Detroit Engineered Products (DEP) is an Engineering Solutions and Product Development company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
5Indirect evidenceSunnyvale, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026201-500274 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sonatus delivers cloud-to-edge AI for smart vehicles.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
6Partial evidenceWestmont, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026201-500249 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Gamma Technologies develops and licenses GT-SUITE, the leading multi-physics CAE system simulation software.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
7Partial evidenceMelville, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026201-500247 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CD-adapco is a Siemens business focused on CFD engineering simulation with a unique vision for Multidisciplinary Design eXploration (MDX).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
8Partial evidenceBend, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200180 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Tech Soft 3D is the leading provider of engineering software development toolkits and industrial applications for CAD/CAE data conversion, visualization, and data publishing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
9Partial evidenceAustin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200126 contacts →

Partial evidence

“MLC CAD Systems is an engineering solutions provider helping manufacturers, product designers, and engineering teams design, automate, and produce better products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
10Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200110 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Engineering is being outpaced by its own ambition.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
11Strong evidenceHenderson, NV, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5099 contacts →

Strong evidence

“MEPCAD is a software development company dedicated to bringing innovation and technology together in a revolutionary line of Computer Aided Design Systems.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
12Indirect evidenceTroy, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261,001-5,00095 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Univa was acquired by Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR) in September 2020.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
13Strong evidenceBurlington, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026201-50092 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Exa, part of SIMULIA a Dassault Systèmes brand, provides simulation and visualization software that predicts the real world performance of products early in the design process.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
14Indirect evidenceTroy, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20056 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
15Strong evidenceFramingham, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5054 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Introducing Arcadia, the world's first cloud-based general & automotive CAD tool, offering schematic design, animated circuit simulation & analysis, electrical networking, harness…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
16Partial evidenceMinneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20053 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Third Wave Systems develops and sells premier materials-based modeling software and services for machining solutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
17Strong evidenceCincinnati, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026201-50052 contacts →

Strong evidence

“CAMBRIO designs, develops, and delivers CAD/CAM software with a proven track record of productivity gains.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
18Indirect evidenceDublin, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026201-50040 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“TOOGANN, we are an extremely successful US Corporation since 2015.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
19Partial evidenceIrvine, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5035 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Headquartered in Irvine, California – AlphaSTAR Corporation is an engineering software company that provides innovative physics-based simulation technologies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
20Partial evidenceMarlborough, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5024 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Kubotek Kosmos empowers specialized software to utilize engineering data from numerous sources at high-fidelity and optimal performance.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
21Partial evidenceAtlanta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5021 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Intercax is a global innovator in Digital Engineering (DE) and offers a software platform called Syndeia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
22Strong evidenceAtlanta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5020 contacts →

Strong evidence

“IronCAD was founded in March 2001 with the aim of developing user-focused 3D CAD design software to improve productivity and help designers and engineers achieve success in their…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
23Strong evidenceSan Jose, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20020 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Cogent Embedded is a leading embedded software provider to the automotive industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
24Indirect evidenceManhattan, KS, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Thunderhead Engineering Consultants, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
25Strong evidenceCincinnati, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-1018 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Vixiv software allows engineers to maximize the perfomance outputs of each product while reducing design time.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026

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Automotive design software developers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 27, 2026
38.4%Verified-email coverage
200.1Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
4.4%Largest-city concentration · Austin
Sep 27, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
55
11-50
47
51-200
15
201-500
12
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
4
5,001-10,000
1
10001+
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 137 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among automotive design software developers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “automotive design software developers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names automotive design software developers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among automotive design software developers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 10,521 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 27, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names automotive design software developers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many automotive design software developers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 137 automotive design software developers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Autodesk, headquartered in San Francisco, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most automotive design software developers?

Austin leads with 6 headquartered companies, followed by Troy (6) and Detroit (5).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 10,521 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 137 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 27, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.