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Top 25 Payroll and HR software companies worldwide

Name: Payroll and HR software companies worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026 6,475 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 6,475 payroll and HR software companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 285,888 professional contacts across them, including 98,164 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.

This list covers payroll and HR software companies worldwide, 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 29, 2026. Country and city lists for payroll and HR software companies follow the table.

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 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

6,475Companies

285,888Contacts tracked

98,164Verified emails

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The 25 largest payroll and HR software companies worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 6,475 payroll and HR software companies worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to payroll and HR software companies: 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	ADP	Indirect evidence	Roseland, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	10001+	84,166 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Designing better ways to work through cutting-edge products, premium services and exceptional experiences that enable people to reach their full potential.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2	Paychex	Strong evidence	Rochester, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	10001+	17,911 contacts →
	Strong evidence “As the future of work continues to evolve, Paychex leads the way by making complex HR, payroll, and benefits brilliantly simple.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3	SAGE	Indirect evidence	Newcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	10001+	13,063 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Sage, we knock down barriers with information, insights, and tools to help your business flow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
4	Paycom	Strong evidence	Oklahoma City, OK, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	5,001-10,000	7,002 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Paycom (NYSE:PAYC) automates the entire employee life cycle in a truly single HR and payroll software.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5	Paylocity	Strong evidence	Schaumburg, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	5,001-10,000	6,153 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Paylocity (NASDAQ: PCTY) is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR, payroll and spend management software solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6	Dayforce	Indirect evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,902 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dayforce is as a global leader in HCM technology focused on improving work for thousands of customers and millions of employees around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7	Strada	Partial evidence	The Woodlands, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,585 contacts →
	Partial evidence “With over 30 years as a global people, payroll, and technology leader, Strada specializes in removing complexity to simplify workforce management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8	GUSTO	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,543 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Gusto has been growing the small business economy for 15+ years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9	NGA Human Resources, An Alight Company	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,734 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Alight \| NGA Human Resources our mission is to make HR work better.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10	Paycor	Strong evidence	Cincinnati, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,615 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Paycor’s HR, payroll, and talent platform connects leaders to people, data, and expertise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11	SD Worx	Partial evidence	Antwerp, BelgiumHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,561 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SD Worx is your HR, Pay and Time partner in Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12	Iris Software Group	Partial evidence	Slough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,218 contacts →
	Partial evidence “IRIS Software Group is a leading business software and services provider, one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13	BUK	Partial evidence	Miguel Hidalgo, MexicoHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,057 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Un software de recursos humanos para atender todas las necesidades de tus colaboradores.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14	Factorial	Indirect evidence	Barcelona, SpainHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	501-1,000	2,043 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The AI platform for managing teams where people and agents work as one.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15	Kronos Incorporated	Partial evidence	Lowell, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,889 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Built from the merger of Ultimate Software & Kronos Inc, we are now UKG.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16	Sopra HR Software	Strong evidence	Courbevoie, FranceHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,855 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Sopra HR Software, leader en solutions et services pour la paie et les RH, répond aux enjeux des Directions des Ressources Humaines des organisations de moyennes et grandes…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17	Bamboohr	Indirect evidence	Draper, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,812 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For 16 years, BambooHR has embarked on a mission to help organizations and their employees build better workplaces and achieve their unique missions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18	Personio	Partial evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,786 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2015 and built in Europe, Personio is the Intelligent HR Platform championing every side of HR's evolution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19	Zellis	Indirect evidence	Bristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,465 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Zellis helps organisations unlock better outcomes by creating exceptional experiences for their people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20	Epi-Use	Partial evidence	SingaporeHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,385 contacts →
	Partial evidence “EPI-USE is a member of groupelephant.com, a largely employee-owned group of boutique services firms and software companies, nonprofits and impact investment organizations, with a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21	SSS	Partial evidence	Littleton, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	n/a	1,376 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Employee Based Systems (EBS) is a innovative HRMS software development, implementation training, support, and services company specializing in helping companies improve…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22	Keka HR	Strong evidence	Seattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	501-1,000	1,182 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Keka is a leading unified HR and payroll platform that helps organizations run people operations with consistency, compliance, and operational clarity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
23	Ultimate Software	Partial evidence	Weston, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,084 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Built from the merger of Ultimate Software & Kronos Inc, we are now UKG.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24	Akal Information Systems LTD	Partial evidence	New Delhi, IndiaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,012 contacts →
	Partial evidence “AKAL Information Systems Ltd is a leading software and business services company with over 25 years of experience, dedicated to transform Indian Human Resource landscape through…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
25	Zalaris	Indirect evidence	Oslo, NorwayHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1,001-5,000	988 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Simplify work life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: payroll and HR software companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names payroll and HR software companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of payroll and HR software companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name payroll and HR software companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Payroll and HR software companies worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026

34.3%Verified-email coverage

44.2Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

1.1%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

3,168

11-50

2,027

51-200

794

201-500

239

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

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 payroll and HR software companies, 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.
Coverage: Every country. Country and city lists for payroll and HR software companies are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “payroll and HR software companies”. 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 payroll and HR software companies), 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 payroll and HR software companies, and records with no verified work email.
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, 98,164 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 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Payroll and HR software companies by location

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Every Payroll and HR software companies list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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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 payroll and HR software companies, 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 payroll and HR software companies are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 6,475 payroll and HR software companies worldwide 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?

ADP, headquartered in Roseland, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most payroll and HR software companies?

The United States leads with 1,198 companies, followed by India (677) and France (452). Every payroll and HR software companies list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most payroll and HR software companies?

London leads with 71 headquartered companies, followed by Sao Paulo (69) and Paris (66).

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 98,164 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 6,475 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 29, 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.