Annual rank89
Germany · Technology
SAP
Enterprise software provider connecting finance, procurement, human resources, supply chains and customer experience.
FY2022–FY2025
FY2022–FY2025
FY2022–FY2025
current context only
Company profile
The operating software behind finance, people and supply chains
SAP develops enterprise software that connects transactions, operational decisions and the data behind them. Its cloud portfolio spans finance and enterprise resource planning, supply chains, procurement, human resources, customer processes, analytics and application development. The strategic thread is integration: SAP Business Technology Platform connects SAP and third-party systems, while Business Data Cloud and Joule give analytics and AI the governed business context needed to act inside real workflows.
ERP and supply chain
A common record links the financial plan to physical operations
SAP Cloud ERP brings finance, purchasing, projects, sales and operations into one transactional system; supply-chain applications add demand, inventory, manufacturing and transport planning. Microsoft illustrates the practical reach: SAP Integrated Business Planning and Azure replaced disconnected planning across a device supply chain with 42,000 active stock-keeping units, cutting manual planning by 50% and reducing the planning cycle from about five days to less than one.
- Explore SAP Cloud ERP Finance, procurement, projects, sales and operational workflows
- Supply-chain applications Planning, logistics, manufacturing and asset operations
- Microsoft customer story Predictive planning across 42,000 active stock-keeping units
People and procurement
Specialist suites meet at the employee's next decision
SuccessFactors covers core HR, payroll, recruiting, learning and talent; SAP Ariba handles sourcing, suppliers, contracts, buying and invoices. At LC Waikiki's manufacturing companies, Joule-based agents now bridge those domains: a procurement assistant traces customer orders, sales orders and purchase orders, while an HR agent answers payroll and leave questions in Microsoft Teams. SAP reports 50% fewer manual procurement errors and HR process-cycle reductions of 40% to 60%.
- Explore SuccessFactors Core HR, payroll, talent, learning and people analytics
- Explore SAP Ariba Source-to-pay, supplier and invoice workflows
- LC Waikiki customer story Procurement and HR agents serving more than 2,000 employees
Business AI and data
Joule can move from a prompt to a governed business action
Joule assistants and agents work with the process context held in SAP applications; Business Data Cloud preserves the meaning and governance of data drawn from SAP and third-party sources. The idea reaches beyond office automation. At automotive supplier Martur Fompak, SAP Extended Warehouse Management, Joule and Embodied AI provide production priorities and material-location context to robots that identify, transport and confirm line-feeding tasks in a live factory.
- Meet Joule Assistants and agents grounded in enterprise processes and data
- SAP Business Data Cloud Governed data products, analytics and enterprise context
- Martur Fompak customer story Business-aware robotics for material flow inside a factory
Platform and integration
Customers can extend the suite without isolating the result
SAP Business Technology Platform combines application development, automation, data and integration services. Vorwerk used it with SAP Integration Suite to build VORyou and VORleads for more than 90,000 independent sales advisers, linking digital order entry, signatures and lead management to SAP and third-party back ends. SAP's case study reports that 85% of sales were digital in 2023, up from 1% in 2018, while the customer video shows the workflow behind that change.
- Explore SAP BTP Application development, automation, data and integration
- Explore Integration Suite APIs and managed connections across SAP and third-party systems
- Vorwerk customer story Digital order and lead applications for direct selling
- ▶ VideoWatch: Vorwerk's digital sales workflow An official English SAP customer video about advisers, orders and integration
- ▶ VideoWatch: SAP BTP overview How AI, data and applications meet on the platform
Official profile sources: The History of SAP · SAP Company Information · What is SAP?
Current 2026 update
What has changed in 2026?
Q2 2026 · 23 July 2026
Q2 2026latest official update
4company-specific highlights
−32%2026 stock return · context only
Current cloud backlog
Q2 current cloud backlog increased 27.0% to EUR 22,929 million.
Cloud revenue
Q2 cloud revenue increased 22.4% to EUR 6,281 million.
Operating profit
Q2 IFRS operating profit increased 7.6% to EUR 2,643 million, while the margin eased to 26.8% from 27.2%.
Non-IFRS operating profit outlook
SAP lowered its 2026 non-IFRS operating-profit outlook to EUR 11.8–12.2 billion from EUR 11.9–12.3 billion, reflecting dilution from the Dremio and Prior Labs acquisitions.
Official 2026 sources: SAP Quarterly Statement Q2 2026 · 23 July 2026
Annual record
Ranking history
Future editions add rows; they do not rewrite the 2026 record.
| Edition | Measurement period | Rank | Revenue growth | Net-income growth | Stock return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | FY2022–FY2025 | 89 | +25% | +214% | +125% |