SAP
Based in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is a Enterprise Software and Business AI company established in 1972 (XETRA and NYSE: SAP).
SAP is a German enterprise software company headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Wurttemberg, and the maker of the ERP, finance, procurement, supply chain, human resources and customer experience applications that large organizations run their operations on. Founded in 1972 and listed on XETRA and the New York Stock Exchange as SAP, it reported full-year 2025 revenue of 36.80 billion euros, with cloud revenue of 21.02 billion euros, up 23 percent, and Cloud ERP Suite revenue of 18.12 billion euros, up 28 percent. SAP employed 111,397 people at December 31, 2025 and occupies roughly 1,492,000 square meters of office and datacenter space in about 80 countries. Christian Klein has been sole chief executive since April 2020. Through 2026 the company reorganized its executive board areas around AI, created a Customer Value Group under a new chief customer officer, and closed the acquisitions of Dremio and Prior Labs in July, committing more than 1 billion euros over four years to build Prior Labs into a frontier AI lab in Europe. It employs 111,397 people, led by Christian Klein (Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board), across roughly 148,425 tracked profiles. Firmographics, leadership, tech stack and similar companies are detailed below, as of August 2026.
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SAP workforce (~148,425 tracked)
Distribution estimated from roughly 148,425 tracked public profiles, as of August 2026. Use it for proportions, not exact headcounts.
- Germany32,50022%
- India30,00020%
- Europe, Middle East and Africa excluding Germany30,00020%
- United States22,00015%
- Asia Pacific and Japan excluding India18,00012%
- Americas excluding United States15,92511%
| Name | Profiles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 32,500 | 22% |
| India | 30,000 | 20% |
| Europe, Middle East and Africa excluding Germany | 30,000 | 20% |
| United States | 22,000 | 15% |
| Asia Pacific and Japan excluding India | 18,000 | 12% |
| Americas excluding United States | 15,925 | 11% |
| Name | Profiles | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Executive Board and C-level | 7 | <0.1% |
| EVP and SVP | 420 | 0.3% |
| VP | 2,300 | 1.5% |
| Director | 9,800 | 6.6% |
| Manager | 24,500 | 17% |
| Individual contributor | 111,398 | 75% |
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SAP tech stack
14 technologies detected on sap.com, as of August 2026.
| Name | Technologies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Security | 3 | 21% |
| CDN | 1 | 7.1% |
| CMS | 1 | 7.1% |
| Experience management | 1 | 7.1% |
| JavaScript framework | 1 | 7.1% |
| JavaScript library | 1 | 7.1% |
| Metadata | 1 | 7.1% |
| Personalization | 1 | 7.1% |
| Technology | Category |
|---|---|
| A | CMS |
| A | Tag management |
| A | Personalization |
| Q | Experience management |
A Akamai | CDN |
| D | Security |
| HHSTS | Security |
| CContent Security Policy | Security |
| R | JavaScript framework |
| S | UI framework |
| j | JavaScript library |
| Y | Video |
| OOpen Graph | Metadata |
| HHTTP/2 | Protocol |
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SAP recent signals
- Executive board reorganised around AI on July 1, 2026; CPO Muhammad Alam to leave in March 2027, his teams split between the CEO and COOJuly 2026
- Full-year 2025 revenue reached 36.80 billion euros, with cloud revenue of 21.02 billion euros, up 23 percent, and Cloud ERP Suite revenue of 18.12 billion euros, up 28 percent, contributing 86 percent of all cloud revenueJanuary 2026
- Alongside the 2025 results SAP announced a new two-year share repurchase program of up to 10 billion euros, after reporting a record total cloud backlog of 77 billion euros in the fourth quarterJanuary 2026
- Headcount stood at 111,397 people at December 31, 2025, equivalent to 110,650 full-time positions, up from 109,973 a year earlier, with 71,503 men and 39,891 womenFebruary 2026
- SAP owns and occupies about 406,000 square meters of office and datacenter space at Walldorf and neighbouring St. Leon-Rot, and roughly 1,492,000 square meters across about 80 countries, with owned real estate also in Newtown Square, Palo Alto, Colorado Springs, Bengaluru, Sao Leopoldo, London, Ra'anana and SofiaFebruary 2026
- SAP reorganized its board areas around AI and created a Customer Value Group merging customer success, services and delivery, with Thomas Saueressig appointed chief customer officer effective April 1, 2026March 2026
- First-quarter 2026 revenue was 9,555 million euros, up 6 percent, cloud revenue was 5,962 million euros, up 19 percent, current cloud backlog reached 21,932 million euros and IFRS operating profit rose 17 percent to 2,741 million eurosApril 2026
- Chief technology officer Philipp Herzig, in the role since January 2025, joined the supervisory board of Deutsche Telekom in April 2026April 2026
- SAP announced agreements to acquire Dremio, an open data lakehouse platform feeding SAP Business Data Cloud, and Prior Labs, the pioneer of tabular foundation modelsMay 2026
- SAP committed to invest more than 1 billion euros over four years to scale Prior Labs into a frontier AI lab in Europe, with the team continuing to operate as an independent entityMay 2026
- The Dremio acquisition closed on July 6, 2026 and the Prior Labs acquisition closed on July 17, 2026July 2026
- Second-quarter 2026 current cloud backlog reached 22.9 billion euros, up 27 percent, cloud revenue rose 22 percent, total revenue rose 9 percent and IFRS operating profit rose 8 percentJuly 2026
- SAP updated its 2026 non-IFRS operating profit outlook to reflect the dilutive impact of the Dremio and Prior Labs acquisitions, having guided in April to cloud revenue of 25.8 to 26.2 billion euros and free cash flow of about 10 billion eurosJuly 2026
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SAP news & media
- NSAP Announces Q2 and Half-Year 2026 Results
Current cloud backlog of 22.9 billion euros, up 27 percent, with cloud revenue up 22 percent and Cloud ERP Suite revenue up 25 percent. The 2026 non-IFRS operating profit outlook was updated for the dilution from the Dremio and Prior Labs acquisitions.
- NSAP Completes Prior Labs Acquisition
SAP closed the purchase of Prior Labs on July 17, 2026. The team behind tabular foundation models keeps operating as an independent entity, backed by an SAP commitment of more than 1 billion euros over four years.
- NSAP Completes Dremio Acquisition
The Dremio acquisition closed on July 6, 2026. The open data lakehouse platform joins SAP Business Data Cloud so that SAP and non-SAP data can be queried together for analytical and agentic AI workloads without moving it.
- NSAP to Acquire Dremio to Unify SAP and Non-SAP Data to Power Agentic AI
SAP entered a definitive agreement to buy Dremio, a high-performance data lakehouse platform, to extend SAP Business Data Cloud with real-time access to data held outside SAP systems.
- NSAP to Acquire Prior Labs to Establish a Globally Leading Frontier AI Lab in Europe
SAP agreed to acquire Prior Labs and to invest more than 1 billion euros over four years, bringing one of the leading research teams on tabular foundation models for structured business data inside the company.
- NSAP Announces Q4 and FY 2025 Results
Fourth-quarter bookings drove total cloud backlog up 30 percent to a record 77 billion euros. SAP closed 2025 with cloud revenue up 23 percent and announced a new two-year share repurchase program of up to 10 billion euros.
- SSAP SE Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2025
The filing reports 2025 revenue of 36.80 billion euros, a workforce of 111,397 people at December 31, 2025, and the composition of the six-member Executive Board with the year each member was first appointed.
- PSAP Quarterly Statement Q1 2026
First-quarter revenue of 9,555 million euros and current cloud backlog of 21,932 million euros, with a full-year outlook of 25.8 to 26.2 billion euros in cloud revenue and about 10 billion euros of free cash flow.
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Companies similar to SAP
| Name | Employees |
|---|---|
| IBM | 270,000+ |
| Microsoft | 234,000+ |
| Oracle | 141,000+ |
| SAP | 111,397 |
| Salesforce | 88,000+ |
| ServiceNow | 26,000+ |
| Workday | 20,000+ |
| Infor | 17,000+ |
| Company | Revenue | Employees | HQ | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O | ~$67.4B | 141,000+ | United States | 1977 |
| M | ~$281.7B | 234,000+ | United States | 1975 |
| S | ~$41.5B | 88,000+ | United States | 1999 |
| I | ~$64B | 270,000+ | United States | 1911 |
| W | ~$8.8B | 20,000+ | United States | 2005 |
| S | ~$11B | 26,000+ | United States | 2004 |
| I | ~$3.4B | 17,000+ | United States | 2002 |
| S | ~$3B | 11,000+ | United Kingdom | 1981 |
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SAP org chart
Christian KleinChief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board- DADominik AsamChief Financial Officer and Member of the Executive Board
- SSSebastian SteinhaeuserChief Operating Officer and Member of the Executive Board, Strategy and Operations
- TSThomas SaueressigChief Customer Officer
- MAMuhammad AlamMember of the Executive Board, Product and Engineering
- GVGina Vargiu-BreuerChief People Officer
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SAP leadership
7 current leaders are tracked, led by Christian Klein. Contact details stay locked on this page and are revealed in the app.
| Leader | Profile | |
|---|---|---|
| CKChristian KleinChief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board | ••••@sap.com | Profile → |
| DADominik AsamChief Financial Officer and Member of the Executive Board | ••••@sap.com | Profile → |
| PHPhilipp HerzigChief Technology Officer | ••••@sap.com | Profile → |
| SSSebastian SteinhaeuserChief Operating Officer and Member of the Executive Board, Strategy and Operations | ••••@sap.com | Profile → |
| TSThomas SaueressigChief Customer Officer | ••••@sap.com | Profile → |
| MAMuhammad AlamMember of the Executive Board, Product and Engineering | ••••@sap.com | Profile → |
| GVGina Vargiu-BreuerChief People Officer | ••••@sap.com | Profile → |
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