SAP

SAP SE
Company type	Public
Traded as	FWB: SAP; FWB: SAPA (ADR); NYSE: SAP (ADR); DAX component;
ISIN	DE0007164600; US8030542042;
Industry	Enterprise software; Business software; Cloud computing; Consulting;
Founded	1972 in Weinheim, West Germany
Founders	Dietmar Hopp; Hans-Werner Hector; Hasso Plattner; Klaus Tschira; Claus Wellenreuther;
Headquarters	Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Pekka Ala-Pietilä (chairman); Christian Klein (CEO);
Products	SAP AppGyver; SAP S/4HANA; SAP HANA; SAP ERP; SAP CRM; SAP PLM; SAP SCM; SAP SRM; SAP SuccessFactors; SAP NetWeaver; SAP Business ByDesign; SAP Business One; BusinessObjects; SAP IQ; SAP Ariba; ABAP; SAP Cloud Platform; SAP Converged Cloud; (Full list);
Services	Applications; Cloud;
Revenue	€34.18 billion (2024)
Operating income	€4.665 billion (2024)
Net income	€3.150 billion (2024)
Total assets	€74.12 billion (2024)
Total equity	€45.81 billion (2024)
Number of employees	109,973 (2024)
Website	sap.com
	Footnotes / references;

SAP SE (/ˌɛs.eɪˈpiː/; German pronunciation: [ɛsʔaːˈpeː] ^ⓘ) is a European multinational software company based in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company is the world's largest vendor of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.^[3]^[4]

It was founded in 1972 as a private partnership named Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung (System Analysis Program Development). SAP GbR became in 1981 fully Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung (Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing) abbreviated SAP GmbH after a five-year transition period beginning in 1976.^[5] In 2005, it further restructured itself as SAP AG.^{[citation needed]} Since 7 July 2014, its corporate structure is that of a pan-European societas Europaea (SE);^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] as such, its former German corporate identity is now a subsidiary, SAP Deutschland SE & Co. KG.^[8] It has regional offices in 180 countries^[10]^[11] and over 111,961 employees.^[12]

SAP is a component of the DAX and Euro Stoxx 50 stock market indices.^[13] The company is the largest non-American software company by revenue and the world's third-largest publicly traded software company by revenue. As of December 2023, SAP is the largest German company by market capitalization.^[14]

^ "Supervisory Board SAP SE". SAP SE. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
^ "SAP 2024 Annual Report (Form 20-F)". US Securities and Exchange Commission. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
^ "SAP Chief to Leave as Software Giant Shakes Up Management". The New York Times. 10 October 2019.
^ "SAP: The World's Largest Provider of Enterprise Application Software" (PDF). SAP Global Communications. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
^ "The early years: 1972–1980". SAP SE.
^ "SAP Company History". SAP SE. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
^ "What is SAP?". SAP SE.
^ ^a ^b "SAP Now European Company (SE)". SAP News Center. SAP SE. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ "SAP SE - Germany - HRB719915". European e-Justice Portal European Commission. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
^ "SAP Software, SAP Implementations, SAP Company Profile". Panorama Consulting Solutions. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
^ "SAP at a Glance: Company Information". Archived from the original on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
^ "SAP Corporate Fact Sheet". SAP. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
^ "Börse Frankfurt (Frankfurt Stock Exchange): Stock market quotes, charts and news". Archived from the original on 8 February 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
^ "Apple bleibt wertvollstes Unternehmen: SAP und Siemens in den Top 100" (in German). FAZ.NET. 29 December 2023. ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[supervisory_board-1] "Supervisory Board SAP SE". SAP SE. Retrieved 19 May 2024.

[financials-2] "SAP 2024 Annual Report (Form 20-F)". US Securities and Exchange Commission. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.

[SAP4ERP#1.NYT2019-3] "SAP Chief to Leave as Software Giant Shakes Up Management". The New York Times. 10 October 2019.

[4] "SAP: The World's Largest Provider of Enterprise Application Software" (PDF). SAP Global Communications. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

[early-years-5] "The early years: 1972–1980". SAP SE.

[SAP_Company_History-6] "SAP Company History". SAP SE. Retrieved 25 October 2024.

[7] "What is SAP?". SAP SE.

[:3-8] "SAP Now European Company (SE)". SAP News Center. SAP SE. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

[9] "SAP SE - Germany - HRB719915". European e-Justice Portal European Commission. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

[:2-10] "SAP Software, SAP Implementations, SAP Company Profile". Panorama Consulting Solutions. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[SAP_Company_Information-11] "SAP at a Glance: Company Information". Archived from the original on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

[12] "SAP Corporate Fact Sheet". SAP. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[13] "Börse Frankfurt (Frankfurt Stock Exchange): Stock market quotes, charts and news". Archived from the original on 8 February 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

[marketcap-14] "Apple bleibt wertvollstes Unternehmen: SAP und Siemens in den Top 100" (in German). FAZ.NET. 29 December 2023. ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

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