Total number of ArchiCAD users world wide.

[Steve Jepson]

How many ArchiCAD users are there?

How many current ArchiCAD licensees are there in 2009 ?

[Anonymous]

Hoooooooollllllaaaaaa! 9

[Aaron Bourgoin]

The real number doesn't really matter, does it?

WE ARE ALL ONE!

Right?

Right.

[Karl Ottenstein]

9...

Even the number of licenses 'issued' is a tough one. A reseller will know his/her sales region, presumably. GS will know how many WIBU keys were distributed, but may not know how many are in reseller inventory, were damaged, stolen, lost, put on the shelf, etc.

The number of active paid licenses - ignoring NFR, PPU, ED, etc - would be interesting.

GS will have a record of any WIBU keys upgraded to a new version via the online key update mechanism, but would otherwise not know which old keys were still in use, or were in a box or the trash....

Cheers,
Karl

[Anonymous]

10...

GS says over 100,000 users worldwide, on various sites. Abvent, the french AC reseller, claimed over 130,000.
I would not trust both too much, because these numbers don't change since years. I would say it is simple publicity.

Don't hope any clear answer about such a sensitive question.

Some years ago, on GS official site, you could look at the financial report. Very interesting.
Alas, since Nemetscheck acquisition, such info is no more avaible.

At this time (2005, 2006?), from memory, GS worldwide incomes was aprox, in ratio:
Europe : 5
America: > 1
Asia: < 1
Rest of the world : 0.8 or less

Take it with caution, my memory can fail.
GS is present in > 80 countries.

Looking at the size of GS company (245 employees, from a financial site, 2009), these results are just amazing. Congrats.
One day, promise, I will become a GS share holder. The same for Apple. For the moment, money is missing, but I keep hope.

[Erich]

11.....


But aren't we already off by two?

lec1212 wrote:
100,007.

jocontreras wrote:
7 & 8

and

Braza wrote:
Hoooooooollllllaaaaaa! 9

Karl wrote:
9...

[Anonymous]

Ok,
So I'm off by 100,000.
Now what went haywire with the #'s after that small aberration?
lec

[TMA_80]

i don't know if it was updated but according to Nemetschek 100 000 would be the right number....

http://www.nemetschek.com/en/home/the_company/brand_portfolio/graphisoft.html

[Dwight]

The 100,000 users number has been around for many years.
Surely that guess is as bad now as it was ten years ago.

[Ignacio Azpiazu]

Dwight wrote:
The 100,000 users number has been around for many years.
Surely that guess is as bad now as it was ten years ago.

For an average worldwide yearly seat fee of say USD 600, that would be 60 M in revenues for 245 employees = 240,000 annual revenue per employee, which sounds just about OK for Hungary I think.

[Anonymous]

We are still using AC11, do we count? 4 users but 8 licenses, and AC12 still in the box too. How many do we qualify as?