The Month: Anti-virus software - Growing market

Worldwide anti-virus software revenue for all software segments

COMPANY 2005 2005 2004 2004
(dollars m) Market share (dollars m) Market share
% %
Symantec 2,150 53.6 1,915 54.2
McAfee 754 18.8 667 18.9
Trend Micro 556 13.8 509 14.4
Panda Software 129 3.2 104 2.9
CA 86 2.2 75 2.1
Other vendors 340 8.5 263 7.5
Total 4,015 100 3,533 100
Source: Gartner Dataquest.

Global revenue from anti-virus software reached $4 billion
(£2.1 billion) in 2005, according to research from Gartner.
Symantic continues to dominate with a 53.6% market share; but the real
success story is the much smaller Panda Software, which recorded 23.9 %
growth and and increased its market share to 3.2%, thanks to its strong
presence among European SMEs.