Salesforce

Salesforce, Inc.
FormerlySalesforce.com, Inc. (1999–2022)
TypePublic
IndustryInformation technology
FoundedMarch 8, 1999 (1999-03-08)
Founders
HeadquartersSalesforce Tower
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Key people
  • Marc Benioff (chairman & CEO)
  • Parker Harris (CTO)
Products
Services
RevenueIncrease US$41.525 billion (2026)
Increase US$8.331 billion (2026)
Increase US$7.457 billion (2026)
Total assetsIncrease US$112.305 billion (2026)
Total equityDecrease US$59.142 billion (2026)
Number of employees
83,334 (2026)
Subsidiaries
ASN
  • 14340
Websitesalesforce.com
Footnotes
Financials as of January 31, 2026.

Salesforce, Inc. is an American enterprise software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It is best known for customer relationship management software and related applications, which the corporation delivers through a software as a service subscription business model. It also provides software for sales, customer service, marketing automation, e-commerce, data analytics, artificial intelligence, agentic AI, and application development.

Founded by former Oracle executive Marc Benioff in March 1999, Salesforce experienced rapid growth in the sector in which it competed, debuting its initial public offering in 2004. Its major acquisitions included Tableau and Slack. As of March 2026, Salesforce has a market capitalization of approximately US$186 billion. For fiscal year 2026 (ending January 31, 2026), the company reported record annual revenue of $41.5 billion. The company is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (since 2020) and the S&P 500.