Data source
BEA software investment
The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates how much US businesses invest in software. We retrieve it through FRED.
Provides measurements used by the linked signal.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, real private fixed investment in software [B985RX1Q020SBEA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Not endorsed or certified by BEA.
Visit the sourceUsed for: Business software spendingLicense: Public domain, citation requested
Investment, Q3 2026$986B
Year over year+13%
What the data shows
Computed from every record, as of Q3 2026.
- US businesses invested about $986B a year in software in Q3 2026, in 2017 dollars, +13% on a year earlier.
Limitations
- Recent quarters can be revised.
- It measures investment, not every software purchase.