Trade software
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580 platforms & tools across 23 categories — filtered & ranked for the trades.
ServiceTitan
Glendale, CA
All-in-one field service management platform built for residential and commercial trades.
National Fire Protection Association
Quincy, MA
Develops fire and electrical safety codes including the NEC (NFPA 70) and NFPA fire codes.
simPRO
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (US office: Westminster, CO)
simPRO is a cloud-based field service management and job management platform purpose-built for trade contractors. Founded in 2002 in Brisbane, Australia by an electrical contractor and a software engineering student, it covers the full job lifecycle from quoting and estimating through scheduling, dispatch, inventory, invoicing, and reporting. It is widely used by HVAC, plumbing, electrical, fire protection, and general-contracting businesses across Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The platform scales from single-trade service companies to multi-division commercial contractors with project management complexity.
BuildOps
Los Angeles, CA
BuildOps is an all-in-one commercial contractor management platform purpose-built for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, fire and life safety, and refrigeration contractors. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Los Angeles, it unifies service management, project management, financials, and CRM into a single cloud-based system with AI-powered automation (OpsAI). The platform targets mid-size to enterprise commercial trade contractors and has achieved unicorn status with over $250M in total funding.
ServiceTrade
Durham, NC
ServiceTrade is a cloud-based field service management platform purpose-built for commercial service contractors. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Durham, NC, it serves mechanical, HVAC, fire protection, electrical, and refrigeration contractors with an integrated suite covering scheduling, dispatch, inspections, parts management, CRM, and accounting integrations. The platform serves 1,300+ commercial contractors and processes millions of service requests annually.
Fieldwire
San Francisco, CA
Fieldwire by Hilti is a cloud-based jobsite management platform purpose-built for commercial construction field teams. It connects field crews and office staff through plan management, task coordination, punch lists, inspections, RFIs, submittals, change orders, and BIM viewing. Acquired by Hilti Corporation for $300M in November 2021, Fieldwire serves over 4 million projects globally and targets general contractors, specialty subcontractors, project owners, and architects across commercial, industrial, heavy-civil, and residential construction.
Autodesk Build
San Francisco, CA
Autodesk Build is a cloud-based construction project management platform that evolved from PlanGrid and BIM 360, now part of the Autodesk Construction Cloud (Forma Build) suite. It centralizes document management, RFIs, submittals, cost management, scheduling, field operations, quality, and safety workflows across the full construction project lifecycle. Trusted on 2M+ projects globally, it is used by general contractors, specialty subcontractors, and owners on commercial, industrial, and institutional projects.
STACK Construction Technologies
Cincinnati, OH
Cloud-based construction preconstruction and operations platform offering AI-accelerated takeoff, estimating, proposal generation, and field collaboration tools. Serves general contractors, specialty subcontractors, and suppliers with solutions spanning plan management, digital measurement, cost estimating, and mobile field operations. Founded by Phil Ogilby and Justin Ogilby, STACK integrates with major ERP and accounting systems including QuickBooks, Sage, and Acumatica.
Xactimate
Lehi, UT
Xactimate is the industry-standard property damage repair cost estimating platform developed by Xactware, a subsidiary of Verisk Analytics. Originally founded in 1986 and acquired by ISO (now Verisk) in 2006, it is used by approximately 80% of insurance repair contractors and 19 of the top 25 U.S. property insurers. The platform provides a continuously updated regional pricing database covering materials, labor, and equipment for hundreds of geographies, enabling restoration contractors, roofers, painters, and general contractors to produce insurance-defensible estimates. Xactimate operates across desktop, web, and mobile and includes tools like Sketch AR (LiDAR-powered floor plan capture), XactScope (guided estimating), XactRebuild (mitigation-to-rebuild workflow automation), Time and Materials job cost tracking, and XactAnalysis for claims performance dashboards and workflow management.
Sage 100 Contractor
Austin, TX (Sage Group plc HQ: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
Sage 100 Contractor is a construction-specific accounting and project management platform built for small to mid-size specialty contractors and general contractors. Originally developed as Master Builder Software (founded ~1980 by Dan Smith), acquired by Intuit in 2001, then by Sage Software in 2006, and rebranded Sage 100 Contractor. The platform integrates job cost accounting, construction payroll (including union and certified payroll), estimating, project management, service dispatch, scheduling, and document control in a single system. It supports both on-premise and cloud-hosted deployment and is used by approximately 18,000+ contractor businesses across the US.
Foundation Software
Strongsville, OH
Foundation Software is a construction-specific accounting and payroll software provider founded in 1985 and headquartered in Strongsville, Ohio. Its flagship FOUNDATION platform delivers job cost accounting, payroll (including prevailing wage and union), accounts payable/receivable, service dispatch, project management, equipment tracking, and mobile field solutions to over 43,000 construction professionals. The company has been majority-owned by Thoma Bravo since 2020 and positions itself as America's #1 construction accounting software for small- to mid-sized specialty contractors and general contractors.
ComputerEase
Cincinnati, OH (parent Deltek headquartered in Herndon, VA)
Deltek ComputerEase is a construction accounting and project management platform purpose-built for subcontractors and specialty contractors. Founded in 1983 in Cincinnati, OH, and acquired by Deltek in 2019, it serves more than 6,000 contractors with integrated job costing, payroll, billing, service management, and field-to-office mobile tools. The platform targets companies of all sizes from small specialty subs to mid-market general contractors, with particular strength in union/certified payroll, WIP reporting, and AIA billing.
Viewpoint Vista
Portland, Oregon, USA
Viewpoint Vista is an enterprise-grade construction ERP platform owned by Trimble, built for mid-size to large general contractors, specialty subcontractors, and commercial contractors. It delivers a deeply integrated accounting-first suite spanning job costing, payroll, HR, project management, equipment management, service management, and document control. Part of the Trimble Construction One ecosystem, Vista runs on Microsoft Azure and serves contractors with annual revenues ranging from $50 million to over $1 billion.
DocuSign
San Francisco, CA
DocuSign is the market-leading electronic signature and intelligent agreement management platform, used by 1.7 million customers including 95% of Fortune 500 companies. Widely adopted by contractors across all trades for proposals, contracts, change orders, lien waivers, and service agreements. The platform has expanded beyond e-signature into a full agreement lifecycle suite (IAM) with AI-powered contract analysis, CLM workflows, web forms, payments, and 1,000+ integrations. Listed on NASDAQ as DOCU.
Procore Safety
Carpinteria, CA
Procore Safety is the dedicated safety management module within the Procore construction management platform (NYSE: PCOR). It provides contractors and project owners with tools for incident tracking, safety inspections, field observations, worker certifications, toolbox talks, OSHA compliance reporting, and the Safety Hub — a centralized dashboard giving safety directors and superintendents a unified view of safety performance across all projects. Built for general contractors and specialty trades, it integrates tightly with the broader Procore platform including scheduling, field productivity, and financial management.
Angi
Denver, CO
Angi (formerly Angie's List / ANGI Homeservices) is the leading US home services marketplace connecting homeowners with local service professionals across 500+ categories. Formed by the 2017 merger of Angie's List (founded 1995) and HomeAdvisor (founded 1998 as ServiceMagic), and rebranded to Angi in March 2021. The platform operates a pay-per-lead model (Angi Leads), display advertising (Angi Ads), and a fixed-price instant-booking service powered by the 2018 Handy acquisition. Angi completed its spin-off from IAC on April 1, 2025, becoming an independent public company (NASDAQ: ANGI). Revenue in 2025 was approximately $1.05B (declining YoY as platform shifted to homeowner-choice lead model). As of 2025 the platform counts roughly 200,000 active service professionals across all trades.
FieldPulse
Dallas, TX
All-in-one field service management platform for small to mid-sized contractors with CRM, scheduling, invoicing, and mobile capabilities.
ConEst
Londonderry, NH
Electrical estimating, digital takeoff and reporting for electrical, low-voltage, datacom and solar contractors — IntelliBid, SureCount and Conest Connect.
Bark
London, UK
Lead generation marketplace connecting homeowners with local service professionals across various trades.
Yelp
San Francisco, CA
Business review and lead generation platform helping consumers find and connect with local service professionals.
HandsHQ
London, England, UK
HandsHQ is a UK-based health and safety software platform that helps construction and high-risk industry companies create, manage, and track RAMS (risk assessments and method statements), training registers, and on-site risk reporting.
BIM&CO
Paris, France
BIM&CO offers a collaborative platform for managing and sharing BIM (Building Information Modeling) objects and their associated data. It is designed for building product manufacturers, architects, engineers, and contractors to streamline digital construction workflows and ensure data quality.
ConstructConnect
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
ConstructConnect offers comprehensive pre-construction software and information solutions for the commercial construction industry. It helps general contractors, subcontractors, and building product manufacturers find, bid, and win projects through its extensive project intelligence, bid management, and takeoff tools.
Countfire
London, United Kingdom
Countfire is an electrical estimating software designed to automate the takeoff process for electrical contractors. It helps users quickly and accurately count items from drawings and generate comprehensive bids.