# ANSYS INC

Summary updated: 2026-09-28T11:40:10.02228Z
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## Overview

Ansys is an engineering-simulation software business whose tools help organizations model and test product designs digitally. Its products span structural mechanics, fluid dynamics, electronics and electromagnetics, semiconductor analysis, and optics. Customers use them across industries including aerospace and defense, automotive, high technology, energy, industrial equipment and healthcare. Ansys describes its mission as “powering innovation that drives human advancement.” [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P122305480)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P36621952)[3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013462/000101346225000009/anss-20241231.htm)

Founded in 1970, Ansys is headquartered near Pittsburgh and serves customers globally through direct sales offices and distribution partners. In its last full year as a standalone company, 2024, it reported approximately $2.54 billion in revenue and had about 6,500 employees at year-end. Synopsys completed its acquisition of Ansys in July 2025. [4](https://investors.ansys.com/company-information/why-invest)[1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P122305480)[5](https://investors.ansys.com/news-releases/news-release-details/ansys-announces-q4-and-fy-2024-financial-results)[6](https://investor.synopsys.com/news/news-details/2025/Synopsys-Completes-Acquisition-of-Ansys/)
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## Products & services

Ansys develops engineering-simulation software used to predict how products and systems behave before they are built. Ansys Mechanical uses finite-element analysis to model structural response to loads, vibration and heat, while LS-DYNA addresses events such as crashes and impacts. Ansys Fluent simulates fluid flow, heat transfer and chemical reactions. Ansys Discovery provides interactive simulation for early-stage design exploration, and optiSLang automates robust design optimization. [7](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P22449724)[8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P62275627)[9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P9868461)[10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P95679518)[11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P120013203)

For electronics, Ansys HFSS models electromagnetic behavior in RF and microwave devices, antennas and radar; HFSS-IC extends electromagnetic analysis to integrated circuits and advanced packaging. RedHawk-SC analyzes chip power integrity and reliability, including voltage drop and electromigration. The optics portfolio models illumination, sensors and photonic devices, with Lumerical supporting photonic components and circuits. Other offerings include Granta for materials information and selection, SCADE for safety-critical embedded software, medini analyze for safety and reliability analysis, and mission-engineering software for simulating assets and their operating environments. [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P31509755)[13](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P82421901)[14](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P105664593)[15](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P122074942)[16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P58944104)[17](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P37763154)[18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P82543444)[19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P66051313)

Ansys also offers cloud-based access to simulation, software maintenance and updates, technical support, training and consulting. In 2024, software licenses accounted for approximately 49.7% of revenue, maintenance 47.5%, and services 2.8%; the company does not report revenue by individual product line because sales can combine technologies from multiple areas. [20](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P79132175)[21](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P78174590)[22](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P100068394)[23](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P67634946)
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## Geographic presence

Ansys is headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and serves customers internationally. In 2024, revenue attributed by customer location totaled $2.54 billion. The United States accounted for $1.25 billion, or about 49% of the total; other reported markets included Germany ($210 million), Japan ($185 million), China and Hong Kong ($127 million), and South Korea ($113 million). The company also reported $446 million from other EMEA markets and $213 million from other international markets. [25](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P11397349)[26](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T14115960)

Ansys had approximately 6,500 employees at year-end 2024, distributed across the Americas (43%), EMEA (29%) and Asia-Pacific (28%). Its principal executive offices are in Canonsburg. Its reported property and equipment included assets in the United States, India and France, as well as elsewhere in EMEA and other international locations. [27](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P117609716)[28](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T13383493)[29](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T1219222)
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## Business segments

Ansys reported **one operating segment**: engineering-simulation software. Its product capabilities were not separate reportable segments, so the single segment accounted for 100% of reported revenue in its 2024 standalone results. [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P122305480)[30](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P87394854) The portfolio spanned structural analysis, electronics and electromagnetic simulation, fluid dynamics, semiconductor analysis, optics and photonics, digital mission engineering, materials, 3D design, embedded software, and safety analysis. [31](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P71732397)[32](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P21299044)[33](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P60019413)[34](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P23692093)[35](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P63488192)[36](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P10076527)[37](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P34948269)[38](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P47998272)[39](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P68156068)[40](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P50457508)[41](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P71831782)

Ansys did not disclose revenue shares for those product areas, explaining that sales can combine multiple technologies and that accurate product-line reporting is impracticable. [23](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P67634946) As a different breakdown, its 2024 revenue was approximately 37% subscription lease licenses, 12% perpetual licenses, 48% maintenance, and 3% services. These are revenue types, not business segments. [42](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T3323135)
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## Company history

Ansys traces its origins to 1970, when John A. Swanson founded Swanson Analysis Systems to develop and market engineering-analysis software based on finite-element methods. The company became publicly traded through a 1996 initial public offering. [43](https://www.ansys.com/company-information/the-ansys-story)[44](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013462/0000950132-96-000391.txt)

Acquisitions broadened Ansys beyond its structural-analysis roots. It acquired CFX in 2003 and Fluent in 2006, strengthening its computational fluid dynamics offerings, followed by Ansoft in 2008, which added electromagnetic and electronics simulation. Apache Design Solutions in 2011 further expanded its electronics capabilities. [45](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013462/000102140803004058/dex991.htm)[46](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013462/000119312506175358/dex992.htm)[47](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013462/000119312508162758/dex991.htm)[48](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013462/000114420411043102/v230390_ex99-1.htm)

Ajei Gopal succeeded Jim Cashman as chief executive in 2017. Ansys subsequently added materials-data capabilities through its 2019 acquisition of Granta Design and photonics and optical-design software through its acquisitions of Lumerical in 2020 and Zemax in 2021. Synopsys completed its acquisition of Ansys in July 2025, ending Ansys’s tenure as a standalone public company. [49](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013462/000119312516695702/d249130dex991.htm)[50](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013462/000101346219000013/R11.htm)[51](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013462/000101346220000040/R11.htm)[52](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013462/000101346222000005/R12.htm)[53](https://news.synopsys.com/2025-07-17-Synopsys-Completes-Acquisition-of-Ansys)
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