In its latest Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD) report, the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community, recently published that Electronic System Design (ESD) industry revenue rose by 8.8% to $5,566.4 million in Q3 2025 from the $5,114.5 million registered in Q3 2024, The four-quarter moving average increased by 10.4%, based on a comparison of the most recent four quarters to the prior four.
The companies tracked in the EDMD report employed 73,185 people globally in Q3 2025, a 17.3% increase over the Q3 2024 headcount of 62,417 and up 0.9% compared to Q2 2025.
Revenue by Product & Application Category – Year-Over-Year Change
- Computer-aided engineering (CAE): +9.1% to $2,097.8 million
- IC physical design & verification: +1.3% to $865.4 million
- Printed circuit board & multi-chip module (PCB & MCM): +3.4% to $466.2 million
- Semiconductor intellectual property (SIP): +13.6% to $1,915.7 million
- Services: +10.2% to $221.4 million
Revenue by Region – Year-Over-Year Change
- Americas: $2,402.2 million of electronic system design products and services in Q3 2025, a 3.4% increase
- Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA): $675.1 million of electronic system design products and services in Q3 2025, a 4.6% increase
- Japan: An 11.5% decrease to $264.0 million in Q3 2025
- Asia Pacific (APAC): $2,223.0 million of electronic system design products and services in Q3 2025, a 20.5% increase
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