Ask HN: How many SMB SaaS companies are out there?

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Anyone has an idea? Angel.co has 10k listed, but I think many are not. What do you think the real number is?

I'd say there's way more than that - was a meetup and met plenty of folks operating SaaS companies whom I have never even heard of. Told me they were profitable as well.

My best guess would be to say potentially few hundred thousand worldwide.

That much you think?

Yes, I think so. While some might not be classified as modern SaaS, I've seen some companies migrate over their desktop applications to offer SaaS options.

Given that there are tons of people I've spoken with who've never heard of AngelList, YC or TechCrunch and yet have profitable SaaS companies, I'd say there's a chance there could be at least 100,000 if we're to take in Europe, China, India etc.

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