SPS Commerce

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SPS Commerce, Inc.
Company type Public
Nasdaq:  SPSC
S&P 600 Component
IndustryTechnology – application software
Founded1987;37 years ago (1987)
FounderGary W Anderson[ citation needed ]
Headquarters
Minneapolis, Minnesota
,
United States
Key people
Services Supply chain management solutions,[ buzzword ] EDI
Revenue $  450 million (2022) [4]
Number of employees
1,363 (2019) [5]
Website www.spscommerce.com

SPS Commerce is a corporation based in the United States that provides cloud-based supply chain management software to retailers, suppliers, third-party logistics providers and partners. [6] The company's headquarters are located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, [7] but also has a US office in New Jersey, and international locations in Beijing, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne, Toronto, and Kyiv. [8] In 2015, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that SPS Commerce was ranked by WorkplaceDynamics as the best large workplace in Minnesota. [9] SPS was also ranked among the top 10 fastest growing publicly traded companies in Minnesota in 2014. [10]

History

The company was founded in 1987;37 years ago, [11] under the name St. Paul Software. [12] In 2000, the company sold its software business to Netherlands-based TIE Commerce. [13] After the sale, the company primarily offered internet-based business-to-business (B2B) exchanges for retailers and manufacturers. [14] St. Paul Software was renamed SPS Commerce in May 2001. [15] SPS Commerce went public in April 2010 when it debuted on the NASDAQ global market. [16] SPS has enjoyed 91 consecutive quarters of growth, most of which has been organic. They acquire companies where it makes sense, notably:

In addition to acquiring companies, SPS has been acquiring executives to newly created roles to expand the executive team:

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