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{{Short description|German multinational enterprise-software company}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2022}} 
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox company
| name = SAP SE
| logo = [[File:SAP 2011 logo.svg|200px]]
| image = 
| image_caption = 
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{Unbulleted list|{{FWB|SAP}}|{{FWB|SAPA}} ([[American Depositary Receipt|ADR]])|{{NYSE|SAP}} ([[American Depositary Receipt|ADR]])|[[DAX]] component}}
| ISIN = {{Unbulleted list|{{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|DE0007164600}}|{{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|US8030542042}}}}
| caption = 
| foundation = {{start date and age|1972}} in [[Weinheim]], [[West Germany]]
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|[[Dietmar Hopp]]|Hans-Werner Hector|[[Hasso Plattner]]|[[Klaus Tschira]]|[[Claus Wellenreuther]]}}
| location_city = [[Walldorf]], [[Baden-Württemberg]]
| location_country = Germany
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|[[Pekka Ala-Pietilä]] ([[chairman]]<ref name="supervisory_board">{{cite web|url=https://www.sap.com/investors/en/governance/supervisory-board.html|title=Supervisory Board SAP SE |publisher=SAP SE |access-date=19 May 2024}}</ref>)|[[Christian Klein]] ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])}}
| industry = {{Unbulleted list|[[Enterprise software]]|[[Business software]]|[[Cloud computing]]|[[Consulting]]}}
| products = {{hlist|SAP AppGyver|[[SAP S/4HANA]] |[[SAP HANA]] |[[SAP ERP]] |[[SAP CRM]] |[[SAP PLM]] |[[SAP SCM]] |[[SAP SRM]] |[[SAP SuccessFactors]] |[[SAP NetWeaver]] |[[SAP Business ByDesign]] |[[SAP Business One]] |[[BusinessObjects]] | [[SAP IQ]] |[[SAP Ariba]] |[[ABAP]] |[[SAP Cloud Platform]] |[[SAP Converged Cloud]] |('''[[List of SAP products|Full list]]''') }}
| services = {{hlist|[[Application software|Applications]]|[[Cloud computing|Cloud]] }}
| revenue = {{Increase}} [[Euro|€]]34.18&nbsp;billion (2024)
| operating_income = {{Decrease}} €4.665&nbsp;billion (2024)
| net_income = {{Decrease}} €3.150&nbsp;billion (2024)
| assets = {{Increase}} €74.12&nbsp;billion (2024)
| equity = {{Increase}} €45.81&nbsp;billion (2024)
| num_employees = 109,973 (2024)
| homepage = {{url|https://www.sap.com/|sap.com}}
| footnotes = <ref name="financials">{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1000184/000110465925017815/sap-20241224x20f.htm|title=SAP 2024 Annual Report (Form 20-F) |publisher=US Securities and Exchange Commission |date=27 February 2025 |access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref>
}}

'''SAP SE''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɛ|s|.|eɪ|ˈ|p|iː}}; {{IPA|de|ɛsʔaːˈpeː|-|De-SAP.ogg}}) is a German [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] software company based in [[Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg]], Germany. The company is the world's largest vendor of [[enterprise resource planning]] (ERP) software, and the most valuable company in Europe.<ref name=SAP4ERP#1.NYT2019>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/business/sap-ceo-bill-mcdermott.html |title=SAP Chief to Leave as Software Giant Shakes Up Management |date=10 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://assets.cdn.sap.com/sapcom/docs/2017/04/4666ecdd-b67c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa.pdf |title=SAP: The World's Largest Provider of Enterprise Application Software |publisher=SAP Global Communications |date=28 April 2023 |access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Jenni |date=2025-03-25 |title=Software giant SAP becomes Europe's most valuable firm amid German stock market boom |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/25/sap-becomes-europes-most-valuable-firm-amid-german-stock-boom.html |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref>

SAP GbR became in 1981 fully ''Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung'' (''Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing'') abbreviated SAP [[GmbH]] after a five-year transition period beginning in 1976.<ref name="early-years">{{cite web|url=https://www.sap.com/about/company/history/1972-1980.html |title=The early years: 1972–1980 |publisher=SAP SE}}</ref> In 2005, it further restructured itself as SAP [[Aktiengesellschaft |AG]].{{cn|date=October 2024}} Since 7 July 2014, its corporate structure is that of a pan-European ''[[societas Europaea]]'' (SE);<ref name="SAP Company History">{{cite web|url=https://www.sap.com/corporate/en/company/history.html|title=SAP Company History|access-date=25 October 2024 |publisher=SAP SE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sap.com/about/what-is-sap.html|title=What is SAP? |publisher=SAP SE}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2014-07-07 |title=SAP Now European Company (SE) |url=https://news.sap.com/2014/07/sap-se-now-european-company/ |access-date=2020-07-11 |website=SAP News Center |publisher=SAP SE |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SAP SE - Germany - HRB719915 |url=https://beta.e-justice.europa.eu/489/EN/business_registers__search_for_a_company_in_the_eu |access-date=2020-07-10 |publisher=European e-Justice Portal European Commission}}</ref> as such, its former German corporate identity is now a subsidiary, SAP Deutschland SE & Co. KG''.<ref name=":3" />'' It has regional offices in 180 countries<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |url=https://www.panorama-consulting.com/resource-center/erp-database/sap |title=SAP Software, SAP Implementations, SAP Company Profile |publisher=Panorama Consulting Solutions |date=15 February 2010 |language=en-US |access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref><ref name="SAP Company Information">{{cite web
|url=http://global.sap.com/corporate-en/our-company/index.epx |title=SAP at a Glance: Company Information |access-date=27 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629053917/http://global.sap.com/corporate-en/our-company/index.epx |archive-date=29 June 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and over 111,961 employees.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sap.com/documents/2017/04/4666ecdd-b67c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa.html |title=SAP Corporate Fact Sheet |website=SAP |language=en |access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref>

SAP is a component of the [[DAX]] and [[Euro Stoxx 50]] stock market indices.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boerse-frankfurt.de/en/equities/indices/euro+stoxx+50+EU0009658145/constituents
|title=Börse Frankfurt (Frankfurt Stock Exchange): Stock market quotes, charts and news |access-date=22 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208093448/http://www.boerse-frankfurt.de/en/equities/indices/euro%20stoxx%2050%20EU0009658145/constituents|archive-date=8 February 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The company is the [[List of the largest software companies|largest non-American software company by revenue]] and the world's fifth-largest publicly traded software company by revenue. As of December 2023, SAP is the largest German company by [[market capitalization]].<ref name="marketcap">{{Cite news |date=2023-12-29 |title=Apple bleibt wertvollstes Unternehmen: SAP und Siemens in den Top 100 |language=de |publisher=FAZ.NET |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/apple-bleibt-wertvollstes-unternehmen-sap-und-siemens-in-den-top-100-19413847.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |issn=0174-4909}}</ref>