Top 20 LSPs in the US

The Common Sense Advisory recently issued a report on The Language Services Market in 2011, assembled by industry veteran Nataly Kelly. The table below is an extract of US-based LSPs included in Nataly’s list. The fact that three LSPs on this list reported sales below $10M shows the significant fragmentation of the language industry.

 

Company

2010 Revenue in US$M

Employees

Offices

Status

1

Mission Essential Personnel

588.00

7494

20

Private

2

Global Linguist Solutions

435.00

339

9

Private

3

Lionbridge Technologies

405.20

4500

40

Public

4

TransPerfect / Translations.com

252.44

1268

66

Private

5

L-3 Linguist Operations & Technical Support

167.00

1016

1

Public

6

ManpowerGroup

101.00

324

11

Public

7

Welocalize, Inc.

44.71

442

10

Private

8

Cyracom International, Inc.

37.40

442

4

Private

9

Invizion

33.00

290

1

Private

10

Merrill Brink International

30.02

100

10

Private

11

Pacific Interpreters

30.00

245

5

Private

12

Language Services Associates

27.00

153

5

Private

13

Sajan

16.00

124

5

Public

14

CTS LanguageLink

10.68

54

2

Private

15

LUZ, Inc.

10.40

45

4

Private

16

Certified Languages International

10.37

55

2

Private

17

Interpreters Unlimited

10.00

26

3

Private

18

Global Language Solutions

9.90

32

2

Private

19

LanguageWorks

9.10

34

1

Private

20

Elanex, Inc.

7.58

54

8

Private