Edmonton’s tech economy isn’t coasting on national momentum — it’s building its own. As Canada’s software market expands, the region has become a proving ground for companies that specialize in e-commerce optimization, field-service operations, enterprise systems and industrial AI. Local players like Rokt, Jobber and others are growing by solving real operational problems for businesses across energy, retail, media and home services. The result is a software ecosystem with range and staying power, shaped by both market demand and government incentives that reward research and development.
This growth is expected to continue, supported by government initiatives like the SR&ED program that compensates companies for scientific research and experimental development.
If you want to know what’s happening in Edmonton’s software scene, start with the companies on this list.
Software Companies in Edmonton
- Rokt
- Jobber
- CSG
- AltaML
- Electronic Arts (EA)
Top Software Companies in Edmonton
Box Clever is a web design company that builds custom sites for clients across industries. Its use cases include completed projects in the arts, public service and healthcare sectors. Its value proposition focuses on aesthetics and design, with the company’s in-house design team highly attuned to how visual and audio elements appear on the client side. The company is headquartered in nearby Sherwood Park.
E-commerce marketing is the focus at Rokt, a software company that builds conversion tools for digital storefronts. Rokt deploys targeted ads according to automated workflows. On the customer end, this means helpful product suggestions appears at checkout with a one-click purchase option. These ads are delivered as drip campaigns that function by presenting a new product repeatedly until it become familiar and desirable to the customer. Rokt in headquartered in NYC with offices across Canada, including one in Edmonton.
Electronic Arts (EA) is an industry-leading gaming company that makes application software for games in a wide range of categories. EA titles span the sports, strategy, simulation, action and adventure gaming types. Its best-known titles include Madden NFL and The Sims.. The company is headquartered in Redwood, California, with offices across Canada, including Edmonton.
Founded in 1992, Matrix Solutions is a software provider that specializes in tools for managing the back-office business processes of media companies. Its signature platform, Monarch, supports media sales through a synthesis of tools for prospecting, lead generation and account growth, and analytics tools like projections and revenue management. Underneath the Monarch brand, the company also offers dedicated products for enterprise, digital and broadcast network applications. The company is headquartered in Calgary, with an office in Edmonton.
The aerospace company Pegasus specializes in building software tools that support aviation using AI power. Its products manage situational awareness and offer predictive insights for pilots and ground crew dealing with challenging conditions like birds, storms and other weather events. Pegasus’s work has applications in both civil and military aviation, as well as in public safety projects like aerial wildfire mitigation. The company is headquartered in Sturgeon County, just north of Edmonton.
Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, CSG is a SaaS company that offers tools for business process management. Its five distinct platforms mange customer engagement, revenue, payments and launch respectively, with one platform dedicated solely to managing cable and satellite provider processes. CSG offers area expertise in the telecommunications, financial services, healthcare and retail industries. The company’s Edmonton office is in the heart of downtown.
Napkin Inc. recruits, acquires and incubates e-commerce software startup businesses. It focuses on providing marketing support as well as business process coaching, with the goal of launching its incubated companies into independent businesses. Its portfolio of launched projects includes marketing software providers that serve prominent multinational automotive brands and airlines. Founded in 2020, Napkin Inc. is headquartered in Edmonton.
Jobber is a software provider that runs a marketplace platform for contractors who work in customers’ homes, such as cleaners, carpenters, landscapers and plumbers. It’s geared toward small business and sole proprietors and offers a full suite of functions, starting with client outreach and work solicitation, extending through workforce management, invoicing and payment processing. Founded in 2011, Jobber is headquartered in Edmonton.
Mobile Data Technologies, a subsidiary of NexTier, makes data acquisition software for the oil and gas industries. These tools capture and process data from IoT and other sensor-based devices within hardware tools. This data is used to measure the characteristics and performance of real-world elements in the built environment.
AltaML is a Canadian machine learning and artificial intelligence company headquartered in Edmonton. Its service model is based on reverse-engineering custom software tools that are designed to leverage the data from a given client’s specific sources, with the goal of generating operational insights. AltaML serves heavy industries including energy, manufacturing and forestry, as well as the healthtech and financial services sectors.
