Private#6 of 12 in this industry1 market
Final Draft
screenwritersscreenwritingmoviesfilm production studios
Part of EQT
· EQT; TA Associates (board seat via Backstage deal)
EQT VIII agreed to buy it from Silver Lake 2018-12-10 (price undisclosed); EQT majority owner per Feb 2022 Backstage deal coverage
Burbank, California, US · founded 1976
Revenue—not disclosed
Markets named in1across this research
Incumbent in1the one to displace
Rank in industry6 / 12by revenue
01
Where it competes
Every market in this research that names Final Draft. Where it is the named incumbent it leads the list. The entry signal is the market’s, not the company’s — it says how open that market is to someone new.
| Market | Role | Share | Entry signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film & TV Production Payroll & Spend Software 512110 Motion picture and video production |
Incumbent | — | 45% entry signal |
02
Others in Motion picture and video production
Ranked by revenue. Companies that disclose none follow, ordered by how many markets name them.
| 1 | Autodesk NASDAQ:ADSK | — |
| 2 | AYON Private | — |
| 3 | Backlight Private | — |
| 4 | Circus Private | — |
| 5 | Entertainment Partners Private | — |
| 6 | Final Draft Private | — |
| 7 | GreenSlate Private | — |
| 8 | Kitsu Private | — |
| 9 | LUK Network Private | — |
| 10 | OpenPype Private | — |
| 11 | RollCredits Private | — |
| 12 | Wrapbook Private | — |
Company details are from the search.cos database (snapshot 2026-10-10); market roles, shares and sourced revenue are from the research records linked above. Filed under the industry it serves — a software vendor sits with the industry that buys from it. Ranks convert currencies at approximate rates to put companies in order; every figure shown is in the currency it was reported in.