ESA: the contribution of the gaming industry to the US economy exceeded $40 billion in 2019

The gaming industry provides $59.76 billion of the total US GDP.

• The direct contribution of the video game industry to the US economy amounted to $40.9 billion.
• At the same time, the total contribution, taking into account fiscal multipliers, exceeded $90.3 billion.The total revenue of American gaming companies is $35.2 billion.
• A total of 11,427 video game-related organizations are registered in the United States.
• They employ 143,045 specialists (in total, the gaming industry employs 428,646 personnel indirectly related to this area).Taxes from the economic activity of the video game industry in 2019 amounted to $12.6 billion — of which $8.2 billion went to the federal budget.
• Geography of distribution of gaming industry specialists in the USA

Jobs

On average, 12.5 people work in one company.

• Most Americans work in the field of development — 40,676 people.
• Software manufacturers, game studios and publishers in total provide 61,230 jobs — this is 42.8% of the total number of citizens employed in the industry.
• A total of 27,283 people (19.1%) work in companies specializing in iron production.
• Retail and distributors in total provide 44,483 jobs (31.1%).
• Number of registered companies and employees

Investing in video game startups

From January 2017 to May 2020, 475 gaming companies in the United States received early stage investments.

• The total amount of investments during this period amounted to $9.8 billion, and on average each startup received funding from seven investors.
• The largest number of video game startups are in California (213), New York (48), Texas (32), Washington (28) and Massachusetts (20).
• Game developers attracted the most investments — $3.49 billion.
• At the same time, companies engaged exclusively in publishing activities received “only” $663 million.Also in the leaders in terms of the amount of investments received are esports ($ 3 billion) and developers of engines, software and services ($ 1.1 billion).
• Categories of companies and investments received

American companies with the largest capitalization

Activision Blizzard — $64.9 billion

• Electronic Arts — $41.1 billion
• Take-Two Interactive — $19.9 billion
• Zynga — $9.7 billion
• Glu Mobile — $1.4 billion
• Capitalization of the largest video game companies in the USA 

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