# Bentley Systems

> Bentley Systems is the infrastructure engineering software company behind the tools that quietly draw, model, build, and monitor much of the world's roads, rail, bridges, water networks, and power grids. Started by five brothers in 1984 around the MicroStation CAD engine, it has grown into a Nasdaq-listed company (BSY) with roughly $1.4 billion in annual recurring revenue, a portfolio spanning design (OpenRoads, STAAD, PLAXIS), delivery (ProjectWise), construction (SYNCHRO), and operations (AssetWise), all increasingly stitched together by its iTwin digital-twin platform and a growing layer of infrastructure AI.

- **Founded:** 1984
- **Headquarters:** Exton, Pennsylvania, United States
- **Founders:** Keith A. Bentley (Co-founder, former CTO), Barry J. Bentley (Co-founder), Greg Bentley (Co-founder, Executive Chair (CEO 1995-2024)), Scott Bentley (Co-founder), Ray Bentley (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~5,500 colleagues (some sources cite ~5,800)
- **Products:** MicroStation, ProjectWise, AssetWise, iTwin Platform, Bentley Infrastructure Cloud
- **Notable:** Grew from a five-brother startup in 1984 to a Nasdaq-listed company with ~$1.4B annual recurring revenue., IPO'd on Nasdaq in 2020 (BSY) at a ~$5B valuation after an unusually long path to public markets., Crossed $1 billion in ARR in 2022.

## Products & services

- **MicroStation** — Flagship CAD and modeling platform for infrastructure design, drafting, and simulation - the engine the company was built on.
- **ProjectWise** — Engineering project delivery and collaboration platform for managing design information across distributed teams.
- **AssetWise** — Asset lifecycle information and reliability management for infrastructure owner-operators.
- **iTwin Platform** — Open, cloud-based platform for creating and running infrastructure digital twins; the foundation of Bentley Infrastructure Cloud, with an open developer API and open-source SDK.
- **Bentley Infrastructure Cloud** — Unifies project delivery (ProjectWise), construction (SYNCHRO), and operations (AssetWise), all powered by iTwin.
- **OpenRoads / OpenRail / OpenBridge / OpenSite** — Applications for road, rail, bridge, and site design; OpenSite+ adds generative-AI-assisted civil site design.
- **STAAD & RAM** — Structural analysis and design software for buildings, bridges, and industrial structures.
- **SYNCHRO** — 4D digital construction planning and field management; SYNCHRO+ adds AI-assisted construction planning.
- **PLAXIS** — Finite-element geotechnical analysis for soil and rock deformation and stability.
- **OpenFlows (Haestad)** — Hydraulic and hydrologic modeling for water, wastewater, and stormwater networks - WaterGEMS, WaterCAD, HAMMER, SewerGEMS.
- **Seequent** — Geoscience and subsurface modeling portfolio for geology and geotechnical data - 'The Bentley Subsurface Company'.
- **Cesium** — Open 3D geospatial platform and creator of the 3D Tiles standard; powers massive-scale reality and geospatial digital twins.

## Achievements

- Grew from a five-brother startup in 1984 to a Nasdaq-listed company with ~$1.4B annual recurring revenue.
- IPO'd on Nasdaq in 2020 (BSY) at a ~$5B valuation after an unusually long path to public markets.
- Crossed $1 billion in ARR in 2022.
- Built the iTwin open platform and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud as an industry standard for infrastructure digital twins.
- Through its Cesium acquisition, owns the widely adopted open 3D Tiles geospatial standard used across the industry and by Google.
- Hosts the global Going Digital Awards, drawing hundreds of infrastructure project nominations from dozens of countries each year.

## Latest updates

- **2024-07** — Nicholas Cumins becomes CEO - the first non-family leader in the company's 40-year history - as Greg Bentley moves to Executive Chair.
- **2024-09** — Acquires Cesium, the open 3D geospatial company and creator of the 3D Tiles standard.
- **2024-10** — Partners with Google to bring Photorealistic 3D Tiles into infrastructure digital-twin workflows; hosts Year in Infrastructure 2024 in Vancouver.
- **2025-08** — Reports Q2 2025 revenue of ~$364M and ARR of ~$1.38B with double-digit constant-currency growth.
- **2025-10** — Cate Lochead named Chief Marketing Officer, joining from senior roles at Oracle and Intuit.
- **2025-12** — Expands infrastructure AI - OpenSite+ generative site design, SYNCHRO+ AI construction planning early access, and Bentley Copilot heading to road and rail design.

## Links

- Website: https://bentley.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bentley-systems
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BentleySystems
- GitHub: https://github.com/iTwin
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BentleySystems
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bentleysystems/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BentleySystems

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Last updated: 2026-08-12