Simerics
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2005
- HeadquartersBellevue, United States
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
Simerics firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Simerics
- Legal name
- Simerics Inc.
- Website
- https://simerics.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2005
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Simerics industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Software
- NAICS
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Pump and Compressor Manufacturing (33391), Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing (333912)
- SIC
- Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Pump & Compressor Packages (Skids, Booster Sets) (IMAHANAG)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Process Gas & High-Pressure Compressors (IMAHANAF), Compressors, Refrigeration Components & Condensing Units (IMADANAG), Chemical Processing Equipment (Reactors, Mixers, Agitators) (IMAHAEAA)
Keywords
Where Simerics is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Bellevue
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices5 records
Markets served
Simerics business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- Software Licenses: Simerics generates revenue primarily through CAE software licenses including Simerics-MP and Simerics-MP+ products, with different product tiers for multipurpose and specialized applications (Vehicle, Marine, PD, Turbo, Valves, Systems).
- Professional Services: Technical training, simulation support, and consulting services provided alongside software deployment, including on-site demonstrations and application engineering support.
Go-to-market motion4 records
Distribution channels7 records
Marketing channels8 records
Simerics product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Simerics develops and licenses computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computer-aided engineering (CAE) software used to simulate fluid systems, with particular depth in multiphase flow and cavitation physics. Its Simerics-MP and Simerics-MP+ platforms and the dedicated PumpLinx product are sold to engineering teams at OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers in the automotive, aerospace, marine, pumps, compressors, and fluid-power industries to predict the performance of pumps, valves, turbomachinery, marine propulsors, and vehicle fluid systems.
Product overview
Simerics develops a platform-plus-modules CAE software architecture for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation. The core product is Simerics-MP, a multi-purpose 3-D CFD platform providing core physics capabilities including flow, turbulence, heat transfer, cavitation, multiphase flow, and particle tracking. Simerics-MP+ extends the platform with specialized application modules including Simerics-MP+ for Vehicle (thermal management and external flow), Simerics-MP+ for Marine (hull and propeller analysis), Simerics-MP+ for PD (positive displacement pumps/compressors/motors), Simerics-MP+ for Turbo (turbomachinery), Simerics-MP+ for Valves (valve dynamics), and Simerics-MP+ for Systems (combined fluid systems). The legacy product PumpLinx provides specialized pump and rotating machinery simulation capabilities. All products share the same core solver technology with automated meshing (CAB algorithm) and templates for rapid model setup.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Simerics-MP: Multi-purpose 3D CFD simulation software for applications involving single phase or multiphase flow, turbulence, cavitation/aeration, heat and mass transfer, particle and fluid-structure interaction
- Simerics-MP+
- PumpLinx
- Simerics-MP+ for Vehicle
- Simerics-MP+ for Marine
- Simerics-MP+ for PD
- Simerics-MP+ for Turbo
- Simerics-MP+ for Valves
- Simerics-MP+ for Systems
Products and services
- Simerics-MP Core multiphase computational fluid dynamics platform for simulating transient fluid flows with cavitation and related physics, sold to engineering teams in automotive, aerospace, marine, and fluid-power industries.
- Simerics-MP+ Extended version of the Simerics-MP platform with add-on industry modules covering Vehicle, Marine, Positive Displacement (PD), Turbo, Valves, and Systems use cases, targeted at vertical-specific fluid-system simulation workflows.
- PumpLinx Standalone pump simulation software used by pump manufacturers and design engineers to predict rotodynamic and positive-displacement pump performance, NPSH, and cavitation behavior.
- Professional Services (Training and Simulation Consulting) Training, simulation consulting, and engineering services sold alongside Simerics-MP, Simerics-MP+, and PumpLinx to help customers set up and run multiphase CFD cases for their fluid-system applications.
Quantifiable outcome
- Simulation accuracy within 5% of physical hardware test results over full operating range
- +6 more outcomes
Companies that use Simerics
Customer profileNamed customers61 records
Segments9 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Simerics technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration6 records
Feature7 records
Simerics partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Nine partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.
- AMDmajorTechnology partnership enabling significant performance increases for CFD simulations. Simerics 6.1.2 includes thread pinning optimizations for AMD workstation processors, reducing time and cost required for CFD simulation.
- AES VietnammajorVietnamese distributor partnership with Phuong Linh Group, a pioneer in manufacturing industrial fans and air handling equipment in Vietnam with 25 years of experience. Focus on technology transfer, training, and CFD methodology application.
- Orca3DmajorOrca3D Marine CFD integration bringing computational fluid dynamics to naval architects for resistance and propulsion analyses. Partnership enables easy setup and analysis of hydrodynamic performance for displacement and planing hull designs.
- CCEFP (Compact Center for Efficient Fluid Power)coreR&D collaboration with CCEFP for application of PumpLinx in fundamental research within university research centers. Simerics provides software and technical expertise for fluid power research projects.
- 80/20 Engineering LtdmajorUK-based distributor of Simerics CFD tools including PumpLinx and Simerics-Turbo, providing training, technical support, and consultative analysis services. Joint venture with expertise in fluid mechanics and CFD.
- PDM Analysis LtdcoreCooperation agreement for integrated design and analysis solution combining SCORG screw compressor design software with PumpLinx CFD simulation. The partnership offers designers an integrated virtual tool for screw machines capable of simulating full operating conditions including clearance management, real gas multiphase flows, and cavitation.
- CFturbo GmbHcoreCollaborative agreement to develop and maintain interfaces between CFturbo turbomachinery design software and Simerics virtual testing CFD tools (PumpLinx and Simerics MP). Provides complete process for design, analysis, and simulation of turbomachinery.
- SpaceClaimmajorSoftware integration partnership announced September 2012 for direct integration between SpaceClaim Engineer and PumpLinx/Simerics MP, providing an integrated simulation solution from CAD to CFD.
- HikeyminorChina-based partner for conducting advanced PumpLinx training classes. Hikey Shanghai and Beijing offices hosted training sessions for over 100 engineers.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves8 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Simerics competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- ANSYS: Largest independent CAE/CFD vendor with Fluent and CFX solvers covering the full multiphysics spectrum. Directly competes with Simerics in fluid-machinery CFD but as part of a much broader simulation platform serving the same automotive, aerospace, and industrial customers.
- Siemens Digital Industries Software (Star-CCM+): Star-CCM+ is a flagship multiphysics CFD platform inside Siemens' Xcelerator portfolio. Overlaps directly with Simerics-MP on rotating-machinery and turbomachinery CFD while bundling into Siemens' broader PLM/EDA stack for the same enterprise buyers.
- Dassault Systèmes (SIMULIA / XFlow): Dassault's SIMULIA suite (including PowerFLOW and CFD products) competes head-on in fluid-machinery and vehicle external-aero CFD, and is sold into many of the same automotive OEMs and aerospace customers that Simerics serves.
- Altair Engineering: Altair offers the AcuSolve CFD solver and a broader CAE/optimization portfolio. It competes directly in fluid-machinery CFD and is explicitly cited alongside ANSYS and Dassault as a key player in the CAE/CFD market that Simerics addresses.
- Hexagon (Cradle CFD): Cradle CFD (formerly scSTREAM) inside Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division competes in general-purpose and rotating-machinery CFD, often serving automotive and industrial OEMs that overlap with Simerics' customer base.
- Autodesk (Fusion 360 Simulation / CFD): Autodesk bundles CFD capabilities inside Fusion 360 and its broader design suite, competing at the lower end and with CAD-integrated workflows that overlap with Simerics' SpaceClaim-integrated CAD-to-CFD story for general mechanical and product-design customers.
- PTC (Creo Simulation): PTC's Creo CAD platform includes integrated CFD/thermal simulation capabilities. Competes with Simerics for embedded fluid-thermal simulation seats inside PLM-driven mechanical engineering workflows at industrial OEMs.
Direct peers
- Cadence (NUMECA): NUMECA (now part of Cadence) is one of the closest direct competitors to Simerics, specializing in turbomachinery and rotating-machinery CFD (FINE/Turbo) with strong adoption among pump and compressor manufacturers — overlapping with Simerics-MP+ for Turbo and PD.
- COMSOL: COMSOL Multiphysics is a widely adopted multiphysics simulation platform with strong CFD/multi-purpose capabilities. It competes with Simerics-MP on multiphase, heat transfer, and fluid-structure interaction, particularly with engineering teams that prefer a more general-purpose environment.
Emerging players
- OpenFOAM: Open-source CFD toolkit widely used in academic and industrial fluid-machinery research. Competes on price-sensitive and customization-driven workloads where Simerics' licensed-template approach is differentiated, and provides a free alternative that constrains Simerics' low-end pricing.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
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Simerics leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
Simerics subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
Simerics funding detail
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Funding rounds
Investors
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Simerics M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Simerics
What does Simerics do?
Simerics develops and licenses computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computer-aided engineering (CAE) software used to simulate fluid systems, with particular depth in multiphase flow and cavitation physics. Its Simerics-MP and Simerics-MP+ platforms and the dedicated PumpLinx product are sold to engineering teams at OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers in the automotive, aerospace, marine, pumps, compressors, and fluid-power industries to predict the performance of pumps, valves, turbomachinery, marine propulsors, and vehicle fluid systems.
Is Simerics a public or private company?
Simerics is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Simerics founded?
Simerics was founded in 2005. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is Simerics based?
Simerics is headquartered in Bellevue, United States, in the North America region.
How does Simerics make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Software Licenses are the primary driver. The others are professional Services.
Who are Simerics's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are ANSYS, Siemens Digital Industries Software (Star-CCM+), Dassault Systèmes (SIMULIA / XFlow), Altair Engineering, Hexagon (Cradle CFD), Autodesk (Fusion 360 Simulation / CFD) and PTC (Creo Simulation). Direct peers are Cadence (NUMECA) and COMSOL. OpenFOAM is listed as an emerging player.
Does Simerics have an API?
No public API is recorded for Simerics.
What industry is Simerics in?
Simerics's product category is Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAHANAG, Pump & Compressor Packages (Skids, Booster Sets), with a secondary code of IMAHANAF, Process Gas & High-Pressure Compressors. Its NAICS code is 54151 and its SIC code is 7372.