9 Coding Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: April 9th, 2024

Start A Coding Business

Here are some real life success stories of starting a coding business:

1. Frontend Mentor ($360K/year)

Matt Studdert, founder of Frontend Mentor, came up with the idea for his business while teaching a front-end web development course. He noticed that his students often struggled to find professional designs and projects to practice their skills and build their portfolios. This led him to create a platform that provides developers with challenges, designs, and optimized assets, ultimately launching Frontend Mentor.

How much they make: $360K/year
How much did it cost to start: $8K
Current team size: 0

We Built A $180K/Year Learn-To-Code Community

Online learning community Frontend Mentor has over 200,000 members, with over 1,500 paid subscribers generating over $15,000 MRR, offering professionally designed challenges to improve front-end coding skills with a freemium business model and a focus on real-life experience.

About

Matt started Frontend Mentor almost 6 years ago

Revenue

Matt grew the business to $30K/month

Costs

It cost Matt $8000 to start the business

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2. Codiga ($660K/year)

How much they make: $660K/year
Current team size: 7

Burning $55k/mo building freemium tool for developers, 15k users, $1.2m raised

Codiga, a platform for programmers to receive code snippets & analysis, has raised $2.1M from various investors, and automates code reviews on GitHub, Gitlab, and Bitbucket, identifying flaws in over 10 programming languages.

About

Julien started Codiga almost 4 years ago

Revenue

Julien grew the business to $55K/month

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So... can you actually make money with a coding business?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

Start Now

6. SWIFT Codes & BIC Codes for all the Banks in the World

What are SWIFT / BIC Codes? Find, check, and search for SWIFT codes using our directory of all the bank in the world.

Website traffic: 430K/month

7. QR Code Generator – create QR codes for free (Logo, T-Shirt, vCard, EPS)

Website traffic: 490K/month

8. Code::Blocks

The IDE with all the features you need, having a consistent look, feel and operation across platforms.

Website traffic: 500K/month

9. Buffer

Build your audience and grow your brand on social media. Plan and schedule thumb-stopping content that drives meaningful engagement and growth for your business.

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 3.77M/month