How many quantum computers have been sold?
The Quantum Insider tracks 204 publicly disclosed quantum computing deals from 2013 to early 2026, of which 144 are outright system sales and 18 are leases. Fifty-five vendors appear in the data, selling into 26 countries. The median deal is worth about $10 million. Most systems go to national supercomputing centers, research institutions, and government labs. As of Q3 2026.
What counts as a sale
The Quantum Insider (TQI) records a deal when a named vendor and a named or described customer agree to a sale, lease, cloud-access contract, or funded research engagement involving a quantum computer. Government grants to vendors with no identified buyer are excluded, because they fund development rather than a purchase.
That produces 204 tracked deals between 2013 and early 2026, from 55 vendors, reaching customers in 26 countries.
Deals by type
| Deal type | Count |
|---|---|
| System sale | 144 |
| System lease | 18 |
| Research engagement | 14 |
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Open the Quantum Computing Sales Dataset →Outright sales dominate because on-premise installation is how public institutions buy. Cloud access appears rarely in deal data even though it is how most users reach a quantum computer, since consumption contracts are seldom announced.
Deals by year
Deal counts ran at four or five a year through 2019 to 2021, then jumped to 33 in 2022, 36 in 2023 and a peak of 54 in 2024. 2025 recorded 39, and the first quarter of 2026 adds 12.
The step change is 2022, when European and Asian national programs began procuring systems rather than funding research. The 2026 figure covers the first quarter only.
Leading vendors
IQM leads on deal count with 25, ahead of IonQ at 19 and D-Wave at 15. IBM is fourth on count with 12 but first on tracked value at about $732 million, an average of $66 million a deal against IQM's $14 million. Rigetti, Quantum Brilliance, XeedQ and Fujitsu each sit between five and ten deals. The workbook carries all 55 vendors with deal count, tracked value and average deal size on every row.
Deal count and deal value rank vendors differently. IQM has sold the most systems, largely into European supercomputing centers. IBM has the highest tracked value because its agreements are larger and often bundle multi-year access.
What the total does not include
Vendors sell systems without announcing them, particularly to defense customers, so the count is a floor rather than a census. Chinese domestic sales are visible only through public announcements. Cloud usage is not counted at all. What the dataset does guarantee is that every one of the 204 deals has a public source attached to it.
Frequently asked
Cloud contracts are tracked separately as QCaaS access deals, of which there are nine. The 144 figure counts systems sold outright.
IQM leads on deal count with 25, ahead of IonQ at 19 and D-Wave at 15. IBM leads on tracked value at about $732 million across 12 deals, because its deals are larger on average.
Only deals with a public record are included. Vendors sell some systems without announcement, so the total is a floor.
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