Quantum Computing Sales Dataset
Every publicly disclosed quantum computer sale, lease, and cloud-access deal since 2013, with vendor, customer, system, qubits, and estimated value, plus a priced catalog of 75 quantum systems.
- Records
- 204 deals, 33 fields, plus 75 priced systems
- Coverage
- 2013 to Q1 2026
- Geography
- Global, 26 countries
- Update cadence
- Quarterly
- Last updated
- Q3 2026
- Format
- Excel workbook and PDF briefing
- Single license
- $2,999
- Corporate license
- $5,999
How you can use it
One named user at your organization, for internal work.
Everyone at your organization, and use in deliverables for your own clients.
One-time purchase, not a subscription.
This is the data only. It does not include access to the TQI Intelligence Platform.
At the single license price that is about $15 a disclosed transaction, or $40 a verified system price. Per vendor is the one cut this dataset is not built for: it is a record of deals and prices, not a contact list.
Both licenses permit the citation Source: The Quantum Insider. Neither permits redistributing the workbook, reselling the data, or publishing the full tables.
Delivered by email link as an Excel workbook and a PDF briefing. Invoice or payment link on request. Purchase orders accepted.
Sheets and fields
Deals
One row per disclosed deal or order line, 2013 to Q1 2026, with the 33 fields below.
System prices
75 quantum systems from 32 vendors with price type, best estimate, range, confidence, and the evidence behind each figure.
Summary pivots
Deal count and estimated value by year, region, vendor, deal type, customer type, and modality.
Guidelines
Field definitions, the rules for splitting multi-part orders, and how estimated values are derived.
Sources
The primary source for every row: announcements, filings, procurement notices, and company disclosures.
| Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
date | date | Date the deal was signed or announced (YYYY-MM-DD). | 2026-01-27 |
year | integer | Calendar year of the date field. | 2026 |
customer | text | Buying organization. Unnamed customers are recorded as described in the announcement. | Florida Atlantic University |
country | text | Customer country. | USA |
region | text | Customer region: North America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Oceania, Latin America. | North America |
description | text | Plain-language summary of what was bought. | Purchase agreement for an Advantage2 annealing quantum computer |
vendor | text | Selling company. | D-Wave |
announced_value_m | number | Value disclosed by the parties, in USD millions. Blank when not disclosed. | 20 |
estimated_value_m | number | TQI estimate in USD millions when no value was announced, using comparable deals and list prices. | 20 |
customer_type | category | Government / Research, Education / Research, Government / Aerospace, Government / Defense, Government, Government / Bank, Private, Non-profit Organization. | Education / Research |
deal_type | category | QPU Sale, QPU Lease, QCaaS Access, Research, Networking, Services, Software Sale, Other Hardware. | QPU Sale |
units_ordered | integer | Systems ordered under the deal. | 1 |
qpu_units_delivered | integer | Systems delivered as of the last update. | 0 |
qpu_system_model | text | Vendor model name. | Advantage2 |
qpu_physical_qubits | integer | Physical qubits of the system model. | 4400 |
logical_qubits | integer | Logical qubits where the vendor states them. | |
qubit_band | category | 1-10, 11-50, 51-100, 101-500, 501+. | 501+ |
qpu_modality | category | Superconducting, Trapped Ion, Neutral Atom, Photonics, Quantum Annealing, NMR, Silicon spin. | Quantum Annealing |
qpu_on_prem | yes/no | Whether the system is installed at the customer site. | Yes |
host_institution | text | Where the system is physically hosted when different from the customer. | Florida Atlantic University |
qpu_part_of_hpc | yes/no | Whether the system is integrated with a classical HPC facility. | No |
connected_hpc_system | text | Name of the HPC system it is paired with. | |
bundled_items | text | Software, services, or training included in the deal. | |
include_in_stats | Y/N | N marks duplicates and unverifiable lines that are retained for completeness but excluded from totals. | Y |
month | text | Month of the date field. | January |
quarter | text | Calendar quarter. | Q1 2026 |
order_id | text | Groups the lines of a multi-part order. | |
source | url | Primary source for the row. | https://www.dwavesys.com/company/newsroom/ |
comments | text | Analyst notes on the estimate or the deal. | |
qpu_deal_status | category | Announced, Delivered, Operational, Cancelled. | Announced |
qpu_recipient | text | End recipient when the buyer is an intermediary. | |
delivery_date | date | Delivery date where disclosed. | |
entry_type | category | C, P, or PC, the masterfile's entry code; defined in the guidelines sheet. | P |
What the current version shows
As of Q3 2026
As of Q3 2026
As of Q3 2026
As of Q3 2026
How this dataset is built
Sources
- Vendor and customer announcements, securities filings, procurement notices, and conference disclosures, monitored continuously by the Resonance Intelligence Engine.
- Direct disclosures from vendors and customers where TQI has a relationship.
Inclusion rules
- A deal is included 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.
- Multi-system orders are split into one line per system when the announcement supports it, grouped by order ID.
- Government grants to vendors without a buyer are excluded.
Validation
- Every row is verified against its primary source by a quantum market analyst before it enters the dataset.
- Estimated values use disclosed list prices, comparable deals, and vendor guidance; the estimate basis is recorded in the comments field.
Confidence
Announced values are recorded as disclosed. Estimated values carry an analyst confidence note. Rows flagged N in include_in_stats are excluded from every total.
Known limitations
- Vendors disclose a minority of deal values, so totals lean on estimates for about half of rows.
- Cloud access contracts rarely disclose usage, so QCaaS lines understate cloud revenue.
- China is covered through public announcements only.
What buyers do with it
Vendor benchmarking
Compare vendors by deals, value, regions, customer types, and installed base, with the evidence behind every figure.
Revenue validation
Cross-check public-company revenue and private-company claims against disclosed and estimated deal values.
Procurement pricing
Anchor a budget or a bid with the price table for 75 systems by model, qubits, and access type.
Versions
- Quarterly refresh. Records, sources and the methodology sheet reviewed.
- Q1 2026 refresh: 2026 deals added, system prices revised.
- Masterfile consolidation with modality, HPC, and delivery status fields.
- Vendor report edition with price table introduced.
Read before you buy
How many quantum computers have been sold?
TQI tracks 204 disclosed quantum computing deals from 2013 to early 2026, including 142 system sales. Who sold them, who bought them, and what they were worth.
How much does a quantum computer cost?
Quantum computers cost from tens of thousands of dollars for teaching systems to over $100M for HPC installations. Median deal and price per qubit by modality.
Who buys quantum computers?
Most quantum computers go to public institutions: HPC centers, research agencies, defense labs, and universities. Buyer types and regions in 204 tracked deals.
About this dataset
Yes. Quantum computing as a service contracts are recorded as QCaaS Access deals with the customer, vendor, and any disclosed value. Usage volumes are rarely disclosed, so cloud lines understate cloud revenue.
Analysts estimate from the vendor's list prices, comparable deals for the same model and qubit count, and vendor guidance. The basis is recorded in the comments field so you can accept or override it.
No. This dataset covers quantum computing only. Networking and sensing deployments are being packaged as a separate dataset covering 103 networking deals, 83 sensing deals, and 40 network deployments. Use Notify me on the Datasets page to hear when it ships.
Quarterly, aligned to TQI's QPU sales update. The version you buy is the one current at purchase, and the update log on this page shows what changed.
Yes. Request a sample and we send a truncated workbook with the full field list, the guidelines sheet, and a subset of rows.
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