Additional IBM Statistics
IBM’s total number of patents:
206,272
Last updated 8/16/17
Number of patents IBM received in 2014:
7,534
Number of patents IBM received in 2015:
7,355
Number of patents IBM received in 2016:
8,088
Number of electronic health records IBM Watson handles:
100 million
Last updated 1/1/17
Number of healthcare claims IBM Watson handles:
200 million
Last updated 1/1/17
Number of IBM Watson Health employees:
7,000
Last updated 1/1/17
Percentage of the world’s largest banks that use IBM products to run their systems:
97%
Last updated 1/1/17
Percentage of global credit card transactions that are processed on IBM mainframes:
90%
Last updated 1/1/17
Percentage of global retailers that are powered by IBM retail solutions:
80%
Last updated 1/1/17
Percentage of the world’s travel reservations that are processed on IBM systems:
80%
Last updated 1/1/17
Number of IBM security clients:
12,000
Last updated 1/1/17
Number of IBM blockchain customers:
more than 400
Last updated 1/1/17
IBM’s share of the global IaaS market:
1.8%
Last updated 8/2/19
Number of countries IBM has employees in:
170
Last updated 11/29/17
Number of IBM employees in India:
130,000
Last updated 9/29/17
Number of IBM lab researchers:
more than 3,000
Last updated 11/29/17
Number of IBM research labs globally:
12
Last updated 11/29/17
Amount that IBM is reportedly buying Red Hat for:
$33.4 billion