INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP
International Business Machines Corporation, doing business as IBM (nicknamed Big Blue), is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is a publicly traded company and one of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. IBM is the largest industrial research organization in the world, with 19 research facilities across a dozen countries; for 29 consecutive years, from 1993 to 2021, it held the record for most annual U.S. patents generated by a business.
Basic company information
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- Ticker / security symbols
- IBM [1]
- Listing exchanges
- NYSE [1]
- SEC industry
- Computer & office Equipment [1]
- Business sectors
- computer industry; computer hardware industry; IT service management; information technology consulting; software industry [2]
- Company / filing name
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP [1]
- Headquarters location
- Armonk [2]
- Business address
- 1 NEW ORCHARD ROAD, ARMONK, NY, 10504 [1]
- Founded
- 1911-06-16 [2]
- Legal form
- corporation [2]
- Incorporation jurisdiction
- New York, United States [1]
- Leadership in background record
- Arvind Krishna [2]
- Founders
- Charles Ranlett Flint; Thomas John Watson, Sr. [2]
- Official website
- https://www.ibm.com/uk-en; https://www.ibm.com/de-de/; https://www.ibm.com/us-en/; https://www.ibm.com/ [2]
- Employees
- 352,600 · reported year 2019 [2]
- Annual revenue
- USD 62,753,000,000 · reported year 2024 [2]
- Fiscal year end
- December 31 (SEC record) [1]
- ISIN (reported securities)
- US4592001014 [2]
- CIK
- 0000051143 [1]
- SIC code
- 3570 [1]
- Country in background record
- United States [2]
Company positioning and business
International Business Machines Corporation, doing business as IBM (nicknamed Big Blue), is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and present in over 175 countries. It is a publicly traded company and one of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. IBM is the largest industrial research organization in the world, with 19 research facilities across a dozen countries; for 29 consecutive years, from 1993 to 2021, it held the record for most annual U.S. patents generated by a business. [3]
IBM was founded in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR), a holding company of manufacturers of record-keeping and measuring systems. It was renamed "International Business Machines" in 1924 and soon became the leading manufacturer of punch-card tabulating systems. During the 1960s and 1970s, the IBM mainframe, exemplified by the System/360 and its successors, was the world's dominant computing platform, with the company producing 80 percent of computers in the U.S. and 70 percent of computers worldwide. Embracing both business and scientific computing, System/360 was the first family of computers designed to cover a complete range of applications from small to large. [3]
IBM entered the microcomputer market in 1981 with the IBM Personal Computer; its architecture remains the basis for the majority of personal computers sold today. The company later also found success in the laptop space with the ThinkPad. Since the 1990s, IBM has concentrated on computer services, software, supercomputers, and scientific research; it sold its microcomputer division to Lenovo in 2005. IBM continues to develop mainframes, and its supercomputers have consistently ranked among the most powerful in the world in the 21st century. [3]
Background text: Wikipedia contributors, IBM. Selected introductory paragraphs, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Official filing data is cited separately.
Management and corporate governance
The Wikidata background record identifies Arvind Krishna in the chief-executive role. This background entry is not an official confirmation of the current board or executive roster. [2]
Understanding company scale
Employees: 352,600 · reported year 2019. [2]
Annual revenue: USD 62,753,000,000 · reported year 2024. [2]
Financial year, securities and disclosures
The SEC submissions record gives INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP a fiscal year end of 1231 (MMDD). Individual filings below identify their own reporting period; the filing date is the publication event, not the financial year end. [1]
Listed securities: IBM (NYSE). Multiple symbols may represent different share classes or securities of the same registrant. [4]
History and key events
Financial results and regulatory disclosures
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Source-verified relationships
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Related entities and concepts
Frequently asked questions
When was INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP founded?
Founded: 1911-06-16. The linked source provides the background record. [2]
Where is the headquarters of INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP?
Headquarters location: Armonk. The linked source provides the background record. [2]
Which business sectors are recorded for INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP?
Business sectors: computer industry; computer hardware industry; IT service management; information technology consulting; software industry. The linked source provides the background record. [2]
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP relationship map
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Sources and review dates
- SEC — INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP filing identity and securities ↗
- Wikidata — company background record (CC0) ↗
- Wikipedia contributors — IBM (CC BY-SA 4.0) ↗
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Reviewed 23 October 2026. Financial periods and historical event dates are shown separately. Figures reflect their stated source dates; this page is not a live quote or investment recommendation.