KPI observatory

Two separate series, never added together. (1) The EU maximum contribution of the CORDIS quantum projects in the portal snapshot, summed by the year each project starts; only CORDIS rows are used, so a project that also appears in the Funding & Tenders snapshot is counted once, as on Follow the money. (2) Publicly announced private rounds of the investor view by announcement year, one total per currency: closed rounds with a disclosed amount only, acquisitions and listings left out, as on the rounds tracker.

Coverage: The CORDIS snapshot of the portal (Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects matched as quantum); the curated rounds file (2023 onwards, not exhaustive).

• EU grants are commitments to projects, not the venture, seed and public-private investment the SAB counts.
• The current year is incomplete: projects are still being signed and rounds announced.
• Rounds are a curated selection, not a census of European quantum investment.

Data as of 2026-10-16.

Companies of the investor view screener (private for-profit organisations in European countries taking part in the CORDIS quantum projects, entities of one company grouped through reviewed links), counted cumulatively by the start year of their first quantum project in the snapshot; SMEs as flagged in CORDIS.

Coverage: Companies with at least one CORDIS quantum project; companies without EU funding are not seen.

• The SAB counts SME members of QuIC; the portal counts companies in EU-funded projects, a different and larger population.
• The first project year is not the founding year.

Data as of 2026-11-02.

Entries of the infrastructure catalogue whose sources name a testing service or a fabrication service as an access route.

Coverage: The source-verified infrastructure catalogue: EuroHPC, EuroQCI, Qu-Test and Qu-Pilot, Chips JU pilot lines and national platforms.

• Several entries are networks or projects that group many sites; the SAB counts research institutions.
• A named access route is not proof that SMEs can book the service today.
• The catalogue has no history, so there is no yearly series.

Data as of 2026-10-27.

Published job and position opportunities on the portal, counted by the year they were added.

Coverage: Postings from qt.eu and the public job boards the portal reads.

• Postings, not jobs created: one job can be posted more than once and many jobs are never posted on these boards.
• The year is when the portal added the posting, not when the job was created.
• The current year is incomplete.

Data as of 2026-11-02.

The patent landscape of technology intelligence: published documents per publication year found by EPO Open Patent Services searches in CPC G06N 10 (quantum computing) and in H04L 9/0852 with H04B 10/70 (quantum communication), shown as two series.

Coverage: Worldwide publications in those CPC groups, collected a few years per scheduled run while an OPS key is installed.

• Documents, not patent families, and worldwide: the share of European applicants is not available because applicant countries are not collected yet, so no rank can be derived.
• The two series can overlap and are not added together.
• The last two years are incomplete.

Data as of 2026-11-02.

Components of the source-verified parts tree for which at least one company takes part in a CORDIS quantum project whose title names the component, as on the technology map.

Coverage: Components of the parts tree; CORDIS projects and organisations of the portal snapshot.

• A company in an EU-funded project about a component is not proof that the component is produced in the EU.
• The SAB counts components formerly imported and now made in the EU; the portal cannot observe imports.

Data as of 2026-10-16.

Countries with a national EuroQCI project in the infrastructure catalogue, and quantum communication records of the deployment tracker whose furthest evidenced milestone is delivered, commissioned or operational, against those only planned.

Coverage: The infrastructure catalogue and the deployment tracker, both source-verified.

• A national project is not a connected metropolitan area, and the tracker does not record QKD key rates or node counts.
• The registries have no complete history, so there is no yearly series.

Data as of 2026-10-28.

Use cases of the adoption directory classified as quantum communication, counted cumulatively by the year of their source. Post-quantum cryptography cases are classical security and are not counted.

Coverage: The source-verified use cases of the adoption directory.

• A curated selection of documented cases, not every service on the market.

Data as of 2026-10-21.

Use cases of the adoption directory classified as quantum computing, counted cumulatively by the year of their source.

Coverage: The source-verified use cases of the adoption directory.

• A curated selection; the SAB counts the QuIC use-case database, which is much larger.

Data as of 2026-10-21.

Quantum computers and computing user platforms of the infrastructure catalogue that are inaugurated or in operation and whose sources name a call, online access or commercial access.

Coverage: The source-verified infrastructure catalogue.

• Facilities, not entities, and not limited to fully European stacks.
• The catalogue has no history, so there is no yearly series.

Data as of 2026-10-27.

Systems of the deployment tracker in the EuroHPC programme, for computing or simulation, whose evidence shows them commissioned (inaugurated) or operational and whose user access is open, counted cumulatively by the year of commissioning. This follows the Digital Decade wording quoted by the booklet: operational and accessible to user communities.

Coverage: The source-verified deployment tracker; national machines outside EuroHPC are shown apart and not counted.

• Inaugurated is not always confirmed production operation; the tracker says so per system.
• Access dates are often not stated, so the year is the commissioning year.

Data as of 2026-10-28.

Quantum simulators of the infrastructure catalogue that are inaugurated or in operation, with those planned shown apart.

Coverage: The source-verified infrastructure catalogue.

• Availability is not quantum advantage: the SAB counts simulators giving results classical computers cannot obtain.
• The catalogue has no history, so there is no yearly series.

Data as of 2026-10-27.

Use cases of the adoption directory classified as quantum simulation, counted cumulatively by the year of their source.

Coverage: The source-verified use cases of the adoption directory.

• A curated selection; a documented case need not run on an EU quantum simulator.

Data as of 2026-10-21.

Families of the sensing pillar of the shared quantum technology taxonomy with at least one organisation whose classification is confirmed.

Coverage: The taxonomy index of the portal: organisations classified by source fields, keyword rules or editors.

• Technology families, not product classes, and organisations, not products sold: at most as many as the families the taxonomy defines.
• The index has no history, so there is no yearly series.

Data as of 2026-11-02.

Published events on the portal counted by the year they start, with the events whose categories name education, training, schools or outreach shown apart.

Coverage: Events imported from qt.eu and the event feeds the portal reads, and events added by editors.

• Every event the portal lists, not only those promoted under the Flagship criteria.
• Category names come from the sources and are not always set.

Data as of 2026-11-02.

Entries of the course directory, with free online courses, certificates and schools as the headline because they are closest to open modules; master's programmes and the other entries are shown apart.

Coverage: The source-verified course directory.

• Courses and degrees, not curated and validated open-source modules of the Flagship repository.
• The directory has no history, so there is no yearly series.

Data as of 2026-10-30.