Quantum Computing Software Market Report 2025

This Quantum Computing Software market report provides a comprehensive analysis of the market’s characteristics, size, and growth, including segmentation, regional and country-level breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends, and strategies. It also tracks historical and forecasted market growth across various geographies.

The quantum computing software market size has grown exponentially in recent years. It will grow from $0.5 billion in 2024 to $0.62 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.6%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to need for quantum computing solutions, government support for the development and deployment of the technology, demand for this equipment and services, the increasing number of strategic alliances for research and development, rising adoption of this software in the BFSI segment.

The quantum computing software market size is expected to see exponential growth in the next few years. It will grow to $1.53 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.2%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasingly offering cloud-based platforms, rise in the adoption of quantum computing technology in drug discovery, rise in the investment for digital transformation. Major trends in the forecast period include development of tailored quantum software, incorporation of quantum development kits, product innovation, collaborations between well-established technology, introduction of hybrid classical-quantum solutions.

The anticipated surge in investments in quantum computing startups is poised to drive the growth of the quantum computing software market. Quantum computing startups specialize in developing and commercializing quantum computing technology, with increasing investments attributed to government support and the potential for disruptive innovation. The rise in investments in these startups is driven by their revolutionary potential to unlock new commercial opportunities and generate economic value across various industries. For instance, in October 2023, according to FINRA, investments in quantum computing startups (both hardware and software) reached record highs of $2.35 billion in 2022, marking a significant increase compared to the previous two years. Consequently, the escalating investments in quantum computing startups are fueling the growth of the quantum computing software market.

Key players in the quantum computing software market are prioritizing technological advancements such as cloud-based quantum computing services to maintain a competitive edge. Cloud-based quantum computing offers enterprise customers access to hybrid quantum computing capabilities, including quantum-powered AI, optimization, and machine learning. For example, in March 2024, Oracle Corporation, a US-based technology company, introduced a cloud quantum enterprise software service. This service enables customers to explore new industrial use cases of hybrid quantum computing, which combines classical high-performance computing with quantum computing to deliver robust processing capabilities. Utilizing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), powered by Nvidia A100 Tensor Core GPU clusters and the Nvidia CUDA Quantum open-source hybrid quantum computing platform.

In May 2022, ColdQuanta, a US-based quantum technology company, acquired Super. tech for an undisclosed amount. This integration combines ColdQuanta's hardware capabilities with Super. tech's software applications and algorithms, expected to accelerate the time-to-value of customers' quantum computing projects. Super. tech, a US-based quantum software company, provides the quantum software stack.

Major companies operating in the quantum computing software market are Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Huawei Technology Co. Ltd., Amazon Web Services Inc., Accenture PLC, International Business Machines Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Honeywell International Inc., SAP SE, Salesforce.com Inc., Fujitsu Ltd., Kronos Incorporated, 1QB Information Technologies Inc., Zapata Computing Inc., Rigetti Computing Inc., QC Ware Corp., D-Wave Quantum Systems Inc., Cambridge Quantum Computing Ltd., Riverlane Limited, Algorithmiq Inc., Strangeworks Inc., Phasecraft Limited, Entropica Labs Pte. Ltd., ProteinQure Inc., Quantum Circuits Inc.

North America was the largest region in the quantum computing software market in 2024. The regions covered in the quantum computing software market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the quantum computing software market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

Quantum computing software encompasses a suite of tools, languages, and frameworks designed to leverage the principles of quantum mechanics for algorithm development and simulation of quantum systems. It facilitates computations on quantum hardware, offering quantum programming languages, simulators, development environments, and error correction solutions.

The primary components of quantum computing software include solutions and services. Solutions are comprehensive packages or systems tailored to address specific computational challenges or needs. In the realm of quantum computing, these solutions may involve algorithms, software frameworks, and hardware configurations optimized for particular tasks. Various technologies such as superconducting qubits, trapped ions, and quantum annealing, are deployed either through cloud platforms or on-premises infrastructure. These solutions find applications across diverse domains including optimization, machine learning, simulation, and others, catering to end-users in sectors such as aerospace and defense, banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), healthcare, automotive, energy and power, chemical, government, and others.

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The quantum computing software market includes revenues earned by entities by subscription-based models, licensing fees, consulting services, cloud-based access to quantum computing resources, and customized solutions. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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