34% Revenue Growth in B2 Cloud Storage, 18% Revenue Growth Overall in Q2 2026
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 03, 2026--
Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE), the storage platform powering AI and data-intensive workloads, today announced results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2026.
"Q2 was an amazing quarter for Backblaze. We exceeded the high end of our revenue and Adjusted EBITDA guidance, with B2 growth accelerating to 34% year over year," said Gleb Budman, co-founder and CEO of Backblaze. "We also signed a $335 million strategic agreement with CoreWeave offering the strongest validation yet of our critical role in the AI infrastructure stack. AI workloads need a capacity storage layer that can scale to exabytes, while delivering performance at attractive economics. That is where Backblaze is built to win."
Second Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights:(1)
-- Revenue of $42.7 million, an increase of 18% year-over-year (YoY).
-- B2 Cloud Storage revenue was $26.6 million, an increase of 34%
YoY.
-- Computer Backup revenue was $16.1 million, a decrease of 2%
YoY.
-- Gross profit of $26.8 million, or 63% of revenue, compared to $23.0
million, or 63% of revenue, in Q2 2025.
-- Adjusted gross profit of $34.3 million, or 80% of revenue, compared to
$28.8 million, or 79% of revenue, in Q2 2025.
-- Net loss was $5.1 million compared to a net loss of $7.1 million in Q2
2025.
-- Net loss per share was $0.08 compared to a net loss per share of $0.13
in Q2 2025.
-- Adjusted EBITDA was $12.8 million, or 30% of revenue, compared to $6.6
million, or 18% of revenue, in Q2 2025.
-- Non-GAAP net income of $5.0 million compared to non-GAAP net income of
$0.8 million in Q2 2025.
-- Non-GAAP net income per share of $0.08 compared to a non-GAAP net
income per share of $0.01 in Q2 2025.
-- Cash flow from operations during the six months ended June 30, 2026 was
$13.8 million, compared to $8.5 million for the same period in 2025.
-- Adjusted free cash flow during the six months ended June 30, 2026 was
$1.4 million, compared to $(6.0) million for the same period in 2025.
-- Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities totaled $49.9 million
as of June 30, 2026.
(1) Some amounts may not sum due to rounding.
Second Quarter 2026 Operational Highlights:
-- Annual recurring revenue $(ARR)$ was $177.3 million, an increase of 21% YoY. -- B2 Cloud Storage ARR was $113.3 million, an increase of 39% YoY. -- Computer Backup ARR was $64.0 million, relatively flat YoY. -- Net revenue retention rate (NRR) was 103% compared to 106% in Q2 2025. -- B2 Cloud Storage NRR was 113% compared to 114% in Q2 2025. -- Computer Backup NRR was 94% compared to 99% in Q2 2025. -- Gross customer retention rate was 91% in Q2 2026 compared to 90% in Q2 2025. -- B2 Cloud Storage gross customer retention rate was 89% in both Q2 2026 and Q2 2025. -- Computer Backup gross customer retention rate was 91% compared to 90% in Q2 2025.
Recent Business Highlights:
-- Signed a 5+ year, $335 million strategic agreement with CoreWeave: The
landmark agreement includes warrants valued at approximately $22 million,
aligning the companies' long-term interests and validating Backblaze as a
strategic storage tier provider for AI workloads at massive scale.
-- Expanded momentum with larger customers: ARR from customers generating
$50,000+ in ARR grew 67% year over year, and the number of these
customers increased 57% year over year, reflecting continued success
scaling with larger accounts.
-- Won largest B2 Overdrive deal to date with a frontier AI model: Signed
a seven-figure ARR B2 Overdrive deal with a leading AI model developer,
demonstrating demand for high-performance, cost-effective storage for AI
workloads.
-- Strengthened long-term revenue visibility: RPO reached $396 million, up
$319.5 million quarter over quarter, led by the CoreWeave agreement and
demand from AI-native companies.
-- Expanded the B2 developer ecosystem: Shipped new SDKs and AI agent
tools and launched Backblaze's Generative Media Hackathon, increasing
awareness of B2 as a storage platform for AI applications.
Financial Outlook:
Based on information available as of the date of this press release,
For the third quarter of 2026, we expect:
-- Revenue between $44.4 million and $44.8 million.
-- Adjusted EBITDA margin between 27% and 29%.
-- Basic weighted average shares outstanding of 62.3 million to 62.5
million shares.
For full-year 2026, we have raised our outlook:
-- Revenue between $172.0 million and $174.0 million, raised from $161.5
million to $163.5 million.
-- Adjusted EBITDA margin range of 27% to 29%, raised from 23% to 25%.
Conference Call Information:
Backblaze will host a conference call today, August 3, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET) to review its financial results.
Attend the webcast here: https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/704175018
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About Backblaze
Backblaze (NASDAQ: BLZE) is the object storage layer powering AI infrastructure and data-intensive workloads at scale. Built over two decades, the company has leveraged hardware, software, and operational innovation into a platform that delivers the performance and economics the AI era demands--without lock-in. Today, more than 500,000 customers trust Backblaze to move and store the data powering their businesses, reaching hundreds of millions of end users across 175 countries. For more information, visit www.backblaze.com.
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Our actual results could differ materially from those stated in or implied by the forward-looking statements in this press release due to a number of factors, including but not limited to: the impact of our go-to-market transformation and ability to attract and retain customers, including increasingly larger customers; the continued growth of data stored by our customers; continued growth of AI related business; rapidly evolving technological developments in the market, including advancement in AI; realizing the anticipated benefits relating to cost savings initiatives and the re-investment of savings in additional sales capacity; market competition, including competitors that may have greater size, offerings and resources; effectively managing growth and scaling of our platform; ability to offer new features and other offerings on a timely basis, including new enterprise features, B2 Overdrive offering and geographic expansion in Canada or other jurisdictions, and achieve desired market adoption; disruption in our service or loss of availability of customers' data; cyberattacks; ability to continue to scale the business; the impact of pricing and other product offering changes, including the May 1, 2026 pay-as-you-go storage pricing increase; material defects or errors in our software, such as problems with our internal systems, network, or data, including actual or perceived breaches or failures; supply chain disruption; ability to maintain existing relationships with partners and to enter into new partnerships; hiring and retention of key employees; the impact of changes to global trade and tariff policies, on us or our vendors, partners and customers; war or hostilities, and other significant world or regional events on our business and the business of our customers, vendors, supply chain and partners; litigation and other disputes; availability of additional capital; and general market, political, economic, and business conditions. Further information on these and additional risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those included in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this release are included under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings and reports we make with the SEC from time to time.
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement the financial measures, which are prepared and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP), we provide investors with non-GAAP financial measures including (i) adjusted gross profit (and margin), (ii) adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin, (iii) non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, (iv) adjusted free cash flow and adjusted free cash flow margin, and (v) other Non-GAAP measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are not necessarily comparable to other companies and should be considered as a supplement to, not a substitute for, or superior to, the corresponding measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. We present these non-GAAP measures because management believes they are a useful measure of our performance and provide an additional basis for assessing our operating results. Please see the appendix attached to this press release for a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
A reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance measures to corresponding GAAP measures is not available on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort due to the uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of, expenses and other factors in the future. For example, stock-based compensation expense-related charges are impacted by the timing of employee stock transactions, the future fair market value of our common stock, and our future hiring and retention needs, all of which are difficult to predict with reasonable accuracy and subject to constant change.
Adjusted Gross Profit and Margin
We believe adjusted gross profit (and margin), when taken together with our GAAP financial results, provides a meaningful assessment of our performance and is useful to us for evaluating our ongoing operations and for internal planning and forecasting purposes.
We define adjusted gross profit as gross profit, excluding stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization and restructuring charges within cost of revenue. We define adjusted gross margin as a percentage of adjusted gross profit to revenue. We exclude stock-based compensation, which is a non-cash item, and restructuring charges because we do not consider these items as indicative of our core operating performance. We exclude depreciation expense of our property and equipment and amortization expense of capitalized internal-use software because these may not reflect current or future cash spending levels to support our business. We believe adjusted gross profit (and margin) provides consistency and comparability with our past financial performance and facilitates period-to-period comparisons of operations.
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin
We define Adjusted EBITDA as net loss adjusted to exclude depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, interest expense, investment income, income tax provision, realized and unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions, impairment of long-lived assets, restructuring charges, legal settlement costs, and other non-recurring charges. Adjusted EBITDA Margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenues for the period. We use Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin to evaluate our ongoing operations and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, when taken together with our GAAP financial results, provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our operating performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our business, results of operations, or outlook. We consider Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin to be important measures because they help illustrate underlying trends in our business and our historical operating performance on a more consistent basis.
Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) and Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) Per Share
We define non-GAAP net income (loss) as net income (loss) adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation, realized and unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions, impairment of long-lived assets, restructuring charges, legal settlement costs, and other items we deem non-recurring. Non-GAAP net income (loss) per share is defined as non-GAAP net income (loss) divided by basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding. We believe that non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, when taken together with our GAAP financial results, provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our operating performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our business, results of operations, or outlook.
Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow Margin
We believe that Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow Margin are useful metrics for assessing liquidity that provide information to management and investors about the cash generated from our core operations that can be reinvested in the business. However, these measures should not replace cash flows from operations as a liquidity benchmark. One limitation of these metrics is that they do not reflect our future contractual commitments, nor do they capture the overall changes in our cash balance during a specific period. Nonetheless, we believe that Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow Margin are key metrics providing insight on our financial trajectory that helps us make informed decisions as we work towards sustainable positive cash flow.
We define adjusted free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities less purchases of property and equipment, capitalized internal-use software costs, principal payments on finance leases and lease financing obligations, as reflected in our consolidated statements of cash flows, and excluding payments on restructuring charges, legal settlement payments, and payments on other non-recurring charges. Adjusted free cash flow margin is calculated as adjusted free cash flow divided by revenue.
Other Non-GAAP Measures
Adjusted Cost of Revenue and Adjusted Operating Expenses
Adjusted research and development, adjusted sales and marketing, and adjusted general and administrative (collectively, "adjusted operating expenses") and adjusted cost of revenue are non-GAAP financial measures that we define as each respective GAAP expense category excluding stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization, restructuring costs, and other non-recurring charges. These measures provide management with greater transparency into the underlying trends in our business by facilitating period-to-period comparisons of our ongoing cost structure, excluding the impact of certain non-cash or non-recurring items that may not be indicative of our operating performance. These measures are intended to assist in forecasting and budgeting by providing greater visibility into our normalized expense base.
Key Business Metrics:
Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)
We define ARR as the annualized value of all Backblaze B2 and Computer Backup arrangements as of the end of a period. Given the renewable nature of our business, we view ARR as an important indicator of our financial performance and operating results, and we believe it is a useful metric for internal planning and analysis. For subscription-based arrangements, ARR is calculated by multiplying the monthly revenue for the last month of a period by 12. For consumption-based arrangements, ARR is calculated by multiplying average daily revenue for the last month of a period by 365. Total Company ARR represents the annualized value of all B2 Cloud Storage consumption- and subscription-based arrangements and Computer Backup subscription-based arrangements as of the end of a period.
Beginning in the first quarter of 2026, to improve comparability between periods, we revised our methodology for calculating ARR for our consumption-based arrangements to use a daily revenue rate during the last month of the period rather than a monthly rate. Prior period ARR amounts presented have been recast to conform to the current period presentation.
Net Revenue Retention Rate (NRR)
To calculate NRR for a specific quarter, we determine the revenue recognized in that quarter from customers who generated revenue during the last month of the same quarter of the previous year. This revenue is then divided by the revenue generated from those same customers in the prior year quarter.
Beginning in the first quarter of 2026, we are presenting NRR using a single-quarter calculation, comparing current quarter revenue to the corresponding prior year quarter, rather than an average of quarterly rates over the prior four quarters, in order to provide a more current measure of customer retention. Prior period NRR amounts have been recast to conform to the current period presentation.
Gross Customer Retention Rate
We use gross customer retention rate to measure our ability to retain our customers. Our gross customer retention rate reflects only customer losses and does not reflect the expansion or contraction of revenue we earn from our existing customers. We believe our high gross customer retention rates demonstrate that we provide a vital service to our customers, as the vast majority of our customers tend to continue to use our platform from one period to the next. To calculate our gross customer retention rate, we take the trailing four-quarter average of our quarterly gross customer retention rates. We calculate the quarterly gross customer retention rates by dividing (i) the number of accounts that generated revenue in the last month of the current quarter that also generated recurring revenue during the last month of the corresponding quarter in the prior year, by (ii) the number of accounts that generated recurring revenue during the last month of the corresponding quarter in the prior year.
BACKBLAZE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
June 30, December 31,
2026 2025
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(unaudited)
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Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 32,428 $ 29,182
Marketable securities 17,454 22,199
Accounts receivable, net 5,266 3,482
Prepaid expenses 4,415 4,195
Other current assets 9,141 6,630
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Total current assets 68,704 65,688
Property and equipment, net 70,065 57,310
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net 32,772 22,713
Capitalized internal-use software, net 42,238 40,825
Other assets 10,061 5,290
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Total assets $ 223,840 $ 191,826
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses
and other current liabilities $ 16,960 $ 10,994
Finance lease liabilities and lease
financing obligations, current 16,625 14,873
Operating lease liabilities, current 4,782 5,253
Deferred revenue, current 30,428 30,498
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Total current liabilities 68,795 61,618
Finance lease liabilities and lease
financing obligations, non-current 30,088 21,292
Operating lease liabilities, non-current 30,942 20,166
Deferred revenue and other liabilities,
non-current 5,477 5,529
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Total liabilities 135,302 108,605
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Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' Equity
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value;
113,000,000 shares authorized as of
June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025;
62,374,253 shares issued and 61,803,439
shares outstanding as of June 30, 2026
and 58,962,339 shares issued and
58,705,790 outstanding as of December
31, 2025. 6 6
Treasury stock, at cost; 570,814 and
256,549 shares as of June 30, 2026 and
December 31, 2025, respectively (3,358) (1,983)
Additional paid-in capital 324,723 306,795
Accumulated deficit (232,833) (221,597)
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Total stockholders' equity 88,538 83,221
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Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity $ 223,840 $ 191,826
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BACKBLAZE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Three Months Ended June
30, Six Months Ended June 30,
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2026 2025 2026 2025
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(unaudited)
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Revenue $ 42,713 $ 36,298 $ 81,379 $ 70,911
Cost of revenue 15,879 13,257 31,016 28,614
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Gross profit 26,834 23,041 50,363 42,297
Operating expenses:
Research and
development 11,002 11,878 22,288 23,733
Sales and marketing 10,215 10,172 20,499 19,435
General and
administrative(1) 9,791 7,231 17,103 14,140
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Total operating
expenses 31,008 29,281 59,890 57,308
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Loss from operations (4,174) (6,240) (9,527) (15,011)
Investment income 381 500 785 1,033
Interest expense (1,263) (880) (2,472) (1,733)
Other income
(expense), net 7 (477) 46 (626)
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Loss before provision
for income taxes (5,049) (7,097) (11,168) (16,337)
Income tax provision 40 -- 68 84
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Net loss and
comprehensive loss $ (5,089) $ (7,097) $ (11,236) $ (16,421)
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Net loss per share,
basic and diluted $ (0.08) $ (0.13) $ (0.19) $ (0.30)
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Weighted average
common shares
outstanding, basic
and diluted 60,793,955 55,627,214 60,046,229 54,835,639
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(1) To conform to the current period's presentation, foreign exchange loss of
$0.5 million and $0.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025
that were previously included in "General and administrative" operating
expenses are now included within "Other income (expense), net". This
reclassification had no impact on total net loss and comprehensive loss.
BACKBLAZE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
Six Months Ended June 30,
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2026 2025
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(unaudited)
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net loss $ (11,236) $ (16,421)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss
to net cash provided by operating
activities:
Noncash lease expense on
operating leases 3,023 1,964
Depreciation and amortization 13,757 13,238
Impairment loss on right-of-use
assets -- 59
Stock-based compensation 16,057 14,663
Loss (gain) on disposal of
property and equipment 6 (248)
Other, net 5 407
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities:
Accounts receivable (1,784) (1,409)
Prepaid expenses and other
current assets (2,443) (1,368)
Other assets (4,362) (827)
Accounts payable, accrued
expenses and other current
liabilities 4,016 441
Deferred revenue and other
liabilities, non-current (539) 88
Operating lease liabilities (2,713) (2,099)
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Net cash provided by operating
activities 13,787 8,488
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchases of marketable securities (7,957) (28,132)
Maturities of marketable
securities 12,727 18,884
Proceeds from disposal of property
and equipment 23 30
Purchases of property and
equipment (1,453) (1,287)
Capitalized internal-use software
costs (5,162) (4,184)
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Net cash used in investing activities (1,822) (14,689)
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Principal payments on finance
leases and lease financing
obligations (8,501) (9,277)
Payment of offering costs (89) (20)
Payment of debt issuance costs (118) (554)
Purchase of treasury stock (1,375) --
Proceeds from exercises of stock
options 2,843 1,894