BLACKBERRY Ltd (BB) company profile

BlackBerry provides foundational software and secure communications solutions to automakers, government agencies, and regulated industries. The company operates through three core divisions: QNX, Secure Communications, and Licensing. Its QNX division provides embedded software solutions—including real-time operating systems, hypervisors, and middleware—for mission-critical systems across automotive, medical device, robotics, and industrial automation sectors. It also supplies asset monitoring through BlackBerry Radar and device security via BlackBerry Certicom. The Secure Communications segment delivers certified mobile protection, crisis management, and unified endpoint management solutions, notably featuring BlackBerry SecuSUITE, BlackBerry UEM, and BlackBerry AtHoc.

Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, BlackBerry employs 1,749 regular staff, contract workers, and students across 15 countries worldwide. Approximately 57% of its workforce is situated in Canada, 14% in the United States, and 29% in other international locations. Additionally, the company maintains material wholly-owned subsidiaries incorporated in the United States, England and Wales, Germany, and Singapore, and its embedded QNX technology powers more than 275 million vehicles globally.

Summary of the business section of Blackberry's latest annual report, written by StockData.

“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.

Stock and option awards are grant-date fair values, not realized pay. “Other” includes pension value changes and all other compensation. Source proxy statement.

“The Company’s 1,820 regular employees, contract workers and student workers as of February 28, 2025 work as a team in 16 countries worldwide, with approximately 58% in Canada, 15% in the U.S., and 27% outside of North America.”