Our Story
1987
QBS Founded
Skye Quin and Ian Butterworth set up QB Systems
1993
Company name officially updated to QBS Software
1996
First company website launched
1997
Dedicated sales team introduced
2001
New London HQ on the back of record growth
2002
GBP500k in monthly sales achieved for first time
2006
Microsoft names QBS as Gold partner
2011
QBS Distribution formed
2012
GBP1 million in monthly sales achieved for the first time
2014
Over GBP10 million in yearly sales achieved for the first time
2017
Dave Stevinson sets up QBS Technology Group with the vision of becoming Europe’s leading software delivery platform
2018
QBS Technology Group completes acquisition of QBS Software Limited, a UK Software distributor based in London
2018
Included in the ‘Top 1000 companies to inspire Britain’ by the London Stock Exchange, and invited to join their prestigious ELITE academy
2019
QBS Software France established with acquisition of Siener Informatique SAS, based in Paris
2019
QBS Software Limited expands its platform support to the MSP community with the acquisition of Zedsphere
2019
QBS Technology Group expands the platform into the Baltic States with the acquisition of UAB Laknova, a Lithuanian software distributor
2019
CRN UK ranks QBS Software Limited in its ‘Top 25 UK Distributors’ list
2019
QBS Software Limited highly commended by CRN for ‘Distributor of the Year – sub 250m’
2019
GNR:Tech joins the QBS software delivery platform with full ESD capability for consumer and retail packaged software
2020
QBS Software Limited acquires 4Serv to strengthen its commitment to the MSP community and integrates it onto the MSP platform
2020
QBS Software Limited acquires European cybersecurity VAD, Alpha Generation Distribution, strengthening its pre-sales engineering, account management and professional services
2020
QBS Software confirmed as European MASTER Distributor for JetBrains
2020
QBS Software announced as runner-up by PCR for ‘Distributor of the Year’
2020
QBS Technology Group acquires Compuwave GmbH to establish a presence in the DACH region
2020
Shortlisted by CRN for ‘Cloud Distributor of the Year’ and ‘CyberSecurity Distributor of the Year’
2020
Establishes QBS Nordic, based out of Stockholm
2020
Over GBP100 million in yearly sales achieved for the first time
2021
QBS named by The Sunday Times as the 40th fastest-growing, privately-owned exporter in the UK
2021
QBS ranked 47th in the UK’s top 50 fastest growing technology companies by D&B
2021
QBS Software, QBS France and QBS International simultaneously announce European Distribution of SolarWinds