Gartner reported $6.30B of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026, up 3% from a year earlier and down 3% from the previous quarter. That is 1.0 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 0.87.
Net new backlog added in the latest quarter: -$200M.
Over the last twelve months it turned about 101% of its opening backlog into revenue (12-month conversion).
The company reports 19% of the backlog due within the first 3 months.
Customer prepayments (contract liabilities) cover 41.3% of the backlog.
Twelve-month book-to-bill: 1.03, i.e. 1.03 of new orders for every 1 of revenue recognised.
Backlog growth minus revenue growth: +4 points — orders are running ahead of revenue.
By backlog size it ranks 97th among US filers the cockpit tracks.
Gartner backlog history
Remaining performance obligations at each quarter end (bars) against trailing twelve-month revenue (line).
Amounts in USD. Source: SEC XBRL filings.
Quarter end
Backlog (RPO)
TTM revenue
Coverage
Customer prepayments
30 Sep 2026
$6.30B
$6.44B
1.0 yrs
$2.60B
30 Jun 2026
$6.50B
$6.46B
1.0 yrs
$2.78B
31 Mar 2026
$6.60B
$6.47B
1.0 yrs
$3.05B
31 Dec 2025
$6.40B
$6.50B
1.0 yrs
$2.84B
30 Sep 2025
$6.10B
$6.46B
0.9 yrs
$2.55B
30 Jun 2025
$6.10B
$6.42B
1.0 yrs
$2.71B
31 Mar 2025
$6.10B
$6.33B
1.0 yrs
$2.95B
31 Dec 2024
$6.40B
$6.27B
1.0 yrs
$2.79B
30 Sep 2024
$5.70B
$6.14B
0.9 yrs
$2.59B
30 Jun 2024
$5.60B
$6.06B
0.9 yrs
$2.65B
31 Mar 2024
$5.60B
$5.97B
0.9 yrs
$2.82B
31 Dec 2023
$5.60B
$5.91B
0.9 yrs
$2.67B
Questions
What is Gartner's backlog?
Gartner reported $6.30B of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026, up 3% from a year earlier and down 3% from the previous quarter. That is 1.0 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 0.87.
How fast does Gartner's backlog turn into revenue?
Over the last twelve months Gartner recognised revenue equal to about 101% of the backlog it started each quarter with.
About these numbers
Remaining performance obligations (RPO) are revenue a company has contracted but not yet recognised, as reported in its SEC filings (XBRL tag RevenueRemainingPerformanceObligation). Coverage = backlog ÷ trailing twelve-month revenue. Book-to-bill = (change in backlog + revenue) ÷ revenue. Conversion = revenue recognised ÷ the backlog at the start of each quarter, summed over four quarters. Counterparty values come from company filings and releases.