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One unnamed customer is 32% of revenue and 44% of receivables, five end customers are 40%, and half the money arrives through distributors — three disclosures that refuse to reconcile.
Broadcom's customer disclosure is unusually revealing, and the numbers do not sit together comfortably. During fiscal 2025 a single customer accounted for 32% of net revenue — up from 28% and 21% in the two prior years — and that same customer represented 44% of net accounts receivable at year end, against 18% a year earlier1. Separately, the company states that its top five end customers accounted for approximately 40% of net revenue, unchanged year on year, and that sales to distributors were 48%2. In the quarter to August 2026 the same distributor took 50% of revenue and the top five end customers about 55%3.
Those figures are measured on different bases, and the gap between them is the most useful thing in the disclosure. If the 32% customer were an end customer, the other four in the top five would together be roughly 8% — implausible for a company selling into Apple, Google and the largest hyperscalers. The likelier reading is that the 32% is a channel relationship through which many end customers buy, which is why Broadcom reports end-customer concentration separately and "through all channels." Nvidia and Marvell disclose the same structure, and it has the same consequence: the concentration table shows who Broadcom invoices, not who depends on it.
The filing names nobody. There is no customer named anywhere in it, which for a company whose largest relationships are among the most discussed in technology is a deliberate choice.
The other half of the story is that Broadcom has two customer bases with almost nothing in common — a handful of hyperscalers buying custom silicon, and tens of thousands of enterprises paying for VMware — and they behave completely differently. The four pages here work through the 32% customer, the five that are 40%, the distributor channel, and the software base that shares none of it.
Every concentration measure Broadcom discloses moved the wrong way or stayed at an uncomfortable level. One customer went from 21% to 28% to 32% of revenue and to 44% of receivables; the top five end customers held at 40%; the distributor channel held at 48%. The company states it expects significant concentration to continue. The software base is the genuine counterweight, and it is the one being repriced.
The customer is a distributor. Half of a quarter's revenue through one channel is the highest concentration Broadcom has disclosed; a further rise would mean the business rests on one relationship.
Source: Broadcom Form 10-Q, quarter ended 2 August 2026 ↗- ReportedDuring fiscal 2025 a single customer accounted for 32% of net revenue — up from 28% and 21% in the two prior years — and that same customer represented 44% of net accounts receivable at year end, against 18% a year earlier.Broadcom Form 10-K, FY2025 — Significant Customer Information: during fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023 one customer accounted for 32%, 28% and 21% of net revenue respectively, with that revenue included in the semiconductor solutions segment; one customer accounted for 44% and 18% of net accounts receivable as of November 2, 2025 and November 3, 2024; sales to distributors accounted for 48% of net revenue in each of fiscal 2025 and 2024; aggregate sales through all channels to the top five end customers were approximately 40% of net revenue in each of fiscal 2025 and 2024; the company expects to continue to experience significant customer concentration — FY2025 (ended November 2, 2025) · publ. December 18, 2025 · source ↗
- ReportedSeparately, the company states that its top five end customers accounted for approximately 40% of net revenue, unchanged year on year, and that sales to distributors were 48%.Broadcom Form 10-K, FY2025 — Significant Customer Information: during fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023 one customer accounted for 32%, 28% and 21% of net revenue respectively, with that revenue included in the semiconductor solutions segment; one customer accounted for 44% and 18% of net accounts receivable as of November 2, 2025 and November 3, 2024; sales to distributors accounted for 48% of net revenue in each of fiscal 2025 and 2024; aggregate sales through all channels to the top five end customers were approximately 40% of net revenue in each of fiscal 2025 and 2024; the company expects to continue to experience significant customer concentration — FY2025 (ended November 2, 2025) · publ. December 18, 2025 · source ↗
- ReportedIn the quarter to August 2026 the same distributor took 50% of revenue and the top five end customers about 55%.Broadcom Inc., Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 2 August 2026 - remaining performance obligations approximately $179.2 billion, including a long-term contract for custom AI accelerators entered in the quarter ended 3 May 2026, about 25% expected within 12 months; one semiconductor customer, a distributor, 50% of net revenue in the quarter (32% a year earlier) and top five end customers about 55%; distributors 56% of net revenue for three quarters; purchase commitments $126,821M ($52,674M for fiscal 2027, $72,952M for fiscal 2028); operating income $15,955M (54% of revenue) against $5,887M (37%); infrastructure software revenue $8,752M (+29%) and operating income $7,325M (+40%), attributed to VMware Cloud Foundation including additional license revenue; subscriptions and services revenue $5,312M against $4,779M, products $24,279M against $11,173M — Quarter ended 2 August 2026 · publ. 2026-09-10 · source ↗