---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001462056-23-000073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLZE"
cik: "0001462056"
company_name: "Backblaze, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T11:07:02.068406+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Backblaze Q4 revenue $22.9M (+23% YoY); net loss widens to $14.8M, guides FY2023 rev $98-102M

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $22.9M (+23% YoY); B2 Cloud Storage revenue up 44% to $9.5M.
- Net loss $14.8M ($0.45/share) vs $9.6M loss in Q4 2021; adjusted EBITDA -$2.5M (-11% of revenue).
- ARR $92M (+22% YoY); B2 Cloud Storage ARR $38.6M (+44%); net revenue retention 113%.
- Full-year 2022 revenue $85.2M (+26%); net loss $51.7M vs $21.7M in 2021.
- Q1 2023 guidance: revenue $23.1-23.5M, adj. EBITDA margin (15)% to (11)%; FY2023 rev $98-102M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001462056-23-000073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLZE
- cik: 0001462056
- company_name: Backblaze, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1462056/000146205623000073/0001462056-23-000073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1462056/000146205623000073/blze-20230215.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001462056-23-000073.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Backblaze, Inc. reported financial results for the fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: the fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 15, 2023, Backblaze, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1462056/000146205623000073/0001462056-23-000073-index.htm

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