Company
TP-Link Technologies
Chinese networking equipment manufacturer specializing in routers, switches, and Smart home devices.
- Founded
- 1996
- HQ
- China
- Status
- Private
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies TP-Link Technologies: 1 model. 2 sources back the record.
Overview
Chinese networking equipment manufacturer specializing in routers, switches, and Smart home devices.
Reality check
Scale (company-claimed)
1.7 billion global users, operations in more than 170 countries, 42 subsidiaries, 4 R&D centers, 3 manufacturing bases and 4 service centers.
Market position (company-claimed)
Calls itself the No. 1 Wi-Fi product provider; says PCMag named it Best Tech Brand of 2025.
Wi-Fi 7 and patents (company-claimed)
An active contributor to Wi-Fi 7 standardization and first to market with Wi-Fi 7 certified products; 536 patents granted.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
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Every company TP-Link Technologies has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
TP-Link Technologies on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Zhao Jianjun Co-foundersecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Zhao Jianjunno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for TP-Link Technologies.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
TP-Link Technologies in third-party press
Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names TP-Link Technologies.
People (1)
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- elevated
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Partnerships
2 total · 1 operating · 1 just announced
Every company TP-Link Technologies has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 26, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for TP-Link Technologies.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning TP-Link Technologies from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/tp-link-technologies.md
- RSS feed: /companies/tp-link-technologies/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/f79451b2-d6e6-4e08-92bf-f21fcb630cd9
- Revision history: /companies/tp-link-technologies/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
TP-Link Technologies draws attention at the 21st percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 20, 2026