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The harpsichord concertos, BWV 1052-1065, are concertos for harpsichord, string orchestra and continuo by Johann Sebastian Bach. There are seven concertos for one harpsichord, BWV 1052-1058, three concertos for two harpsichords, BWV 1060-1062, two concertos for three harpsichords, BWV 1063-1064, and one concerto for four harpsichords, BWV 1065. There is also a concerto for harpsichord, violin and flute, BWV 1044, in which the harpsichord is the prominent solo instrument; the same is true of Brandenburg concerto no.5, BWV 1050, which has the same scoring.

Nearly all of Bach's harpsichord concertos (with the exception of the Brandenburg concerto) are thought to be arrangements made from earlier works for melodic instruments that he probably wrote in Cöthen, though in most cases, the harpsichord version is the only one that has survived.