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Automation in Manufacturing Industry Statistics

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Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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01Editorial Scope

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02Source Research

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01 Industry overview

The automation in manufacturing industry at a glance

Manufacturing automation is scaling rapidly: factories installed 603,307 industrial robots in 2025, while the global operational stock reached approximately 5 million units.

603,307[4]
Industrial robots installed, 2025
5 million[4]
Robots operating globally, 2025
59%[4]
China share of installations, 2025
24%[4]
Electronics share of installations, 2024
Market size
The global manufacturing automation market was estimated at $12.3 billion in 2023 by Grand View Research. Its definition covers automation technologies used across manufacturing, including components, systems, software and services.[77]
Forecast & CAGR
Grand View Research forecasts the market to reach $24.0 billion by 2030, implying a 9.7% CAGR over the forecast period. The same source estimates the market at $17.0 billion in 2026.[77]
Market share & regions
Asia accounted for 74% of new industrial-robot deployments in 2024, compared with 16% for Europe and 9% for the Americas. China alone represented 54% of global installations, with 295,000 robots installed during the year.[4]
Segmentation
Electronics was the largest customer industry in 2024, accounting for 24% of global industrial-robot installations, followed by automotive at 23% and metal and machinery at 16%. Plastic and chemical products represented 5%, while food and beverage represented 4%.[4]
Key players & concentration
The industrial-robot market is geographically concentrated: China, Japan, the United States, South Korea and Germany together accounted for 80% of global installations in 2024. China was the largest individual market, with 295,045 installations, or approximately 54% of the worldwide total.[4]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Global installations rose 11.2% to 603,307 units in 2025 after several years near 550,000 units annually. Growth was supported by electronics and other general-industry demand, while automotive production shifts remained a source of cyclicality and regional variation.[4]
M&A
Automation M&A includes both specialist consolidation and portfolio divestitures. In April 2026, American Industrial Partners agreed to acquire Honeywell’s Warehouse and Workflow Solutions business, which generated approximately $935 million in 2025 revenue and provides automated sortation, palletizing, conveyor, robotics and software solutions.[78]
Regulation
In the United States, OSHA states that there are no specific federal standards for the robotics industry; general requirements such as machine guarding and lockout/tagout apply. In the European Union, Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 establishes health and safety requirements for machinery and related products, including automated machinery and certain AI-enabled safety components.[79][80]
Latest news
The International Federation of Robotics reported on September 24, 2026 that the global operational stock of industrial robots reached a record 5 million units in 2025, after annual installations increased 11% to more than 600,000 units. China accounted for 59% of 2025 deployments, while the United States became the second-largest installation market at almost 38,500 units.[4]
report visual · Comparison

Revenue of the largest automation in manufacturing companies

Siemens leads with $85.2B in annual revenue (group level, converted to USD).

Siemens$85.2B
Schneider Electric$43.4B
Rockwell Automation$8.3B
Keyence$7.3B
Omron$5.1B
Beckhoff Automation$1.3B
source-verifiedassets.new.siemens.com · se.com · rockwellautomation.com · keyence.com · omron.com · beckhoff.com2025

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Automation In Manufacturing Industry

The leading companies in the automation in manufacturing industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 10, 2026 · Next review December 10, 2026

Verdict

Keyence leads Gitnux's 2026 automation in manufacturing ranking with an Overall score of 9.5, with revenue growth 10.4% and operating margin 51%. Schneider Electric is the highest-ranked industrial automation control provider at 9.4, driven by industrial automation €7.0 billion FY2025 revenue.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in machine vision & sensing

    Keyence

    JP

    Ranked #1 · 9.5 · Machine vision & sensing

    Why we picked it: It sells factory-automation sensors and machine-vision systems, backed by 51% operating margin.

    See in ranking ↓Visit keyence.com ↗

  2. Leader in industrial automation control

    Schneider Electric

    FR

    Ranked #2 · 9.4 · Industrial automation control

    Why we picked it: Industrial Automation generated €7.0 billion in FY2025 revenue, linking automation hardware with control.

    See in ranking ↓Visit se.com ↗

  3. Leader in industrial software & digital twins

    Siemens

    DE

    Ranked #3 · 9.2 · Industrial software & digital twins

    Why we picked it: Its Digital Industries spans factory automation, industrial software, and digital-twin technologies.

    See in ranking ↓Visit siemens.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Picks 2 and 3 are the highest-ranked companies in the top 5 that add a new segment.

Full ranking

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Top 10 companies in the automation in manufacturing industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Keyence

Machine vision & sensing · JP

9.5
2

Schneider Electric

Industrial automation control · FR

9.4
3

Siemens

Industrial software & digital twins · DE

9.2
4

Rockwell Automation

Factory controls & lifecycle services · US

9.1
5

ABB

Robotics & motion automation · CH

9.0
6

Phoenix Contact

Industrial control, connectivity and automation · DE

8.5
7

Mitsubishi Electric

Factory automation, CNC, drives and robotics · JP

8.5
8

Beckhoff Automation

PC-based control and machine automation · DE

8.4
9

Cognex

Machine vision and industrial identification · US

8.3
10

Omron

Industrial automation, sensing and machine vision · JP

8.2

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 10, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Samuel Norberg. (2026, November 10). Top 10 companies in the automation in manufacturing industry. In Automation In Manufacturing Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/automation-in-manufacturing-industry-statistics/#top-companies

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

AI adoption is already measurable in manufacturing decision making: 50% of respondents planned AI for quality assurance within a year.

AI in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 50% of manufacturing respondents planned to use AI for quality assurance within the following year.[1]
  • 98% of UK manufacturers planned to implement AI according to the latest Rockwell Automation survey.[1]
  • 39% of manufacturing leaders described AI’s future impact on production as very significant in the 2025 survey.[2]
  • 26% of EU manufacturing enterprises using AI in 2024 applied it to optimise production processes.[3]
  • 53% of UK manufacturers were using AI on the factory floor in the latest Rockwell Automation survey.[1]
  • 44% of manufacturing data was being used effectively, according to the Rockwell Automation report cited for UK industry.[1]

Automation in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 126,088 industrial robots were installed by the automotive industry worldwide in 2024.[4]
  • 4,663,698 industrial robots were operating in factories worldwide in 2024.[4]
  • 38,000 industrial robots were installed in the United States in 2025, an 11% year-over-year increase.[4]
  • 128,899 industrial robots were installed by the electronics industry worldwide in 2024.[4]
  • 177 industrial robots were operating per 10,000 manufacturing employees globally in 2024.[4]
  • 542,076 industrial robots were installed worldwide in 2024.[4]

Digital Transformation in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 32% of U.S. industrial-products respondents said their operations-technology investments had delivered expected results in 2024.[5]
  • 24% of companies across the European Industrial Ecosystem had a concrete digital-transformation strategy in 2024.[6]
  • 34% of industrial-manufacturing organizations across 26 countries had achieved return on investment from multiple AI use cases in 2024.[7]
  • 76% of industrial-manufacturing firms across 26 countries reported that their workforce had an appetite to embrace cutting-edge technology in 2024.[7]

Technology Adoption in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 35% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing data-and-analytics strategies in 2024.[8]
  • 31% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing modern-delivery technologies, including low-code and no-code, in 2024.[8]
  • 37% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing AI and automation strategies in 2024.[8]
  • 30% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing edge-computing strategies in 2024.[8]

Cloud Computing in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 87% of Finnish manufacturing enterprises used cloud computing in 2023.[3]
  • 39% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing XaaS technologies, including public and multicloud, in 2024.[8]
  • 54% of EU manufacturing enterprises used paid cloud-computing services in 2025, up from approximately 45% in 2023.[9]
  • 87% of Australian manufacturing enterprises used cloud computing in 2022.[3]

Big Data in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 33% of manufacturers surveyed were performing prescriptive analytics in 2024, according to ABI Research’s survey of 461 manufacturing decision makers.[10]
  • 67% of manufacturers surveyed in the United States, Germany and Malaysia could collect and analyze data in near real time in 2024.[10]
  • 44% of manufacturing leaders reported that the amount of data their organizations collected had at least doubled over the previous two years in 2024.[11]
  • 57% of manufacturers used some form of artificial intelligence to analyze collected manufacturing data in 2024.[2]
  • 16.2% of businesses in the European Industrial Ecosystem used big-data technologies in 2024.[6]
  • 60% of manufacturers surveyed could collect and normalize data from assets or equipment in 2024, across 461 decision makers in the United States, Germany and Malaysia.[10]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Data readiness remains uneven: 54% of manufacturers report duplicate data across several systems, and 51% say data is siloed across tools.

Business intelligence in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 62% of manufacturers use shop-floor analytics to analyze collected manufacturing data.[2]
  • 15% of manufacturers use cloud-based AI systems and another 15% use external analytics or AI partners.[2]
  • 68% of manufacturers use spreadsheets to analyze at least part of their manufacturing data.[2]
  • 57% of manufacturers use some form of artificial intelligence to analyze collected manufacturing data.[2]
  • 27% of manufacturers use in-house artificial-intelligence systems to analyze manufacturing data.[2]
  • 35% of manufacturers use cloud analytics for manufacturing-data analysis.[2]

Data analytics in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 54% of manufacturers report duplicate data across several systems.[12]
  • 21% of US manufacturers use data-analytics technology, according to a weighted survey of US manufacturing businesses.[13]
  • 38% of manufacturers plan to use data from current sources to drive product-quality monitoring and improvements.[14]
  • 50% of manufacturers can identify the root cause of operational issues using data analytics, according to ABI Research.[10]
  • 56% of manufacturers collect at least half of their manufacturing data in real time or near real time.[2]
  • 70% of manufacturers still collect manufacturing data manually.[2]

Data Quality in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 30% of manufacturers identified poor data quality as a technical barrier to improving processes in 2025.[15]
  • 54% of manufacturers surveyed had duplicate data in several systems in 2025.[12]
  • 51% of manufacturers surveyed said their data was siloed across disparate tools and systems in 2025.[12]
  • 41% of manufacturers surveyed distrusted the data used for supply-chain operations in 2025.[12]
  • 61% of manufacturing leaders agreed that poor data quality limited adoption and optimization of emerging technologies in 2025.[15]
  • 44% of manufacturers surveyed reported that AI projects had failed because of poor data quality in 2025.[12]

Data Governance in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 15% of manufacturers surveyed said their data strategy was entirely aligned with their overall business strategy in 2024.[2]
  • 61% of manufacturers surveyed had a corporate-wide governance plan, strategy or formal data-management guidelines in 2024.[2]
  • 22% of manufacturers surveyed included data collection, management or analysis in executive incentives, KPIs or business imperatives in 2024.[2]
  • 58% of manufacturers surveyed assigned primary data-governance responsibility to a C-suite or senior leader in 2024.[2]

KPIs in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 75% of manufacturing respondents rate uptime or availability as an important or very important KPI.[16]
  • 53% of manufacturers track on-time delivery as a customer-service KPI, making it the most commonly tracked metric in the survey.[17]
  • 74% of manufacturing respondents rate throughput as an important or very important KPI.[16]
  • 76% of manufacturing respondents rate total production maintenance as an important or very important KPI.[16]
  • 72% of manufacturing respondents rate customer return rate as an important or very important KPI.[16]
  • 73% of manufacturing respondents rate first-pass yield as an important or very important KPI.[16]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Automation investment continues despite shifting demand. The global manufacturing automation market is estimated at $17.0 billion in 2026 and projected to reach $24.0 billion by 2030.

Growth in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 15% was Siemens’ targeted average annual growth for its digital business over the following five years.[18]
  • $399.2 billion was the projected global industrial automation market value for 2029.[19]
  • 9.3% was the projected 2024–2029 CAGR for the global industrial automation market in Meridian’s first-quarter 2025 update.[19]
  • 9.5% was the projected 2024–2030 CAGR for the global industrial automation and robotics market.[19]
  • $233.8 billion was the estimated global industrial automation and robotics market value in 2024.[19]
  • $255.9 billion was the estimated global industrial automation market value in 2024 in Meridian’s first-quarter 2025 update.[19]

Differentiation in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • $90 million was FANUC America’s planned investment in a new US factory and distribution center announced in 2026.[20]
  • More than 700 jobs were expected from FANUC America’s cumulative US facility investments since 2019.[20]
  • $3.2 billion was ABB Robotics and Discrete Automation revenue in 2024 from robots, software, solutions and services.[21]
  • 1 was Siemens’ stated ranking in industrial software and automation.[22]
  • 10,800 employees were part of ABB Robotics and Discrete Automation in 2024.[21]
  • 840,000 square feet was the planned size of FANUC America’s new Michigan facility announced in 2026.[20]

Mergers and acquisitions in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 1 acquisition was ABB’s purchase of Swiss AI-navigation start-up Sevensense announced in January 2024.[23]
  • 2 acquisitions were cited by ABB in 2025 for Gamesa Electric’s power-electronics business and Siemens’ Wiring Accessories business in China.[24]
  • €4.5 billion was the approximate price paid by Midea for KUKA in 2016.[25]
  • 1% to 2% of ABB revenue is the company’s target for annual average acquired growth.[24]
  • 1 acquisition was ABB’s purchase of ASTI Mobile Robotics before the Sevensense transaction.[23]
  • 2 technology-company acquisitions were cited by ABB in 2025 for Sensorfact and BrightLoop.[24]

Strategic partnerships in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 1 minority investment in Sevensense preceded ABB’s acquisition of the mobile-robotics company.[23]
  • 2024 was the launch year of ABB’s Robotics Service Partner Program.[23]
  • $300 million was FANUC America’s expected cumulative investment in multiple new US facilities since 2019.[20]
  • 1 partner ecosystem was cited by ABB as a route for developing next-generation robotics innovations with start-ups and universities.[23]
  • 3 million square feet was FANUC America’s projected US footprint after cumulative facility investments since 2019.[20]
  • 4 universities or research institutions were specifically named by ABB as worldwide research partners: ETH Zurich, Imperial College London, IITs and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.[24]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce constraints track directly to adoption: 53% expected to need data analysts and 54% expected to need automation technicians for Industry 4.0 skills.

Hiring in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 53% of surveyed manufacturing organisations expected to need data analysts for Industry 4.0 skills.[26]
  • 3.8 million manufacturing jobs are expected to be needed in the United States by 2033.[27]
  • 54% of surveyed manufacturing organisations expected to need automation technicians for Industry 4.0 skills.[26]
  • 1.9 million US manufacturing jobs could remain unfilled by 2033 if workforce challenges persist.[27]
  • 56% of surveyed manufacturing organisations expected to need AI specialists for Industry 4.0 skills.[26]

Employee retention in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 31% was the average hourly turnover rate in manufacturing in both 2023 and 2024.[17]
  • 39% of surveyed manufacturing managers changed jobs at least once during the prior year in the 2024 frontline workforce study.[28]
  • 34 days was the average manufacturing time-to-fill in 2024.[17]
  • 11% of manufacturers said employee turnover had a severe impact on bottom-line finances in the 2024 UKG survey.[29]
  • 40% of manufacturers said their retention challenges were unchanged from 2024 in the 2026 Manufacturers Alliance survey.[17]

Remote Work in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. manufacturing, 19% of workers worked remotely, including hybrid and fully remote arrangements, during October 2023–September 2024.[30]
  • Across U.S. manufacturing, 35.2% of surveyed workers reported remote work in the Chicago Fed Survey of Economic Conditions from July 2021 through March 2024.[31]
  • Across U.S. manufacturing, 36.9% of workers could work at home and 33.3% actually did so during 2024–2025.[32]
  • Across U.S. manufacturing, teleworked hours represented 12.2% of total hours worked in 2025.[32]

Hybrid Work in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across manufacturing employees, 80% believed office mandates reflected a lack of trust that employees would be productive at home in 2025.[33]
  • Across manufacturing employers, 67% identified productivity as a key factor driving pressure to return to the office in 2025.[33]
  • Across manufacturing employers, 80% said their organizations were still struggling to balance hybrid working in 2025.[33]
  • Across manufacturing companies, the average required office attendance reached 2.82 days per week in the second quarter of 2025.[17]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 17% were fully back in the office for non-production employees in 2025.[17]

Upskilling in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 23.68% of manufacturers in the 2025 Manufacturing Momentum Report still identified skills shortages as a workforce concern.[34]
  • 65% of US manufacturing executives identified workforce attraction and retention as their primary challenge in 2024, increasing pressure for internal skills development.[35]
  • 26.32% of manufacturers in the 2025 Manufacturing Momentum Report prioritised upskilling as a workforce focus.[34]
  • 16% of manufacturers in the 2025 Manufacturing Momentum Report focused on upskilling as a workforce strategy.[34]
  • 38% of manufacturing workers identified accessible training and upskilling opportunities as an important workforce expectation in 2024.[36]

Employee Engagement in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across manufacturing, distribution and storage organizations, 84.2% of employees said they cared about their organization’s future in 2026.[37]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 41% identified employee recognition as a high priority in 2024.[38]
  • Across manufacturing, distribution and storage organizations, the average employee-engagement score was 72.9% in 2026.[37]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 70% of respondents said most non-frontline employees were engaged in their jobs in 2023.[5]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 48% of respondents said most frontline workers were engaged in their jobs in 2023.[5]

Change Management in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across organizations worldwide, 24% used a project-based change-management approach in 2024.[39]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Customer data integration stays a sticking point: 97% of leaders said customer data was siloed or only partially integrated in 2026.

Customer experience in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 93% of surveyed industrial manufacturing and construction companies were experimenting with or implementing at least one digital customer-experience use case in 2023.[27]
  • 48% of automation organizations with more than $1 billion in revenue conducted structured, regular and broad customer surveys in 2026.[40]
  • 97% of global industrial manufacturing leaders said their customer data was siloed or only partially integrated in 2026.[41]
  • 31% of automation-survey respondents relied on sales teams to provide customer feedback in 2026.[40]
  • 30% of automation companies had a structured process for capturing customer feedback in 2026.[40]

Customer retention in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 44.7% was the year-over-year improvement in customer win-back rates reported by best-in-class manufacturers in 2024.[42]
  • 21.4% was the year-over-year improvement in customer retention reported by best-in-class manufacturers in 2024.[42]
  • 18.9% was the year-over-year improvement in annual customer-service costs reported by best-in-class manufacturers in 2024.[42]
  • 93% of intelligent-automation survey respondents cited improving customer engagement across multiple channels as an automation driver.[43]
  • 3.1% was the year-over-year deterioration in customer retention reported by other manufacturers in 2024.[42]

Customer acquisition in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 60% of industrial-manufacturing technology executives identified converting prospects into customers as a main digital-transformation trigger in 2023.[7]
  • 3.9% was the year-over-year improvement in revenue from customer referrals reported by other manufacturers in 2024.[42]
  • 21.2% was the year-over-year improvement in revenue from customer referrals reported by best-in-class manufacturers in 2024.[42]
  • 44% of industrial-manufacturing technology executives identified customer feedback as a top-three digital-transformation driver in 2023.[7]
  • 8.5% was the year-over-year improvement in revenue from net-new customers reported by other manufacturers in 2024.[42]

Customer loyalty in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 0.2% was the year-over-year improvement in cross-sell and upsell revenue reported by other manufacturers in 2024.[42]
  • 8.29 out of 10 was the average customer-satisfaction rating reported by OMRON Industrial Automation Europe in its survey.[44]
  • 19.6% was the year-over-year improvement in customer lifetime value reported by best-in-class manufacturers in 2024.[42]
  • 17.8% was the year-over-year improvement in cross-sell and upsell revenue reported by best-in-class manufacturers in 2024.[42]
  • 39% of machinery and industrial-automation experts identified optimizing the after-sales process at the end customer as an important digital use case.[45]

Lead generation in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 27% of manufacturers used video advertising to generate sales leads in 2022.[46]
  • 60% of manufacturers used social media to generate sales leads in 2022.[46]
  • 43% of manufacturers used pay-per-click advertising to generate sales leads in 2022.[46]
  • 98% of manufacturers generated sales-qualified leads through digital marketing in 2022.[46]
  • 37% of manufacturers used webinars to generate sales leads in 2022.[46]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Technical buyers rely on vendor sources and professional channels, with 41% regularly using vendor websites in 2024.

Marketing in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 30% was the manufacturing-sector score for content-marketing capability in the 2023 Digital Marketing Skills Benchmark.[47]
  • 46% was the manufacturing-sector score for ecommerce capability in the 2023 Digital Marketing Skills Benchmark.[47]
  • 38% was the manufacturing-sector score for digital-strategy capability in the 2023 Digital Marketing Skills Benchmark.[47]
  • 45% was the manufacturing-sector score for search-engine-optimization capability in the 2023 Digital Marketing Skills Benchmark.[47]
  • 44% was the manufacturing-sector score for social-media capability in the 2023 Digital Marketing Skills Benchmark.[47]

Digital marketing in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 69% of manufacturers used organic-search traffic for lead generation in 2022.[46]
  • 37% of manufacturers used webinars for lead generation in 2022.[46]
  • 27% of manufacturers used video advertising for lead generation in 2022.[46]
  • 78% of manufacturing marketers measured content performance using metrics in 2021.[48]
  • 43% of manufacturers used pay-per-click advertising for lead generation in 2022.[46]

Branding in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 74% of manufacturing marketers used content marketing to build credibility and trust in 2021.[48]
  • 45% of manufacturing marketers used content marketing to build a subscribed audience in 2021.[48]
  • 81% of technical buyers subscribed to LinkedIn newsletters in 2024.[48]
  • 37% of technical buyers regularly used online technical publications for information in 2024.[48]
  • 41% of technical buyers regularly used vendor websites for information in 2024.[48]

Social media in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 82% of manufacturing marketers used paid channels to distribute content in 2021.[48]
  • 79% of manufacturing marketers used social-media advertising or promoted posts as a paid distribution method in 2021.[48]
  • 28% of manufacturing organizations said they were likely to establish online communities within 12 months in 2021.[48]
  • 49% of manufacturing organizations said they were unlikely to establish online communities within 12 months in 2021.[48]
  • 87% of manufacturing marketers used LinkedIn organically in 2021.[48]

Influencer Marketing in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among manufacturing marketers using paid channels, 19% used influencer marketing in the 12 months covered by the 2025 outlook survey; global manufacturing, survey conducted June–August 2024.[49]
  • Across B2B companies, 43% of marketers planned to increase influencer investment in the following year in 2025; global survey scope.[50]
  • Across B2B companies, 29% of marketers planned to adopt influencer marketing within the following year in 2025; global survey scope.[50]
  • Across B2B companies, 55% of marketers used influencers in 2025, providing a benchmark applicable to industrial manufacturing marketers.[50]
  • Across B2B companies, 28% ranked thought leaders or industry analysts as the most effective influencer type in 2025; global survey scope.[50]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Operational execution focuses on control and maintenance. Unplanned downtime fell 18.5% in a US survey where predictive maintenance increased versus preventive.

Process optimization in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 24% of surveyed manufacturers ranked factory synchronization as a first- or second-priority investment for the next two years in 2024.[27]
  • 33% of surveyed manufacturers reported process-control automation as currently implemented in 2025.[51]
  • 35% of surveyed manufacturers identified process optimization, including shop-floor control and scheduling optimization, as an important automation investment in 2025.[51]
  • 33% of surveyed manufacturers ranked manufacturing execution systems among their first- or second-highest investment priorities in 2024.[27]
  • 37% of process manufacturers reported predictive-maintenance or work-order automation as an important technology investment in 2025.[51]

Operational efficiency in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 8.9% growth brought the global operational stock of industrial robots to 4,663,773 units in 2024.[4]
  • 541,302 industrial robots were installed worldwide in 2023, the second-highest annual installation total on record.[4]
  • 18.5% less unplanned downtime was reported for manufacturers relying more on predictive than preventive maintenance in a U.S. manufacturing survey.[52]
  • 276,288 industrial robots were installed in Chinese factories in 2023, representing 51% of global installations.[4]
  • 10% higher productivity was associated with industrial-robot adoption among Chinese manufacturing firms in a 2024 empirical study.[53]

Quality management in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 64% of manufacturers with improved quality-control workflows used machine vision as part of those improvements.[54]
  • 52% of manufacturers that improved quality-control and assurance workflows reported a decreased likelihood of human error.[54]
  • 58% of manufacturers with improved quality-control workflows used machine learning as part of those improvements.[54]
  • 56% of manufacturers with improved quality-control workflows used fixed industrial scanners as part of those improvements.[54]
  • 44% of manufacturers that improved quality-control and assurance workflows reported better line adjustments without production interruptions.[54]

Supply chain in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 80% of surveyed organizations had piloted or implemented generative AI in supply chains in 2024.[55]
  • 51% of surveyed organizations invested more than $10 million in supply chains in 2024.[55]
  • 41% of organizations using generative AI reported improved supply-chain margins in 2024.[55]
  • 91% of organizations using generative AI said it was effective in optimizing supply-chain processes and decision-making in 2024.[55]
  • 46% of organizations using generative AI reported improved customer service in supply chains in 2024.[55]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across EU enterprises sourcing abroad during 2021–2023, 39% outsourced business functions to external providers, while 72% used affiliated enterprises abroad for insourcing.[9]
  • Across global manufacturing, executives expected offshore facilities to decline to 28% within three years of 2025, while onshore facilities rise to 48%.[56]
  • Across global manufacturing, 37% of facilities were offshore in 2024, compared with 41% onshore and 22% nearshore.[56]
  • Across EU enterprises engaged in international sourcing during 2021–2023, 37% operated in manufacturing, the largest sector share among sourcing enterprises.[9]
  • Across global manufacturing, 56% of executives in 2025 said their organization had invested in nearshoring or a combination of reshoring and nearshoring.[56]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Expected cost impact is explicit in industrial AI expectations: 58% of industrial machinery manufacturers expected AI to reduce labor costs by at least 5.1%.

Cost reduction in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 39% of industrial machinery manufacturers expected AI to reduce inventory costs by at least 5.1% over the following two to three years.[57]
  • 58% of industrial machinery manufacturers expected AI to reduce labor costs by at least 5.1% over the following two to three years.[57]
  • 67% of industrial machinery manufacturers expected AI to reduce maintenance costs by at least 5.1% over the following two to three years.[57]
  • 50% of industrial machinery manufacturers expected AI to reduce tooling costs by at least 5.1% over the following two to three years.[57]
  • 58% of industrial machinery manufacturers expected AI to reduce rework costs by at least 5.1% over the following two to three years.[57]

Profitability in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 13.0% was projected EBITDA growth for the automation-company sector in 2025.[58]
  • 29.78% was Estun Automation's gross-profit margin for core automation components and motion-control systems in 2025.[59]
  • 28.76% was Estun Automation's gross-profit margin for industrial robots and intelligent manufacturing systems in 2025.[59]
  • 10.2% was ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation's operational EBITA margin in 2024.[21]
  • 39% was the year-on-year decrease in ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation operational EBITA in 2024.[59]

Financial planning in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 40% of surveyed manufacturers planned investment in data analytics over the following 24 months in 2024.[27]
  • 78% of surveyed manufacturing leaders allocated more than 20% of their overall improvement budgets to smart-manufacturing initiatives in 2024.[27]
  • 46% of surveyed manufacturers ranked process automation among their top two investment priorities for the next two years in 2024.[27]
  • 29% of surveyed manufacturers planned investment in artificial intelligence over the following 24 months in 2024.[27]
  • 29% of surveyed manufacturers planned investment in cloud computing over the following 24 months in 2024.[27]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Digital-twin use is widespread but uneven across lifecycle scope: 79% use digital twins for product planning and development, while less than 5% use them for service and maintenance.

Product development in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 13% of manufacturers use artificial intelligence for product design and development, according to a UK manufacturing survey.[60]
  • 39% of manufacturers rated product design as digitized, while 49% expected that level by 2027.[2]
  • 26% of manufacturing respondents expect digital twins to make physical prototyping obsolete within five to six years.[61]
  • 54% of US manufacturers use computer-aided-design technology, according to a weighted survey of US manufacturing businesses.[13]
  • 79% of manufacturers have deployed or are rolling out digital twins for product planning and development, including real-time quality monitoring.[17]

Product lifecycle in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 5% of companies use digital twins on the manufacturing shop floor, according to a Deloitte study cited by Siemens.[61]
  • 15% of companies apply digital twins across the entire product lifecycle, despite 85% using digital twins in some form.[61]
  • 88% of the most progressive manufacturing organizations use advanced solutions to manage manufacturing-tooling engineering deliverables.[61]
  • 72% of the most progressive manufacturing organizations use advanced solutions to manage manufacturing-facility engineering deliverables.[61]
  • Less than 5% of companies use digital twins for service and maintenance within the product lifecycle.[61]

After-sales in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • Maintenance accounts for 20% to 60% of operating expenditure in industrial assets, depending on industry, asset and capital expenditure.[62]
  • 80% of customers say the experience provided by a company is as important as its products or services, according to manufacturing after-sales research.[62]
  • 53% of discrete manufacturers have developed a predictive-maintenance strategy, compared with 37% across the wider maintenance survey.[63]
  • 40% of manufacturers are still implementing digital tools for aftermarket services, while 21% remain in the pilot phase.[17]
  • 28% of manufacturers have optimized aftermarket services with AI-powered tools or integrated customer-relationship-management systems.[17]

Value proposition in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 44% of industrial manufacturers expect revenue from activities outside traditional industrial and consumer-product manufacturing by 2030.[5]
  • 81% of manufacturing companies have implemented at least one data-and-analytics use case.[64]
  • 16% of manufacturing executives say their companies have captured value from data and analytics to date.[64]
  • 37% of manufacturing companies have scaled data-and-analytics applications beyond specific plant areas.[64]
  • 70% of organizations rank return on investment as an important factor when selecting robotic solutions for manufacturing and material handling.[65]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Sustainability metrics are tied to product and operational outcomes, including ABB’s 5.8% landfill diversion share in 2024.

Sustainability in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • Siemens reported that its fiscal-2024 offerings were expected to avoid approximately 144 million metric tons of greenhouse-gas emissions over their lifetimes.[18]
  • ABB reduced waste sent to landfill to 5.8% of total waste in 2024.[24]
  • ABB helped customers avoid 66 million metric tons of greenhouse-gas emissions through products sold in 2024.[24]
  • ABB reported a 78% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse-gas emissions from its 2019 baseline in 2024.[24]

ESG in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • Siemens reported a 60% reduction in emissions from its 2019 baseline in its 2024 sustainability reporting.[66]
  • Siemens reported 27 digital-learning hours per employee in 2024.[66]
  • ABB reported a lost-time injury frequency rate of 0.15 in 2024, down from 0.24 in its 2019 baseline.[24]
  • ABB reported that 21.3% of senior-management positions were held by women in 2024.[24]
  • Siemens reported that women held 32.6% of top-management positions in 2024.[66]

Ethics in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • Siemens delivered approximately 418,000 targeted compliance-training programs to employees in fiscal 2024.[67]
  • Siemens Integrity Initiative projects conducted 173 ethics interventions in Mozambique during October 2019–September 2024.[67]
  • Siemens imposed 200 disciplinary measures for compliance violations in fiscal 2024.[67]
  • Siemens Integrity Initiative activities in Mozambique reached more than 7,051 project beneficiaries during October 2019–September 2024.[67]
  • 100% of Rockwell Automation employees, contractors and Board members completed annual ethics training in 2024.[14]

CSR in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • ABB reported approximately 110,000 employees worldwide in its 2024 annual-reporting-suite announcement.[24]
  • The Siemens Integrity Initiative served more than 145 companies through ethics-related engagements in Mozambique during October 2019–September 2024.[67]
  • The Siemens Integrity Initiative certified 36 ethics officers in Mozambique during October 2019–September 2024.[67]
  • Siemens planned €12 million of committed funding by 2030 for seven collective-action and education projects in more than 30 countries.[22]
  • ABB’s 2024 sustainability reporting stated that the company released an internal guideline to formalize community-engagement strategy during 2024.[24]

Circular economy in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • Siemens reported 2,408 environmental product declarations in fiscal 2024.[67]
  • ABB’s 2025 circularity framework alignment score was 27% of product-based revenue.[24]
  • 56% of Siemens revenue came from products containing IEC 62474-declarable substances in fiscal 2024.[67]
  • ABB sent 5.3% of operational waste to landfill in 2025.[24]
  • ABB recycled 81% of operational waste in 2025.[24]

Carbon footprint in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • Siemens reported 101 million metric tons of Scope 3 use-of-sold-products emissions in fiscal 2024, excluding Innomotics.[67]
  • Siemens reported 398 million metric tons of Scope 3 use-of-sold-products emissions in fiscal 2024, including Innomotics.[67]
  • ABB reported 134 kilotons of Scope 1 and 2 carbon-dioxide equivalent emissions in 2025.[24]
  • Rockwell Automation survey respondents identified carbon neutrality by 2050 as a goal for 14% of participating organizations in 2023–2024.[68]
  • ABB reported 425,310 kilotons of Scope 3 carbon-dioxide equivalent emissions in 2025.[24]

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Globalization & Expansion

Regional deployment patterns matter for automation scaling. Asia accounted for 74% of new industrial-robot deployments in 2024.

Globalization in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 18% of Schneider Electric’s industrial automation revenue came from the rest of the world in 2024, worth €1.262 billion.[74]
  • $509.6 billion was the global industrial automation market size in 2024.[75]
  • $634.1 million was Rockwell Automation’s Latin American sales in fiscal 2024.[14]
  • 39% was Asia-Pacific’s share of the global industrial automation and robotics market in 2024.[19]
  • 27% of Schneider Electric’s industrial automation revenue came from Western Europe in 2024, worth €1.912 billion.[74]

Cultural adaptation in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 34% of manufacturers reported relocating production to the United States or Canada in 2025.[76]
  • 74% of manufacturers said localization was highly relevant to their operations in 2025.[17]
  • 16% of manufacturers reported relocating production to Mexico in 2025.[76]
  • 55% of manufacturers reported repurposing manufacturing capabilities as a localization strategy in 2025.[76]
  • 35% of manufacturers reported relocating only final product integration in 2025.[76]

Supplier management in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 65% of ABB Process Automation’s 2024 capital expenditure was made in Europe.[21]
  • 10,800 employees worked in ABB Robotics and Discrete Automation at December 31, 2024.[21]
  • $62 million was ABB Process Automation’s capital expenditure on property, plant and equipment in 2024.[21]
  • 15% of ABB Process Automation’s 2024 capital expenditure was made in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.[21]
  • 20% of Rockwell Automation’s total sales came from its two largest distributors in fiscal 2024.[14]

Stakeholder management in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • 33% of machines worldwide run on a Siemens controller, according to Siemens’ Digital Industries profile.[22]
  • 24,000 SaaS customers were won by Siemens, with 70% being new customers.[18]
  • 13% was Siemens Digital Industries Software’s average annual recurring-revenue growth rate in 2025.[18]
  • Approximately 10,800 employees supported ABB Robotics and Discrete Automation customers in 2024.[21]
  • 90% of Siemens’ 24,000 newly won SaaS customers were small and medium-sized enterprises.[18]

Distribution channels in the automation in manufacturing industry

  • $3.213 billion was ABB Robotics and Discrete Automation revenue in 2024 from direct and indirect channels combined.[21]
  • $1.447 billion was ABB Robotics and Discrete Automation’s order backlog at December 31, 2024.[21]
  • $2.596 billion was ABB Robotics and Discrete Automation orders in 2024.[21]
  • $1.505 billion was Rockwell Automation’s Europe, Middle East and Africa sales in fiscal 2024.[14]
  • $5.053 billion was Rockwell Automation’s North American sales in fiscal 2024.[14]

Key questions about the automation in manufacturing industry

What is the global manufacturing automation market size in 2023 and 2026?
The global manufacturing automation market was estimated at $12.3 billion in 2023, and it is estimated at $17.0 billion in 2026.
How fast is the manufacturing automation market expected to grow through 2030?
Grand View Research forecasts the market to reach $24.0 billion by 2030, implying a 9.7% CAGR over the forecast period.
Which companies lead the automation in manufacturing industry?
Keyence leads Gitnux's 2026 automation in manufacturing ranking with an Overall score of 9.5, with revenue growth 10.4% and operating margin 51%. Schneider Electric is the highest-ranked industrial automation control provider at 9.4, driven by industrial automation €7.0 billion FY2025 revenue.
What technology shifts show up most in manufacturing automation data and analytics?
Manufacturers report shop-floor analytics use (62%) and AI for data analysis (57%). Data quality remains a barrier: 30% cited poor data quality in 2025.
How concentrated is the industrial-robot market by geography?
China, Japan, the United States, South Korea and Germany together accounted for 80% of global installations in 2024. China alone represented 295,045 installations, or approximately 54% of the worldwide total.
What regulatory requirements most affect automation deployment in the US and EU?
OSHA states there are no specific federal standards for the robotics industry; general requirements such as machine guarding and lockout/tagout apply. In the EU, Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 sets health and safety requirements for machinery and related products.
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