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Capital Industry Statistics

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Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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01 Industry overview

The capital industry at a glance

The capital-goods industry is expanding around machinery, automation and advanced manufacturing: global machinery and components generate about $2 trillion annually, with growth increasingly tied to digitalization, electrification and industrial investment.

$2.0T[73]
Global machinery revenue, 2026
3.3%[73]
Machinery CAGR to 2030
$712.2B[103]
U.S. capital-goods exports, 2025
5.437M[33]
U.S. durable-goods production jobs, 2025
Market size
The broad global industrial-technology market includes approximately $2.0 trillion in annual revenue from machinery and components. In the United States, exports of capital goods excluding automotive reached $712.2 billion in 2025.[73][103]
Forecast & CAGR
Global machinery and components are forecast to grow at a 3.3% compound annual growth rate through 2030. Industrial automation is projected to expand considerably faster, at 12.5% annually through 2030, reflecting investment in software, controls and connected equipment.[73]
Market share & regions
In 2024, Northern America and Europe together represented 35.8% of global manufacturing value added. In global capital-goods trade, developed economies accounted for 15% of exports in the capital-goods category in 2023, while developing East Asia accounted for 19% of developing-region exports.[104][105]
Segmentation
The industry spans machinery and components, industrial automation, building technologies and off-highway mobile machinery. Within machinery and components, the scope includes stationary machinery, general-purpose equipment, instruments, subsystems, mechanical components and electrical base components.[73]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Higher-technology manufacturing remains a major growth area: in the second quarter of 2026, global higher-technology production increased 2.0% and exports rose 7.1%. Key drivers include data centers, electrification, automation and defense investment, while trade-policy uncertainty and geopolitical fragmentation continue to challenge supply chains.[104][105]
Latest news
UNIDO reported that global manufacturing production increased 1.5% and manufacturing exports rose 6.1% in the second quarter of 2026, with Asia and the Pacific leading regional export growth. Higher-technology goods outperformed overall manufacturing, with production up 2.0% and exports up 7.1%.[104]
report visual · Comparison

Revenue of the largest capital companies

London Stock Exchange Group leads with $11.5B in annual revenue (group level, converted to USD).

London Stock Exchange Group$11.5B
CME Group$6.5B
Deutsche Börse Group$5.6B
Nasdaq$5.2B
Euronext$2.0B
source-verifiedlseg.com · cmegroup.com · deutsche-boerse.com · ir.nasdaq.com · euronext.com2025

02 Ranking

Top 7 Companies in the Capital Industry

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

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

Verdict

London Stock Exchange Group leads Gitnux's 2026 capital ranking with an Overall score of 9.9, with global trading, clearing, data and analytics infrastructure. Deutsche Börse Group is the highest-ranked capital-markets infrastructure provider at 9.3, with Eurex and Clearstream trading, clearing and settlement infrastructure.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in market data & analytics

    London Stock Exchange Group

    GB

    Ranked #1 · 9.9 · Market data & analytics

    Why we picked it: Its segment covers exchanges, clearing, and capital-market data and analytics, aligning with integration needs in trading and post-trade workflows.

    See in ranking ↓Visit lseg.com ↗

  2. Leader in exchanges & post-trade

    Deutsche Börse Group

    DE

    Ranked #2 · 9.3 · Exchanges & post-trade

    Why we picked it: Its segment concentrates on European trading and post-trade infrastructure, supporting continuous operations through settlement and market-data services.

    See in ranking ↓Visit deutsche-boerse.com ↗

  3. Leader in derivatives clearing

    CME Group

    US

    Ranked #5 · 8.9 · Derivatives clearing

    Why we picked it: Its segment is derivatives exchange and clearing with large daily contract throughput, shaping capacity and reliability requirements.

    See in ranking ↓Visit cmegroup.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 7 companies in the capital industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

London Stock Exchange Group

Market data & analytics · GB

9.9
2

Deutsche Börse Group

Exchanges & post-trade · DE

9.3
3

Euronext

Exchanges & post-trade · NL

9.3
4

Nasdaq

Exchanges & post-trade · US

9.2
5

CME Group

Derivatives clearing · US

8.9
6

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing

Hong Kong and China-linked exchanges and clearing · HK

7.1
7

Cboe Global Markets

Options, equities, futures and foreign-exchange markets · US

7.0

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).

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 7 companies in the capital industry. In Capital Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/capital-industry-statistics/#top-companies

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

Technology & Innovation highlights fast adoption of AI and automation signals across capital-adjacent functions, including 80% of global asset managers using AI in some capacity in 2026.

AI in the capital industry

  • 37% of surveyed asset-management companies planned to expand their AI use in 2024.[1]
  • 40% of surveyed asset-management companies used a hybrid internal and external approach to develop AI capabilities in 2024.[1]
  • 80% of global asset managers reported using AI in some capacity in 2026.[2]
  • 26% of global asset managers actively deployed AI across multiple parts of their investment or product process in 2026.[2]
  • 36% of surveyed asset-management companies were actively using AI in 2024.[1]
  • 73% of asset and wealth management organizations identified AI as the most transformational technology over the following two to three years.[3]

Automation in the capital industry

  • 22% of surveyed investment managers reported mature automation in daily operations in 2024.[4]
  • 24% of securities-services firms were applying generative AI in operations in 2025.[5]
  • 57% of securities-services firms were applying generative AI in post-trade activities in 2025.[5]
  • 43% of UK securities-services respondents identified automation as a top enabler of the T+1 transition in 2025.[5]
  • 44% of surveyed investment managers used automation in some operational areas in 2024.[4]
  • 33% of surveyed investment managers reported limited automation use in 2024.[4]

Digital Transformation in the financial services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 43% of financial services firms said they will need an entirely new technology stack to succeed in the age of AI.[6]
  • 80% of financial services firms reported active AI use in 2026, up from 31% in 2025.[6]
  • 27% of financial services firms reported financial benefits from AI in 2026, up from 14% in 2025.[6]
  • 84% of financial services firms said integrating front-, middle- and back-office systems into one platform is important in 2026.[6]
  • 26% of financial services firms reported using agentic AI in 2026, according to a global digital-transformation study.[6]

Technology Adoption in the financial services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 54% of surveyed financial services companies had deployed AI initiatives by January 2025, up from 40% one year earlier.[7]
  • 61% of financial institutions recently adopted AI or improved their AI capabilities, based on a 2024 survey across 11 markets.[8]
  • 35% of financial institutions adopted or improved generative-AI capabilities during the 12 months covered by the 2024 survey.[8]
  • About one-third of financial services companies reported using generative AI by January 2025, compared with 21% a year earlier.[7]
  • 59% of finance leaders reported using AI in their finance function in 2025, according to Gartner’s survey of 183 senior finance leaders.[9]

Cloud Computing in the financial services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 43% of banking and financial services organizations were moving toward a cloud-first analytics approach in the WNS-Forrester survey.[10]
  • 82% of financial services firms used a hybrid- or multi-cloud strategy in LSEG’s 2025 global survey.[11]
  • 87% of financial services firms increased cloud investment during the two years preceding LSEG’s 2025 global survey.[11]
  • 91% of financial organizations had at least one cloud platform in 2023, up from 37% in 2020.[12]
  • 33% of financial services firms were highly satisfied with cloud-related reductions in operational costs in Capgemini’s 2024 survey.[12]

Big Data in the financial services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 18% of finance firms adopted big-data analytics in the OECD’s cross-country comparison; the European data refer to 2019.[13]
  • 37% of surveyed bank marketers said their bank was on the way to using data and analytics to support strategic goals in 2024.[14]
  • 43% of financial services firms had adopted customer-data platforms at least partially or were scaling them, based on Capgemini’s 2024 survey.[12]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Data & Analytics centers on data access and quality as operational constraints for AI-ready systems, including 81% of bank respondents citing data quality as a top challenge in 2024.

Business intelligence in the capital industry

  • 90%-plus of bank data users said needed data was often unavailable or took too long to retrieve in Deloitte’s 2024 survey.[4]
  • 36% of banking and capital-markets respondents cited optimizing cost as a top reason for adopting multicloud architecture.[4]
  • 81% of bank respondents cited data quality as a top challenge to AI-ready data in Deloitte’s 2024 survey.[4]
  • $5 billion-plus was planned by US banks for data initiatives in 2023, supporting business-intelligence and reporting capabilities.[4]
  • 73% of UK banking and capital-markets technology decision-makers allocated budgets to cloud, analytics, open banking or AI in 2024.[4]
  • 40% of banking and capital-markets respondents cited avoiding vendor lock-in as a top reason for adopting multicloud architecture.[4]

Data analytics in the capital industry

  • 41% of surveyed capital-markets institutions reported high adoption of semantic technologies for controls management.[15]
  • 63% of M&A advisory survey participants viewed data analytics as a potential catalyst for greater transparency, faster transactions and improved outcomes.[4]
  • Almost one-third of US banking respondents said their organizations were considering investment in AI for personalization in 2024.[4]
  • 62% of US banking respondents said their organizations were considering investment in creative or generative AI in 2024.[4]
  • 41% of surveyed capital-markets institutions reported high adoption of cognitive automation.[15]
  • 41% of surveyed capital-markets institutions reported high adoption of generative AI and large language models.[15]

Data Quality in the financial services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. banking and capital markets, 86% of respondents named data access and usability as a top concern in 2024.[4]
  • Across banks supervised by the European Central Bank, 28% reported that all data used by critical functions came from golden sources in 2023.[16]
  • Across global financial services, 34% of organizations rated their data excellent for accuracy and integrity in 2024.[17]
  • Across global financial services, 36% of organizations rated their data excellent for quantity and completeness in 2024.[17]
  • Across significant European banking institutions, 32% did not apply data-quality-management principles to end-user computing in 2023.[16]
  • Across U.S. banking and capital markets, 94% of respondents named data accuracy and reliability as a priority in 2024.[4]

Data Governance in the financial services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across financial-services organizations surveyed globally, 43.7% lacked a standardized certification process for analytics content in 2025.[18]
  • Across 35 surveyed banks, insurers, and financial-services firms in 38 countries, 54% had adopted a semantic layer for organization-wide data governance in 2025.[19]
  • Across financial-services organizations surveyed globally, 82.9% had implemented governance policies specifically applying to business intelligence and analytics in 2025.[18]
  • Across global financial services, 54% of companies rated data governance at one of the two highest maturity levels in 2024.[20]
  • Across financial-services organizations surveyed globally, 57.1% identified BI-content testing as the top future investment in analytics governance in 2025.[18]

KPIs in the capital industry

  • 12% of asset servicers admitted they did not measure customer experience at all.[21]
  • 61% of asset servicers defined and tracked key performance indicators manually, without tools for real-time measurement.[21]
  • 74% of asset servicers prioritized modernizing data platforms, a capability supporting KPI measurement and operational reporting.[21]
  • 65% of asset servicers expected AI and workflow automation to have the biggest impact on operations and process organization.[21]
  • 62% of asset servicers cited process fragmentation and integration challenges as major drawbacks of point solutions.[21]
  • 47% of asset servicers cited lack of customization as a major drawback of point solutions.[21]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Strategy & Growth ties capital-industry demand to market activity and deal pipelines, with global equity trading volume reaching 17.6 billion shares in 2025.

Growth in the capital industry

  • 3.0% was the increase in U.S. national securities-industry employment in 2025, reaching 1,166,400 jobs.[22]
  • 18.5% was the increase in global equity-market capitalization in 2025, reaching $151.94 trillion worldwide.[23]
  • 18.9% was the year-over-year increase in global equity-market capitalization in 2025, reaching $157.8 trillion.[22]
  • 44.6% was the year-over-year increase in average daily global equity trading volume in 2025, reaching 17.6 billion shares.[22]
  • 13.5% was the increase in global equity issuance in 2025, reaching $573.8 billion.[22]
  • 5% annually is the forecast growth rate for the global securities-services industry through 2030.[24]

Differentiation in the capital industry

  • 2.8 out of 3 was the maturity score for back-office capital-markets services in 2022.[25]
  • 47% of total global assets under management were controlled by the 20 largest asset managers in 2026.[26]
  • 3.0 out of 3 was the maturity score for customer experience among 19 capital-markets service providers assessed in 2022.[25]
  • 1.9 out of 3 was the maturity score for legal services among 19 capital-markets service providers assessed in 2022.[25]
  • 39.2 was the median AI-maturity score for banking and capital markets in 2024, up from 26.8 in 2021.[27]
  • 2.3 out of 3 was the maturity score for research services among 19 capital-markets service providers assessed in 2022.[25]

Mergers and acquisitions in the capital industry

  • 13,266 U.S. M&A transactions were announced in 2025, up 3.6% from 2024.[28]
  • 2,236 financial-services deals were publicly disclosed across major global markets in 2025.[21]
  • 15% was the increase in wealth- and asset-management M&A activity in 2025 compared with 2024.[24]
  • $815 million was the average financial-services M&A transaction size in 2025, up from $590 million in 2024.[24]
  • 3,343 capital-markets M&A transactions were recorded globally in 2025.[20]
  • 93 global financial-services deals valued above $1 billion were announced in 2025.[21]

Strategic partnerships in the capital industry

  • 89% of organizations considered strategic alliances as an alternative to traditional divestitures in 2024.[4]
  • 18% was the net share of surveyed corporations and institutional investors planning to increase private-credit allocations in 2026.[24]
  • 30% of surveyed U.S. CFOs said they were likely to use alternative structures such as joint ventures or strategic partnerships for deals in 2024.[4]
  • 26% was the net share of surveyed corporations and institutional investors planning to increase private-equity allocations in 2026.[24]
  • 49% of U.S. CFOs surveyed in late 2023 said they were likely to use all-cash deals in 2024.[4]
  • 87% of organizations considered partnerships as an alternative to traditional divestitures in 2024.[4]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

People & Workforce frames execution capacity constraints, including 52.5% of U.S. financial activities workers teleworking in June 2026.

Hiring in the capital industry

  • 44% of U.S. manufacturers cited outdated or unsafe work environments as a recruitment stigma in 2025.[29]
  • 66% of U.S. manufacturing organizations reported increased production capacity year over year in 2024.[30]
  • 50% of U.S. manufacturing employers identified digital literacy as a key gap among new applicants in 2025.[29]
  • 76% of U.S. manufacturing organizations experienced moderate growth in demand for goods and services in 2024.[30]
  • 36% of U.S. manufacturing employers identified legacy-equipment skills as a key gap among new applicants in 2025.[29]

Employee retention in the capital industry

  • 31% was the average hourly turnover rate across manufacturing in both 2023 and 2024.[31]
  • 11% of manufacturing leaders reported decreasing employee turnover in 2024.[32]
  • 43% of manufacturing leaders said employee turnover remained unchanged in 2024.[32]
  • 4.9 years was the median tenure of U.S. durable-goods manufacturing employees in 2024 under the latest reported comparison series.[33]
  • 5.3 years was the median tenure of U.S. durable-goods manufacturing employees in January 2024.[33]

Remote Work in the financial services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 52.5% of workers in U.S. financial activities teleworked in June 2026, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.[33]
  • 87% of U.S. financial services employees said remote work helped them balance home and work responsibilities in 2025.[20]
  • 68% of U.S. financial services workers said they would consider seeking new employment if remote and hybrid flexibility were reduced in 2023.[34]
  • Across U.S. financial services, 82% of companies offered some form of work-location flexibility in 2025.[35]

Hybrid Work in the financial services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 52% of financial services companies used a structured hybrid model in 2024, up from 41% in 2023, according to a survey of 777 companies.[36]
  • 39% of financial services companies offered corporate employees full flexibility over work location in 2024.[36]
  • 52% of financial services companies used a structured hybrid model in early 2024, up from 41% in March 2023.[36]
  • 28.7% of U.S. finance and insurance workers were in hybrid work arrangements as of September 24, 2024.[37]
  • 42.2% of remotely workable finance and insurance jobs were hybrid in July 2025 in the United States.[35]

Upskilling in the capital industry

  • 29% of manufacturers reported hiring less-qualified staff and investing in on-the-job training to address labor shortages.[38]
  • 47% of U.S. manufacturing HR leaders cited finding candidates with the right skills as a challenge in 2024.[30]
  • 36% of U.S. manufacturing employers identified legacy-equipment skills as a skills gap among new applicants in 2025.[29]
  • 57% of manufacturers reported increasing wages to attract skilled talent in the 2025 manufacturing study.[38]
  • 68% of manufacturers said the skilled-talent shortage affected their organization more than ever in 2024.[39]

Employee Engagement in the financial services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 31% of employees in the United States and Canada were engaged at work in 2025.[40]
  • 12% of employees in Europe were engaged at work in 2025.[40]
  • 16% of employees worldwide were actively disengaged at work in 2025.[40]
  • 20% of employees worldwide were engaged at work in 2025, according to Gallup’s World Poll.[40]

DEI in the capital industry

  • 19% of board members were women in India’s capital-goods sector in fiscal year 2020–21.[41]
  • 97% was the female return-to-work rate after parental leave in India’s capital-goods sector across reported years.[41]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Customer & Sales emphasizes experience-driven retention and account growth channels, including 78% of eligible Bank of America accounts opened through digital onboarding in 2Q 2025.

Customer experience in the capital industry

  • 46% of U.S. consumers said they would remain with a financial-services institution that raised its rates or fees if it provided an excellent customer experience.[42]
  • 64% of Merrill Wealth Management households were active on mobile in the second quarter of 2025 in the United States.[43]
  • 54% of financial-services customers were satisfied with the quality of omnichannel experiences in 2025, while 34% were dissatisfied globally.[44]
  • 93% of Bank of America Private Bank clients were digitally active in the second quarter of 2025 in the United States.[43]
  • 42% of business-to-business financial-services customers identified regular reviews and improved issue-handling processes as a priority for providers.[20]

Customer retention in the capital industry

  • 56% of high-net-worth clients identified in-person meetings with a client portfolio manager as a top white-glove service in 2025.[45]
  • 21% of high-net-worth individuals changed advisors in the previous year in 2025.[45]
  • 39% of Baby Boomer investors said they would stay with a wealth-management firm if their advisor left, according to a client survey cited in 2025.[46]
  • 68% of high-net-worth clients identified portfolio-manager account reviews as a top white-glove service in 2025.[45]
  • 47% of Generation X investors said they would stay with a wealth-management firm if their advisor left, according to a client survey cited in 2025.[46]

Customer acquisition in the capital industry

  • 38.5 million active brokerage accounts were held at Charles Schwab at December 31, 2025, up 6% year over year.[47]
  • 6.3 thousand net new Merrill households were added in the second quarter of 2025 in the United States.[43]
  • 78% of eligible Bank of America bank and brokerage accounts were opened through digital onboarding in the second quarter of 2025.[43]
  • 4.7 million new brokerage accounts were opened at Charles Schwab in 2025, up 13% from 2024.[47]
  • 46.5 million total client accounts were held at Charles Schwab at December 31, 2025, up 6% year over year.[48]

Customer loyalty in the capital industry

  • 21% of high-net-worth individuals changed advisors in the year before Envestnet’s 2025 survey.[45]
  • 41% of wealth-management clients cited a change in service levels as a reason they would switch advisors in a Dynasty survey.[49]
  • 43.5% of high-net-worth investors said nothing would make them move more assets to their primary firm in a 2026 U.S. study.[50]
  • 13% of Baby Boomer wealth-management clients planned to switch their primary provider in 2025.[51]
  • 50% of high-net-worth investors said losing the relationship would make them hesitate to switch firms in a 2026 U.S. study.[50]

Lead generation in the capital industry

  • 63 advisors in a 2025 growth survey identified marketing software as a lead source.[52]
  • 102 advisors in a 2025 growth survey identified referrals and centers of influence as a lead source.[52]
  • 4 times more was the average new-client-acquisition spending of growth-focused advisors compared with non-growth-focused advisors in 2024.[53]
  • 65 advisors in a 2025 growth survey identified paid marketing as a lead source.[52]
  • 111% was the year-over-year increase in financial-services demand-generation investment reported in the latest Alexander Group study.[54]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Marketing & Brand shows investment plans for channel mix into 2026, including 55.8% of bank marketers expecting to increase search-engine-marketing or search-engine-optimization budgets in the United States.

Marketing in the capital industry

  • 55.8% of bank marketers expected to increase search-engine-marketing or search-engine-optimization budgets in 2026, United States.[14]
  • 29.2% of bank marketers expected to increase email-marketing budgets in 2026, United States.[14]
  • 18% of financial-services marketers said brand campaigns and storytelling were not a priority in 2026, United States.[55]
  • 23.0% of bank marketers expected to increase direct-mail budgets in 2026, United States.[14]
  • Nearly two-thirds of financial-services marketing professionals focused on B2B marketing in a 2024 survey, global and United States respondents.[56]

Digital marketing in the capital industry

  • 13.9% of total digital-marketing spending went to paid search in 2025, the leading digital channel in Gartner’s survey.[9]
  • 40% of the 30 largest institutional asset managers offered podcasts in 2023, global firms.[57]
  • 83% of the 30 largest institutional asset managers hosted audio or visual content on their websites and social platforms in 2023, global firms.[57]
  • 25% of financial-services push-media spending went to OTT in the first quarter of 2025, United States.[58]
  • 56% of financial-services and fintech firms combined digital and traditional marketing tactics for overseas expansion in 2026, global respondents.[59]

Branding in the capital industry

  • $79.1 billion was ICBC’s banking-brand value in 2025, up 10% year over year and ranking first globally.[60]
  • $44.959 billion was HDFC Bank’s financial-services brand value in 2025, up 4% year over year.[61]
  • $213.348 billion was Visa’s financial-services brand value in 2025, ranking first globally.[61]
  • $476.4 billion was the combined brand value of Chinese banking brands in 2025, up 6% year over year.[60]
  • $44.196 billion was Wells Fargo’s financial-services brand value in 2025, up 43% year over year.[61]

Social media in the capital industry

  • 75% of surveyed banks used LinkedIn in 2023, United States.[14]
  • 71% of surveyed banks used social media for financial education in 2023, United States.[14]
  • 89% of surveyed banks said social media was important to their institution in 2023, United States.[14]
  • 75% of surveyed banks used social media for recruiting in 2023, United States.[14]
  • 50% of surveyed banks planned to increase spending on social-media resources in 2023, United States.[14]

Influencer Marketing in the financial services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 60% of financial-services marketers reported dedicated and growing budgets for creator or influencer marketing in 2026.[62]
  • 37% of banking executives in a survey of 102 finance respondents recognized influencer marketing as a potent tool for authentic consumer connections in 2023.[63]
  • 23% of financial-services marketers reported dedicated but flat budgets for creator or influencer marketing in 2026.[62]
  • 5% of financial-services marketers reported dedicated but shrinking budgets for creator or influencer marketing in 2026.[62]
  • 7% of financial-services marketers reported folding creator or influencer marketing into other channels rather than maintaining a dedicated budget in 2026.[62]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Operations & Execution focuses on automation adoption in production processes, including 65% of leading industrial manufacturers expecting highly automated key processes by 2030.

Process optimization in the capital industry

  • 65% of leading industrial manufacturers expect highly automated key processes by 2030, compared with 29% currently, globally.[3]
  • 53% of discrete manufacturers planned 2025 investment in process optimization, including shop-floor control and scheduling optimization.[64]
  • 76% of industrial manufacturers expect heavy advanced-technology deployment in production and operations by 2030, compared with 29% currently, globally.[3]
  • 58% of discrete manufacturers planned 2025 investment in predictive-maintenance or work-order automation, according to a 2025 manufacturing survey.[64]
  • 34% of manufacturing operations were AI-augmented in 2025, with manufacturers expecting that share to reach 54% by 2030.[65]

Operational efficiency in the capital industry

  • Industrial manufacturing revenue declined about 2% in 2024, while industry margins increased slightly, globally.[66]
  • U.S. manufacturing capacity utilization averaged 75.5% in 2024, about four percentage points below its 1972–2024 average.[67]
  • Labor productivity decreased 7.0% in U.S. aerospace-products and parts manufacturing in 2024.[33]
  • 37% of manufacturing plants reported average equipment mean time between failures of 24 hours or less in 2024.[68]
  • Manufacturing-sector labor productivity increased 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2024 in the United States.[33]

Quality management in the capital industry

  • Quality ranked among the top four smart-manufacturing technology investments for manufacturers in 2025, globally.[69]
  • 18.5% was the mean reduction in in-plant defect rates over the previous three years among plants profiled by IndustryWeek in 2025.[70]
  • 9,618 parts per million was the median in-plant defect rate reported by manufacturing plants in the 2025 IndustryWeek profile.[70]
  • 82% was the largest increase in in-plant defect rates over the previous three years among plants profiled by IndustryWeek in 2025.[70]
  • 37% of manufacturers used collected technology, process and device data for cybersecurity protection in 2025, globally.[69]

Supply chain in the capital industry

  • 19% of industrial-manufacturing companies pursued aggressive reshoring in PwC’s 2025 survey.[3]
  • 80% of manufacturers and distributors identified local-supplier limitations as a challenge to localizing supply networks in 2024.[3]
  • 91% of operations and supply-chain leaders said they would significantly change supply-chain strategies because of U.S. trade-policy changes in 2025.[3]
  • 62% of manufacturers and distributors identified quality and compliance variability as a challenge to localizing supply networks in 2024.[3]
  • 8% of industrial-manufacturing companies used a hybrid supply-chain approach in PwC’s 2025 survey.[3]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the financial services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among significant European banks, 67% of outsourcing contracts were sub-outsourced to external service providers in the 2024 analysis.[16]
  • Among U.S. banks surveyed, 57% had considered outsourcing information technology departments in 2024, the highest share among listed departments.[71]
  • Among significant European banks, 27% of critical ICT contracts were outsourced to external providers located outside the European Union in the 2024 analysis.[16]
  • Across surveyed finance organizations, 64% were implementing or evaluating offshoring or nearshoring for finance operations in 2026, while 36% planned to remain fully U.S.-based.[72]
  • Across surveyed finance organizations, 17% were evaluating nearshore locations for future operations in 2026, compared with 13% evaluating offshore locations.[72]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Finance & Pricing highlights analytics and pricing decision friction, including 80% of surveyed companies struggling to implement analytics needed for effective pricing decisions.

Pricing strategy in the capital industry

  • 80% of surveyed companies struggled to implement analytics needed for effective pricing decisions, with industrial-goods companies reporting the greatest difficulty.[73]
  • 66% of companies across surveyed sectors updated prices only once or twice per year, according to pricing research covering industrial-goods companies.[73]
  • 13% of industrial-goods pricing innovators reported roughly flat market share over the prior two years, in North America and Europe in 2024.[74]
  • 70% of other industrial-goods companies recorded gross-margin compression or expansion below 2 percentage points over the prior two years, in North America and Europe in 2024.[74]
  • 1% of industrial-goods pricing innovators suffered market-share losses of at least 10% over the prior two years, in North America and Europe in 2024.[74]

Cost reduction in the capital industry

  • 71% of equipment-finance companies were exploring artificial intelligence for documentation processes in 2024.[75]
  • 6.2% was the increase in small-ticket equipment-finance new business volume in 2024 compared with 2023.[75]
  • 65% of equipment-finance companies were exploring artificial intelligence for underwriting in 2024.[75]
  • 2% was the decline in global capital-goods industry revenue in 2024 as companies faced high costs and delayed investment.[66]
  • 35% of equipment-finance companies identified sales as an area where artificial intelligence was being explored in 2024.[75]

Profitability in the capital industry

  • 16.5% was Caterpillar’s operating profit margin in 2025, compared with 20.2% in 2024.[47]
  • 9.4% was the decline in equipment-finance provision for bad debt in 2025.[76]
  • 8.7% was the estimated growth of the U.S. equipment-finance industry in 2025 compared with 2024.[75]
  • 23.0% was income before taxes as a percentage of revenue for the equipment-finance industry in 2024.[76]
  • 1.0 percentage point was the unfavorable effect of product mix and production inefficiencies on Commercial Vehicle Group’s 2025 gross margin.[47]

Financial planning in the capital industry

  • 87% of U.S. end-users acquiring equipment or software used at least one financing method in 2025.[75]
  • 55.2% of the USD 2.7 trillion invested in U.S. equipment and software was financed in 2025.[75]
  • 61.2% of U.S. private-sector equipment and software investment was financed in 2025.[75]
  • 17% of surveyed U.S. end-users expected their equipment and software acquisitions to decrease in 2027.[75]
  • 14% of U.S. equipment and software acquisitions were funded through lines of credit in 2025.[75]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Product & Service reflects installed-base economics and software-related revenue models, including about one-third of Siemens Digital Industries revenue coming from software in 2025.

Product development in the capital industry

  • $39.960 billion was worldwide capital expenditure by U.S. pharmaceutical companies in 2022.[77]
  • $765 billion was spent on business R&D in the United States in 2024, including product development by companies across industries such as manufacturing and machinery.[77]
  • $446.684 billion was worldwide capital expenditure by U.S. manufacturing companies in 2022.[77]
  • 6% was the estimated increase in business R&D expenditure by the world’s largest corporate R&D investors in 2025.[13]
  • $87.797 billion was worldwide capital expenditure by U.S. chemical companies in 2022, supporting development of industrial products and processes.[77]

Product lifecycle in the capital industry

  • €2.205 billion was Siemens Mobility service revenue in fiscal 2025.[78]
  • €915 million was Siemens lease revenue in fiscal 2024, reflecting an additional commercial model across the product lifecycle.[78]
  • About one-third of Siemens Digital Industries revenue came from software in 2025.[79]
  • €4.835 billion was Siemens Smart Infrastructure service revenue in fiscal 2025.[78]
  • Approximately 20% of Siemens Digital Industries Software business was non-recurring in 2025, including perpetual licenses and services.[79]

After-sales in the capital industry

  • 16 percentage points higher was spare-parts sales at top-performing industrial machinery companies than at other companies in BCG’s study.[73]
  • 24% of consolidated net sales came from the Aftermarket Segment of an engineered-components manufacturer in 2024.[80]
  • $218.5 million was Commercial Aftermarket Products revenue at a U.S. aerospace-components company in 2024.[47]
  • $91.7 million was Military Aftermarket Products revenue at that aerospace-components company in 2024.[47]
  • 40.4% was the 2024 increase in Military Aftermarket Products sales at that aerospace-components company.[47]

Value proposition in the capital industry

  • 42% was the approximate gross margin on industrial machinery services in BCG’s 2025 study, showing the economic value of service-based propositions.[73]
  • €2.205 billion was Siemens Mobility service revenue in fiscal 2025, reflecting recurring value delivered after system installation.[78]
  • €4.835 billion was Siemens Smart Infrastructure service revenue in fiscal 2025, illustrating the value of ongoing infrastructure support beyond initial equipment sales.[78]
  • 11 percentage points was the advantage of leading industrial companies in securing long-term service agreements over the industry average.[73]
  • $218.5 million was Commercial Aftermarket Products revenue at a U.S. aerospace-components company in 2024, representing value from installed-aircraft support.[47]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Sustainability & Ethics links capital allocation to measurable climate and ESG outcomes, including EUR 353 billion of net assets held by European SFDR Article 9 funds at end of 2024.

Sustainability in the capital industry

  • 59% of European discretionary mandate assets applied some form of ESG investment approach at the end of 2024.[81]
  • 7% of issuers in the MSCI ACWI Investable Market Index universe proactively engaged with MSCI in 2015 globally.[82]
  • EUR 353 billion of net assets were held by European SFDR Article 9 funds at the end of 2024.[81]
  • USD 136 billion of cumulative capital had been raised by private climate funds by the second quarter of 2025 globally.[82]
  • USD 1.1 trillion of assets were benchmarked against MSCI sustainability and climate indexes at the end of 2024 globally.[82]

ESG in the capital industry

  • EUR 1,552 billion of SFDR Article 8 fund assets were managed in France at the end of 2024.[81]
  • EUR 144 billion of SFDR Article 8 fund assets were managed in Spain at the end of 2024.[81]
  • EUR 181 billion of SFDR Article 8 fund assets were managed in Belgium at the end of 2024.[81]
  • EUR 15 billion of SFDR Article 9 fund assets were managed in the Netherlands at the end of 2024.[81]
  • EUR 95 billion of SFDR Article 9 fund assets were managed in France at the end of 2024.[81]

Ethics in the capital industry

  • USD 60.926 billion was paid by banks operating in the United Kingdom in payment-protection-insurance refunds and compensation between 2011 and 2019.[83]
  • USD 125 million was Morgan Stanley's settlement amount in a research-related case in 2003.[84]
  • USD 17.5 million was the civil penalty paid by Invesco Advisers in 2024 for misleading ESG-related statements.[47]
  • 70% to 94% was the range of parent-company assets Invesco stated were ESG-integrated between 2020 and 2022.[47]

CSR in the capital industry

  • USD 1.2 billion was the amount of Bank of America's 2026 penalty resolution for anti-money-laundering and sanctions violations.[85]
  • USD 400 million was the penalty imposed on Citigroup by U.S. banking regulators for management deficiencies in 2020.[86]
  • USD 160 million was the penalty amount proposed for ANZ's corporate-misconduct cases in Australia in 2025.[85]

Circular economy in the capital industry

  • USD 10 billion was invested in the global circular economy in 2018 through tracked financial flows.[20]
  • 4.7% was the share of circular-economy investment directed to high-impact solutions and innovations in design and production.[20]
  • USD 28 billion was invested in the global circular economy in 2023 through tracked financial flows.[20]
  • USD 42 billion was the peak annual investment in the global circular economy in 2021.[20]

Carbon footprint in the capital industry

  • 752 kilotonnes of carbon emissions were associated with Achmea's government-bond investments in 2024.[87]
  • 8.4 tonnes of CO2 per million euros invested was the carbon intensity of Achmea's mortgages in 2024.[87]
  • 183 kilotonnes of carbon emissions were associated with Achmea's corporate-bond investments in 2024.[87]
  • 57.3 tonnes of CO2 per million euros invested was the carbon intensity of Achmea's corporate bonds in 2024.[87]
  • 34.8 tonnes of CO2 per million euros invested was Achmea's asset-manager carbon footprint in 2024.[87]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Globalization & Expansion connects industrial footprint and supply localization challenges, including 48% of German capital-goods producers operating abroad in 2025.

Globalization in the capital industry

  • 35,254 million euros of Siemens revenue came from Europe, CIS, Africa and the Middle East in fiscal 2024.[78]
  • 312,000 people were employed by Siemens worldwide on a continuing-operations basis at September 30, 2024.[94]
  • More than 100 countries were served by ABB through local presence in 2025.[95]
  • 48% of German capital-goods producers operated abroad in 2025.[96]
  • 84,056 million euros were Siemens continuing-operations orders worldwide in fiscal 2024.[78]

Supplier management in the capital industry

  • 5,505 tier-one suppliers accounted for 100% of Kawasaki’s total procurement expenditure as of March 2026.[97]
  • No single Grainger supplier represented more than 5% of total purchases in 2024.[47]
  • One Fastenal supplier represented more than 5% of inventory purchases in 2024, while all other suppliers remained below that threshold.[98]
  • 91% of Atlas Copco significant suppliers confirmed commitment to its Business Partner Criteria in 2024.[99]
  • 40% of Atlas Copco significant suppliers were located in Asia and Oceania in 2024.[99]

Stakeholder management in the capital industry

  • 98% of ABB electricity consumption came from renewable electricity in its latest annual-report key figures.[95]
  • 1,001 million dollars was ABB capital expenditure in its latest annual-report key figures.[95]
  • 1,318 million dollars was ABB’s research-and-development investment in its latest annual-report key figures.[95]
  • 9.0 billion euros was Siemens net income in fiscal 2024.[78]
  • 15.5% was Siemens adjusted EBITA margin for its Industrial Businesses in fiscal 2024.[78]

Distribution channels in the capital industry

  • 88 Perkins distributors covered 185 countries in 2024.[100]
  • 24% of new-equipment manufacturing sales were made through distributors in 2024.[101]
  • Approximately 427 CNH Construction full-line dealers and distributors operated more than 1,694 points of sale at December 31, 2024.[102]
  • More than 2,500 CNH Agriculture dealer owners operated more than 6,000 locations or points of sale at December 31, 2024.[102]
  • 61% of new-equipment manufacturing sales were made through direct sales in 2024.[101]

Key questions about the capital industry

What is the market size for global machinery and components in 2026?
Global machinery revenue in 2026 is $2.0T, within the broad global industrial-technology market tied to machinery and components.
How fast is global machinery and components expected to grow through 2030?
Global machinery and components are forecast to grow at a 3.3% compound annual growth rate through 2030.
Which companies lead the capital industry?
London Stock Exchange Group leads Gitnux's 2026 capital ranking with an Overall score of 9.9, with global trading, clearing, data and analytics infrastructure. Deutsche Börse Group is the highest-ranked capital-markets infrastructure provider at 9.3, with Eurex and Clearstream trading, clearing and settlement infrastructure.
What technology shifts stand out for capital industry buyers in the data and AI space?
The data points include 80% of global asset managers using AI in some capacity in 2026 and 84% of financial services firms saying front-, middle- and back-office integration matters in 2026.
How does the capital-market structure relate to trading and post-trade services?
Key infrastructure categories span trading, clearing and settlement, with large-scale derivatives throughput including 28.1 million average daily contracts in 2025.
What growth signal shows up in manufacturing and exports in 2Q 2026?
UNIDO reported manufacturing production increased 1.5% and manufacturing exports rose 6.1% in the second quarter of 2026.
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