Gitnux/Report 2026

Factory Automation Industry Statistics

288Statistics
83Sources
12Sections
1Visuals
47mRead
Factory Automation Industry Statistics
Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
Published
How this report is researched
01Editorial Scope

Before any source is gathered, an editor locks the question, what qualifies, and how the piece will be judged.

02Source Research

Search agents collect the source set and pull each data point out with its provenance attached.

Read our full methodology →

Search agents attach provenance to every extracted figure.

Next review: within 31 days

01 Industry overview

The factory automation industry at a glance

Factory automation is expanding rapidly: factories installed 603,000 industrial robots in 2025, lifting the global operational stock above 5 million units for the first time.

$43.9B[20]
Market size, 2026
10.5%[75]
Forecast CAGR, 2026–2034
603,000[50]
Robot installations, 2025
59%[50]
China share of deployments, 2025
Market size
Grand View Research valued the global factory automation market at $36.0 billion in 2024 and forecast $43.9 billion in 2026. Fortune Business Insights estimated the market at $154.31 billion in 2025, reflecting materially different market boundaries and methodologies.[20][75]
Forecast & CAGR
Grand View Research projected an 11.1% CAGR for factory automation from 2025 to 2030, while Fortune Business Insights forecast a 10.5% CAGR from 2026 to 2034. The variation reflects differences in included automation products, services and industrial segments.[20][75]
Market share & regions
Asia accounted for the largest regional share of new industrial robot deployments in 2024 at 74%, compared with 16% for Europe and 9% for the Americas. China alone represented 59% of global industrial robot deployments in 2025, up from 54% in 2024.[50]
Segmentation
Factory automation is commonly segmented into industrial control systems, industrial robotics, motion control, machine vision and material-handling automation. By end-use industry, major segments include automotive, electronics and semiconductors, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and aerospace and defense.[75][50]
Key players & concentration
Industrial robotics demand is concentrated geographically: the five largest markets—China, Japan, the United States, South Korea and Germany—accounted for 80% of global installations in 2024. China’s domestic robot suppliers increased their share of the Chinese market to 57% in 2024.[50]
Trends, drivers & challenges
The main growth drivers are labor shortages, reshoring, electronics and semiconductor investment, artificial intelligence, and demand for flexible production. Growth is uneven: industrial robot installations reached 603,000 in 2025, but the sector continues to face macroeconomic uncertainty, trade-policy risk and high implementation costs.[50]
Consumer behavior & competition
Factory automation purchasing is primarily business-to-business and is driven by productivity, quality, flexibility, labor availability and integration with existing production systems. Adoption of AI-related automation remains limited in some markets: only 3.2% of manufacturing enterprises in the referenced European data used workflow automation and assistance in decision-making in 2024.[10][50]
M&A
M&A activity is reshaping the supplier landscape. ABB agreed to divest its Robotics division to SoftBank Group for an enterprise value of $5.375 billion, while Siemens completed its acquisition of ebm-papst’s industrial drive technology business in July 2025 to strengthen its factory-automation and digitalization offering.[66][76]
Regulation
The European Union’s Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 applies from 20 January 2027 and replaces the Machinery Directive. It sets essential health and safety requirements for machinery and introduces specific conformity-assessment provisions for certain machinery and safety components using machine-learning-based functions.[77]
Latest news
The latest IFR release reported that global operational industrial-robot stock exceeded 5 million units in 2025, reaching 5.079 million, while annual installations rose 11% to 603,000. China remained the dominant market, with installations up 20% to approximately 354,000 units and a 59% global share.[50]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Factory Automation Industry

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

Updated November 11, 2026 · Next review December 11, 2026

Verdict

KEYENCE leads Gitnux's 2026 factory automation ranking with an Overall score of 9.4, with operating margin 51%. Schneider Electric is the highest-ranked industrial automation and control systems provider at 9.3, driven by revenue growth 9%.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in industrial sensing

    KEYENCE

    JP

    Ranked #1 · 9.4 · Industrial sensing

    Why we picked it: Machine-vision and measurement systems for factory sensing needs, backed by 51% operating margin.

    See in ranking ↓Visit keyence.com ↗

  2. Leader in industrial control

    Schneider Electric

    FR

    Ranked #2 · 9.3 · Industrial control

    Why we picked it: Industrial automation spans discrete, process, and hybrid control activities alongside energy management.

    See in ranking ↓Visit se.com ↗

  3. Leader in factory automation software

    Siemens

    DE

    Ranked #3 · 9.2 · Factory automation software

    Why we picked it: Digital Industries covers automation, controls, drives, and industrial software worldwide.

    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

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

KEYENCE

Industrial sensing · JP

9.4
2

Schneider Electric

Industrial control · FR

9.3
3

Siemens

Factory automation software · DE

9.2
4

Rockwell Automation

PLC and motion automation · US

9.1
5

ABB

Industrial robotics · CH

8.9
6

Phoenix Contact

Industrial connectivity, control and automation · DE

8.6
7

FANUC

Industrial robots, CNC and factory automation · JP

8.5
8

Mitsubishi Electric

PLC, motion, drives, robots and factory systems · JP

8.3
9

YASKAWA Electric

Robotics, motion control and drives · JP

8.3
10

Festo

Pneumatic, electric and process automation · DE

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 11, 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 11). Top 10 companies in the factory automation industry. In Factory Automation Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/factory-automation-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Comparison

Annual installations of industrial robots by market

China leads with 295K.

China295K
Japan45K
United States34K
Republic of Korea31K
Germany27K
India9,100
source-verifiedifr.org

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

U.S. AI usage is broad in quality (49%) and process improvement (54%), while only 7% reported extensive factory digitization in 2024.

AI in the factory automation industry

  • 49% of U.S. manufacturers use AI for quality improvement, according to 2025 data.[1]
  • 54% of U.S. manufacturers use AI for process improvement, according to 2025 data.[1]
  • 24% of U.S. manufacturers use AI in robotics applications, according to 2025 data.[1]
  • More than 80% of U.S. manufacturers expected to increase AI use during the two years after the 2025 survey.[1]
  • 54% of U.S. manufacturers use AI for preventive or predictive maintenance, according to 2025 data.[1]
  • 50% of U.S. manufacturers use AI for productivity and cost reduction, according to 2025 data.[1]

Automation in the factory automation industry

  • 60% of Canadian manufacturing companies reported using some form of automation in the first half of 2025.[2]
  • Up to 70% of U.S. manufacturing companies reported using some form of automation in the first half of 2025.[2]
  • Nearly 500,000 manufacturing job roles were unfilled in the United States and Canada during the first half of 2025, increasing pressure to automate.[2]
  • Only 7% of surveyed manufacturers said they had extensively digitized their factory operations in 2024.[3]
  • 58% of surveyed manufacturers rated their digital maturity in manufacturing operations between three and five on a ten-point scale in 2024.[3]
  • 64% of industrial machinery manufacturers reported adoption of digital collaboration and mobile-worker-management tools in the Microsoft 2025 signals study.[4]

Digital Transformation in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

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

Technology Adoption in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 30% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing edge-computing strategies in 2024.[8]
  • 37% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing AI and automation 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]
  • 35% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing data-and-analytics strategies in 2024.[8]

Cloud Computing in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 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 Finnish manufacturing enterprises used cloud computing in 2023.[10]
  • 87% of Australian manufacturing enterprises used cloud computing in 2022.[10]

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.[11]
  • 28% of manufacturing survey respondents were implementing big-data processing in 2024, up 7 percentage points from 2023, according to an Auburn University study of 97 participants.[12]
  • 16.2% of businesses in the European Industrial Ecosystem used big-data technologies in 2024.[7]
  • 67% of manufacturers surveyed in the United States, Germany and Malaysia could collect and analyze data in near real time in 2024.[11]
  • 57% of manufacturers used some form of artificial intelligence to analyze collected manufacturing data in 2024.[13]
  • 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.[11]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Analytics adoption spans real-time tools (50%) and automated data-classification (56%), with 44% citing AI failures from poor data quality in 2025.

Business intelligence in the factory automation industry

  • 50% of manufacturing and construction respondents invested in real-time analytics tools.[14]
  • 56% of manufacturing and construction respondents invested in automated data-classification and preparation tools.[14]
  • 55% of manufacturing and construction respondents prioritized improving analytics or AI delivery and operationalization.[14]
  • 83% of manufacturing and construction respondents were familiar with or used the term DataOps in a 2021 survey.[14]

Data analytics in the factory automation industry

  • 26% of surveyed small and midsized manufacturers regularly used analytics for operational monitoring and issue identification in the first quarter of 2026.[15]
  • 3.4 out of 5 was the highest reported analytics-utilization score, recorded by electronic manufacturing respondents in the first quarter of 2026.[15]
  • 8% of surveyed small and midsized manufacturers used predictive modeling in the first quarter of 2026.[15]
  • 20% of surveyed small and midsized manufacturers used analytics to identify trends and patterns for planning, forecasting or process optimization in the first quarter of 2026.[15]
  • 71% of wholesale-distribution and aerospace, automotive and defense respondents reported basic or operational-monitoring analytics maturity in the first quarter of 2026.[15]
  • 1.0 out of 5 was the lowest reported analytics-utilization score, recorded by textile manufacturing respondents in the first quarter of 2026.[15]

Data Quality in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 44% of manufacturers surveyed reported that AI projects had failed because of poor data quality in 2025.[16]
  • 51% of manufacturers surveyed said their data was siloed across disparate tools and systems in 2025.[16]
  • 41% of manufacturers surveyed distrusted the data used for supply-chain operations in 2025.[16]
  • 61% of manufacturing leaders agreed that poor data quality limited adoption and optimization of emerging technologies in 2025.[17]
  • 54% of manufacturers surveyed had duplicate data in several systems in 2025.[16]
  • 30% of manufacturers identified poor data quality as a technical barrier to improving processes in 2025.[17]

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.[13]
  • 61% of manufacturers surveyed had a corporate-wide governance plan, strategy or formal data-management guidelines in 2024.[13]
  • 58% of manufacturers surveyed assigned primary data-governance responsibility to a C-suite or senior leader in 2024.[13]
  • 22% of manufacturers surveyed included data collection, management or analysis in executive incentives, KPIs or business imperatives in 2024.[13]

KPIs in the factory automation industry

  • 58% of surveyed manufacturing organizations used overall equipment effectiveness as a key performance indicator, according to an ISA-reported industry survey.[18]
  • Up to one year was the period many manufacturers expected to spend defining overall equipment effectiveness for their business in ABI Research’s 2024 survey.[11]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Market projections differ by boundaries: $43.9B in 2026 with 11.1% CAGR (2025–2030) versus 10.5% CAGR from 2026–2034. ABB mobile-robot market cited at $9.5B for 2026.

Growth in the factory automation industry

  • 1% was ABB’s comparable total-order increase in 2024, despite a high prior-year order base.[19]
  • $67.2 billion is the projected global factory-automation market size for 2030 in Grand View Research’s forecast.[20]
  • 11.1% is Grand View Research’s projected compound annual growth rate for the global factory-automation market from 2026 to 2030.[20]
  • $9.5 billion is the cited projected mobile-robot market size for 2026 in ABB’s Sevensense acquisition announcement.[21]
  • 20% is the expected compound annual growth rate through 2026 for the mobile-robot market cited by ABB in its Sevensense acquisition announcement.[21]
  • $36.0 billion was the estimated global factory-automation market size in 2024.[20]

Differentiation in the factory automation industry

  • 35 employees were associated with Sevensense when ABB acquired the Swiss AI-enabled mobile-robotics company in 2024.[21]
  • 17.0% of FANUC’s 2024 sales came from its service business, adding lifecycle support to its automation portfolio.[22]
  • 13 new or revised ISA standards were published in 2024, helping automation suppliers differentiate through cybersecurity, interoperability and technical compliance.[23]
  • 41.3% of FANUC’s 2024 sales came from its ROBOT business, its largest reported factory-automation product category.[22]
  • 24.4% of FANUC’s 2024 sales came from FA products such as CNCs and servos for machine-tool automation.[22]
  • 17.3% of FANUC’s 2024 sales came from ROBOMACHINE products, including machining centers and electric injection-molding machines.[22]

Mergers and acquisitions in the factory automation industry

  • Two previously announced acquisitions were integrated by ABB’s Motion business area in 2024.[24]
  • Eight follow-on investments were made by ABB in 2024 in addition to acquisitions and new venture investments.[24]
  • Approximately 35 employees joined ABB’s organization through the Sevensense acquisition in 2024.[21]
  • 1–2% is ABB’s target range for acquired revenue growth through the economic cycle, net of acquisitions and divestments.[24]
  • 2021 was the year ABB made a minority investment in Sevensense before acquiring the company in 2024.[21]
  • Three acquisitions were completed by ABB’s Process Automation business area in 2024.[19]

Strategic partnerships in the factory automation industry

  • Two companies—Siemens and Foxconn—signed a 2024 memorandum of understanding to advance factory automation, digital twins, AI and sustainable manufacturing.[25]
  • One company—KION—became the first European user of Siemens’ Digital Twin Composer under their 2026 strategic partnership.[25]
  • Two companies—Siemens and Audi—expanded a partnership in 2025 to deploy software-defined automation and industrial AI on the automotive shop floor.[25]
  • Two companies—Siemens and Continental Tires—signed a strategic supplier agreement in 2023 covering automation, drives, software, communication and training.[25]
  • Two companies—Rockwell Automation and Microsoft—expanded their collaboration in 2024 around cloud, AI, FactoryTalk Design Studio and industrial transformation.[26]
  • One generative-AI Copilot was added to Rockwell’s FactoryTalk Design Studio through its partnership with Microsoft in 2024.[26]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Labor pressure shows up in unfilled roles: nearly 500,000 job roles were unfilled in the first half of 2025 across the United States and Canada.

Hiring in the factory automation industry

  • 35% of the industrial-automation talent pool was estimated to be inactive on job boards or résumé sites in 2024.[27]
  • 49% of men respondents said they had entered manufacturing careers unintentionally in the 2025 survey.[28]
  • 53% of U.K. manufacturers were using AI on the factory floor, according to the cited Rockwell Automation research.[29]
  • About 290,000 people were estimated to be employed in industrial-automation-related roles in the workforce in 2024.[27]
  • 74% of women respondents said they had entered manufacturing careers unintentionally in the 2025 survey.[28]

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, 36.9% of workers could work at home and 33.3% actually did so during 2024–2025.[31]
  • 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.[32]
  • Across U.S. manufacturing, teleworked hours represented 12.2% of total hours worked in 2025.[31]

Hybrid Work in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across manufacturing companies, 17% were fully back in the office for non-production employees in 2025.[33]
  • Across manufacturing companies, the average required office attendance reached 2.82 days per week in the second quarter of 2025.[33]
  • Across manufacturing employers, 67% identified productivity as a key factor driving pressure to return to the office in 2025.[34]
  • Across manufacturing employees, 80% believed office mandates reflected a lack of trust that employees would be productive at home in 2025.[34]
  • Across manufacturing employers, 80% said their organizations were still struggling to balance hybrid working in 2025.[34]

Upskilling in the factory automation industry

  • Training was identified as the most important way to enhance skills among existing U.K. manufacturing workers in a 2024 survey.[35]
  • 53% of Northeast Wisconsin manufacturers identified application developer as a needed Industry 4.0 role in 2024.[36]
  • More than 80% of U.S. manufacturers expected to increase AI use, creating additional demand for AI-related workforce skills, in the 2025 NIST summary.[1]
  • 58% of Northeast Wisconsin manufacturers identified process engineer as a needed Industry 4.0 role 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, distribution and storage organizations, the average employee-engagement score was 72.9% in 2026.[37]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 41% identified employee recognition as a high priority in 2024.[38]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 70% of respondents said most non-frontline employees were engaged in their jobs in 2023.[6]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 25% of respondents did not know whether their frontline workforce was engaged in 2023.[6]

DEI in the factory automation industry

  • 22.7% of the industrial-automation workforce was female in the 2023–2024 advanced-manufacturing benchmark.[39]
  • 80% of women respondents recommended a manufacturing career in the 2025 survey.[28]
  • 78% of women respondents believed significant progress had been made for women in manufacturing during the previous five years in 2025.[28]
  • 30.5% of the broader advanced-manufacturing-and-services workforce was female in the 2023–2024 benchmark.[39]
  • 87% of women respondents agreed that workplace diversity improves business outcomes in the 2025 manufacturing career survey.[28]

Change Management in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across organizations using change-management tactics, 91% reported using those tactics in 2024, while only 7% allocated the recommended 20% of initiative budgets to change management.[40]
  • Across organizations worldwide, 24% used a project-based change-management approach in 2024.[40]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

B2B purchasing patterns include measurable customer-experience outcomes: 87% of Plex MES users rated ease of use positively in a 2020 survey.

Customer experience in the factory automation industry

  • 87% of Plex MES users rated the software’s ease of use positively in a 2020 customer-experience survey.[41]
  • 31.9% of industrial-manufacturing respondents identified improving customer attraction or retention as a digital-transformation driver in 2022.[42]
  • 43.0% of industrial-manufacturing respondents identified improving customer satisfaction as a digital-transformation driver in 2022.[42]
  • 88% of Plex MES users rated IT administration positively in a 2020 customer-experience survey.[41]
  • 70% of Plex MES users rated training availability and quality positively in a 2020 customer-experience survey.[41]

Customer acquisition in the factory automation industry

  • 40.4% of industrial-manufacturing respondents identified increasing sales or revenue as a digital-transformation driver in 2022.[42]
  • 42.4% of EMEA manufacturing respondents identified increasing sales or revenue as a digital-transformation driver in 2022.[42]
  • 48.9% of APAC manufacturing respondents identified increasing sales or revenue as a digital-transformation driver in 2022.[42]
  • 39.5% of North American manufacturing respondents identified increasing sales or revenue as a digital-transformation driver in 2022.[42]

Customer loyalty in the factory automation industry

  • 7 was the lowest Net Promoter Score reported in a 2024 advanced-manufacturing customer-experience benchmark.[43]
  • 44 was the highest Net Promoter Score reported in a 2024 advanced-manufacturing customer-experience benchmark.[43]

Lead generation in the factory automation industry

  • 43% of manufacturers generated sales leads through pay-per-click advertising in 2022.[44]
  • 60% of manufacturers generated sales leads through social media in 2022.[44]
  • 69% of manufacturers generated sales leads through organic search in 2022.[44]
  • 37% of manufacturers generated sales leads through webinars in 2022.[44]
  • 34% of manufacturers generated sales leads through blogs in 2022.[44]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Marketing spend shifts toward digital: digital marketing was 7.85% of total manufacturing marketing budgets in the 2024 CMO Survey period.

Marketing in the factory automation industry

  • Manufacturing companies expected digital-marketing spending to increase by 8.25% over the following 12 months.[45]
  • Manufacturing companies expected traditional advertising spending to decrease by 3.44% over the following 12 months.[45]
  • Digital marketing accounted for 7.85% of manufacturing companies’ total marketing budgets in the 2024 CMO Survey period.[45]
  • Manufacturing companies expected overall marketing spending to increase by 8.06% over the following 12 months.[45]
  • Manufacturing companies increased digital-marketing budgets by 8.89% over the prior 12 months in the 2024 CMO Survey period.[45]

Digital marketing in the factory automation industry

  • 70% of manufacturing marketers using paid channels used search-engine marketing or pay-per-click advertising during the surveyed period.[46]
  • 23% of manufacturers generated sales leads through virtual events in 2022.[44]
  • 92% of manufacturing marketers used paid channels during the 12 months covered by a 2025 outlook survey.[46]
  • 27% of manufacturers generated sales leads through video advertising in 2022.[44]
  • 2% of manufacturers reported that none of the surveyed digital channels generated sales leads in 2022.[44]

Branding in the factory automation industry

  • 1.6 million global active users visited Automation.com during the 12 months reported by ISA’s media planner.[47]
  • More than 200 countries and territories were represented among Automation.com’s active users in the reported period.[47]
  • 78,000 global automation professionals comprised Automation.com’s combined subscriber audience in the reported period.[47]

Social media in the factory automation industry

  • 85% of manufacturing marketers said LinkedIn delivered the best value among social-media platforms in a 2025 outlook survey.[46]
  • 42% of manufacturing marketers said social-media advertising or promoted posts produced the best paid-channel results in a 2025 outlook survey.[46]
  • 66% of manufacturing marketers used social-media advertising or promoted posts as a paid channel during the surveyed period.[46]

Influencer Marketing in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across B2B companies, 55% of marketers used influencers in 2025, providing a benchmark applicable to industrial manufacturing marketers.[48]
  • Across B2B companies, 76% of marketing leaders said creator collaboration helps build brand authenticity in 2025; global survey scope.[48]
  • 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.[48]
  • Across B2B companies, 28% ranked thought leaders or industry analysts as the most effective influencer type in 2025; global survey scope.[48]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Robot deployment scale is visible in the 2025 run-rate: 603,000 installations in 2025 lifted global operational stock above 5 million.

Process optimization in the factory automation industry

  • 276,288 industrial robots were installed in Chinese factories in 2023, representing 51% of global installations and expanding automated process capacity.[50]
  • 10% growth in the worldwide operational stock of industrial robots was recorded in 2023, indicating continued factory-process automation expansion.[50]
  • 4,281,585 industrial robots were operating in factories worldwide in 2023, enabling automated production and process optimization.[50]
  • 541,302 industrial robots were installed globally in 2023, the second-highest annual installation total recorded by the International Federation of Robotics.[50]
  • 108 motors were produced during a 5-hour-10-minute continuous trial of a learning-augmented robotic manufacturing system in 2026.[51]

Operational efficiency in the factory automation industry

  • 8% was Autoliv’s annual labor-productivity target after it raised the target from 5% through expanded automation and digitalization in 2025.[52]
  • 34,200 industrial robots were installed in United States factories in 2024, 9% fewer than in 2023 but 30% above the level ten years earlier.[50]
  • 393,700 industrial robots were operating in United States factories in 2024, up 3% year over year.[50]
  • 131 robots per 10,000 manufacturing employees was Asia’s robot density in 2024.[50]
  • 4% energy savings were delivered by Siemens Limited’s gPROMS digital twin deployed on Industrial Edge in India in fiscal 2024.[53]

Quality management in the factory automation industry

  • 5% was Autoliv’s previous annual labor-productivity target before the company raised it to 8% in 2025.[52]
  • 8% was Autoliv’s 2025 labor-productivity target, supported by automation and AI initiatives intended to improve product reliability and reduce non-quality costs.[52]
  • 21% growth brought robot installations in the global food-and-beverage industry to 2,200 units in 2024.[50]
  • 10% of newly installed industrial robots were deployed in the Americas in 2023.[50]
  • 14% of 2024 industrial-robot installations had no customer industry assigned in the available International Federation of Robotics classification.[54]

Supply chain in the factory automation industry

  • $50 million of Autoliv’s estimated annual cost reductions had been recorded in 2024 under its workforce-reduction program.[52]
  • 33% was ABB Automation’s order-backlog growth in 2025, reaching $10.133 billion at year-end.[19]
  • 20% shorter lead times were achieved through SKF’s regionalization program in China by 2025.[55]
  • $130 million was Autoliv’s estimated annual cost reduction after its workforce-reduction program is fully implemented in 2026–2027.[52]
  • 875 million pounds was the Process Automation closing order book reported for 2025 by IMI, up 2% from 2024.[56]

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, 56% of executives in 2025 said their organization had invested in nearshoring or a combination of reshoring and nearshoring.[57]
  • Across global manufacturing, executives expected offshore facilities to decline to 28% within three years of 2025, while onshore facilities rise to 48%.[57]
  • Across global manufacturing, 37% of facilities were offshore in 2024, compared with 41% onshore and 22% nearshore.[57]
  • Across global manufacturing, 73% of executives in 2025 believed friendshoring would represent a significant share of future sourcing and production.[57]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Digital-twin programs show quantified outcomes: Siemens reported 4% energy savings from gPROMS on Industrial Edge in fiscal 2024.

Pricing strategy in the factory automation industry

  • 5% positive price impact contributed to ABB’s 2025 revenue growth in the Automation business area, according to its annual report.[19]
  • $1.2 billion of ABB’s 2025 Automation orders came from several large project bookings, illustrating the role of negotiated project pricing.[19]
  • 498 million pounds was IMI Industrial Automation revenue in 2025, down 2% from 2024 amid industrial-market conditions.[56]
  • $9.928 billion was ABB Automation’s 2025 order intake, up 33% year over year and supported by large project orders.[19]
  • 35 times was IMI’s adjusted net-financing-cost coverage in 2025, supporting continued commercial and investment flexibility.[56]

Cost reduction in the factory automation industry

  • 1.5% higher throughput accompanied Siemens Limited’s 4% energy saving from its gPROMS digital twin in fiscal 2024.[53]
  • 4% energy savings were achieved by Siemens Limited’s digital-twin deployment on Industrial Edge in fiscal 2024.[53]
  • $100 million in annual savings had been recorded by Autoliv in 2025 under its workforce-reduction program.[52]
  • 20% lower lead times and reduced manufacturing costs were reported by SKF after regionalizing its China operations in 2025.[55]
  • $50 million in annual savings had been recorded by Autoliv in 2024 under its workforce-reduction program.[52]

Profitability in the factory automation industry

  • 10.1% was OMRON Industrial Automation Business’s operating-income margin in fiscal 2024.[58]
  • 38.2% was ABB Automation’s 2025 gross margin, up from 36.0% in 2024.[19]
  • 20.0% was IMI Automation’s statutory operating margin in 2025, compared with 17.0% in 2024.[56]
  • 20.9% was IMI Automation’s adjusted operating margin in 2025, up from 20.5% in 2024.[56]
  • 19.4% was ABB Automation’s operational EBITA margin in 2025.[19]

Financial planning in the factory automation industry

  • $9.928 billion was ABB Automation’s 2025 order intake, providing the basis for backlog and revenue planning.[19]
  • $797.1 billion yen was FANUC’s total consolidated sales in fiscal 2024.[22]
  • 857 million pounds was IMI Process Automation’s closing order book in 2024, before rising to 875 million pounds in 2025.[56]
  • $10.133 billion was ABB Automation’s order backlog at December 31, 2025, up 33% year over year.[19]
  • €9 billion was Siemens Digital Industries’ order backlog at the end of fiscal 2024.[59]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Recurring software shows up in Siemens Digital Industries Software: approximately 80% of software business was recurring in 2025 through subscriptions, SaaS, and maintenance.

Product development in the factory automation industry

  • $90 million is FANUC America’s planned investment in a Michigan factory and distribution center for expanded robot manufacturing and AI-enabled automation solutions.[22]
  • €6.174 billion was Siemens Digital Industries’ software revenue in fiscal 2025, supporting automation, product lifecycle management and electronic design automation development.[59]
  • 8% of annual revenue was allocated to R&D by Festo in the past year, supporting factory and laboratory automation product development globally.[60]
  • €10 billion was Siemens Digital Industries’ order backlog at the end of fiscal 2025, including factory automation and industrial software offerings.[59]

Product lifecycle in the factory automation industry

  • 6 billion euros of Siemens Digital Industries’ year-end 2025 order backlog was expected to convert into fiscal-2026 revenue, indicating the scale of its automation product lifecycle pipeline.[59]
  • Approximately 80% of Siemens Digital Industries Software business was recurring in 2025 through subscriptions, SaaS and maintenance.[61]

After-sales in the factory automation industry

  • ¥141.1 billion was FANUC’s service-division sales in fiscal 2025.[22]
  • 30% of AMADA Group’s global revenue came from after-sales service in fiscal 2025.[62]
  • 16.5% was FANUC’s service division’s share of consolidated sales in fiscal 2025.[22]
  • Approximately 9,200 AMADA machines were connected to the company’s V-factory remote-monitoring system worldwide as of September 2025.[62]
  • 4.48 out of 5 was FANUC’s average customer-satisfaction score in its Japan survey in 2023.[22]

Value proposition in the factory automation industry

  • €5.3 billion was Siemens Digital Industries Software’s annual recurring revenue after average year-over-year growth of 13%.[25]
  • 37% of surveyed U.S. manufacturers reported significant or full automation in place in 2025.[63]
  • 24,000 SaaS customers were won by Siemens, with 70% being new customers and nearly 90% small or medium-sized enterprises.[25]
  • 92% of surveyed U.S. manufacturers said automation was essential for long-term competitiveness in 2025.[63]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Sustainability impact figures are material, including 679 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions saved or avoided for Schneider Electric customers since 2018.

Sustainability in the factory automation industry

  • 98% of surveyed manufacturing organizations had a sustainability or ESG policy in 2024, worldwide.[64]
  • 679 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions had been saved or avoided for Schneider Electric customers since 2018, as reported for 2024.[65]
  • 66 million tonnes of greenhouse-gas emissions were avoided through ABB products sold in 2024.[66]
  • 185 Siemens sites had certified ISO 14001 environmental-management systems in fiscal 2024.[59]
  • 144 million tonnes of greenhouse-gas emissions were expected to be avoided over their lifetimes by Siemens offerings sold in fiscal 2024.[25]

ESG in the factory automation industry

  • 41% of ABB’s product portfolio had been assessed under its Circularity Approach by the end of 2024.[66]
  • 53.4 million people had access to green electricity through Schneider Electric programs by 2024, an ESG impact metric.[65]
  • 48% of surveyed manufacturing organizations had a formal company-wide sustainability or ESG policy in 2024.[64]
  • Over 90% of Siemens business was described as enabling positive sustainability impact in fiscal 2024.[67]
  • 32.6% of Siemens top-management positions were held by women in fiscal 2024.[67]

Ethics in the factory automation industry

  • 30% was Emerson’s substantiation rate for ethics claims in 2025.[68]
  • 567 ethics concerns were reported at Emerson in 2025.[68]
  • 69% of Emerson ethics concerns in 2025 involved human resources and workplace respect.[68]
  • 46% of Emerson business-integrity and financial claims came from named sources in 2025.[68]
  • 9% of Emerson ethics concerns in 2025 involved business integrity.[68]

CSR in the factory automation industry

  • 21.3% of ABB senior-management positions were held by women in 2024.[66]
  • 47,000 Emerson employees had received diversity-awareness and unconscious-bias training since 2014, as reported in 2024.[68]
  • 89% of Emerson employees participated in the company-wide engagement survey in 2024.[68]
  • 349 grants were provided to Emerson employees through the Support Our People Fund in 2024.[68]
  • $200 million was pledged by Emerson over 10 years for education-focused community support, as reported in 2024.[68]

Circular economy in the factory automation industry

  • 185 Siemens sites operated certified environmental-management systems in fiscal 2024, supporting resource-efficiency controls.[59]
  • 41% of ABB’s product portfolio had been assessed for circularity by the end of 2024.[66]
  • 5.8% of ABB’s total waste was sent to landfill in 2024.[66]
  • 5.3% of ABB’s total waste was sent to landfill in 2025.[66]
  • 25,000-plus Siemens products had received the EcoTech sustainability label by fiscal 2024.[67]

Carbon footprint in the factory automation industry

  • 49% was Emerson’s reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions from its 2021 baseline by 2025.[68]
  • 56 million tonnes was Schneider Electric’s total carbon footprint in 2024.[65]
  • 8% was ABB’s reduction in Scope 3 greenhouse-gas emissions from its 2022 baseline by 2024.[66]
  • 78% was ABB’s reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse-gas emissions from its 2019 baseline by 2024.[66]
  • 60% was Siemens’ reported CO₂ reduction from its 2019 baseline in fiscal 2024.[67]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Regional scale concentrates in Asia: Asia held 74% of new industrial robot deployments in 2024, and China delivered 59% of 2025 deployments.

Globalization in the factory automation industry

  • 27,000 Rockwell Automation employees served customers in more than 100 countries at fiscal year-end 2024.[26]
  • 214.3 billion yen, or 26.9% of FANUC’s 2024 sales, came from the Americas, while China contributed 186.6 billion yen, or 23.4%.[22]
  • 142.7 billion yen, or 17.9% of FANUC’s 2024 sales, came from Europe, demonstrating the company’s factory-automation presence across major global manufacturing regions.[22]
  • $3.2 billion in 2024 revenue was generated by ABB’s global Robotics & Discrete Automation business, which supplies factory automation products, software, solutions and services.[24]
  • 797.1 billion yen was FANUC’s factory-automation-related consolidated sales in the year ended March 31, 2024, covering FA, robot, robomachine and service businesses worldwide.[22]

Cultural adaptation in the factory automation industry

  • 987 companies from 89 countries were represented in ISA’s industrial-control-system cybersecurity consortium in 2024.[23]
  • 14,072 people received ISA industrial-automation training in 2024, a 21% increase from the prior year.[23]
  • 109.2 billion yen, or 13.7% of FANUC’s 2024 sales, came from Japan, its home market for factory-automation products.[22]
  • 40 countries were represented among ISA’s industrial-automation standards volunteers in 2024.[23]
  • 3,058 North American trainees, 1,928 Asia-Pacific trainees and 2,801 European trainees participated in ISA industrial-automation training in 2024.[23]

Supplier management in the factory automation industry

  • 91 Atlas Copco suppliers were conditionally approved and monitored after supplier assessments in 2024.[74]
  • 7,709 significant suppliers supported Atlas Copco’s production and distribution units in 2024.[74]
  • 91% of Atlas Copco’s significant suppliers confirmed their commitment to the company’s Code of Conduct in 2024.[74]
  • Zero Atlas Copco supplier relationships were discontinued for noncompliance in 2024.[74]
  • 1,049 Atlas Copco suppliers were approved without follow-up requirements after supplier assessments in 2024.[74]

Stakeholder management in the factory automation industry

  • 10,800 employees worked in ABB’s Robotics & Discrete Automation business area at December 31, 2024.[24]
  • 61 ISA technical reports had been published by 2024 for industrial automation stakeholders.[23]
  • 13 new or revised ISA standards were published in 2024 for industrial automation and cybersecurity stakeholders.[23]
  • 27,000 Rockwell Automation employees served industrial customers in more than 100 countries at fiscal year-end 2024.[26]
  • 135 ISA standards had been published by 2024, supporting stakeholder coordination across industrial automation and control systems.[23]

Distribution channels in the factory automation industry

  • ABB’s Robotics & Discrete Automation business generated sales through both direct end-user sales and indirect sales via system integrators and machine builders in 2024.[24]
  • More than 40 years of U.S. paint-robot manufacturing supported FANUC’s North American sales and service channel before the planned 2026 expansion.[22]
  • $90 million is FANUC America’s planned investment in a new Michigan factory and distribution center for robot manufacturing.[22]
  • ABB’s Process Automation offerings were sold primarily through its direct sales force, with a smaller share through partners and distributors in 2024.[19]
  • More than 200 B&R offices provided local sales, application and support coverage for ABB’s machine-automation business.[21]

Key questions about the factory automation industry

What is the 2026 market size for factory automation?
Grand View Research valued the global factory automation market at $36.0 billion in 2024 and projected $43.9 billion in 2026.
How fast is the factory automation market expected to grow after 2026?
Fortune Business Insights forecast a 10.5% CAGR from 2026 to 2034. Grand View Research projected an 11.1% CAGR from 2025 to 2030.
Which companies lead the factory automation industry?
KEYENCE leads Gitnux's 2026 factory automation ranking with an Overall score of 9.4, with operating margin 51%. Schneider Electric is the highest-ranked industrial automation and control systems provider at 9.3, driven by revenue growth 9%.
Which technology shifts show up in current factory automation adoption data?
In 2025 data, 49% of U.S. manufacturers use AI for quality improvement, and 54% use AI for process improvement. Only 7% of surveyed manufacturers had extensively digitized factory operations in 2024.
How concentrated is industrial-robot installation demand by geography?
The five largest markets—China, Japan, the United States, South Korea, and Germany—accounted for 80% of global installations in 2024. China represented 59% of global industrial robot deployments in 2025.
What limits adoption and deployment in factory automation programs?
In 2025, 44% of manufacturers reported AI project failure due to poor data quality, and 51% reported data siloed across disparate tools and systems. 30% identified poor data quality as a technical barrier to improving processes.
Reference

Cite This Report

This report is designed to be cited. We maintain stable URLs and versioned verification dates. Copy the format appropriate for your publication below.

APA
Samuel Norberg. (2026, November 11). Factory Automation Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/factory-automation-industry-statistics
MLA
Samuel Norberg. "Factory Automation Industry Statistics." Gitnux, 11 Nov 2026, https://gitnux.org/factory-automation-industry-statistics.
Chicago
Samuel Norberg. 2026. "Factory Automation Industry Statistics." Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/factory-automation-industry-statistics.

Sources & references

83 sources cited across this report

  1. nist.gov
  2. eclipseautomation.com
  3. digitaledition.assemblymag.com
  4. marketingassets.microsoft.com
  5. kpmg.com
  6. pwc.com
  7. monitor-industrial-ecosystems.ec.europa.eu
  8. assets.kpmg.com
  9. ec.europa.eu
  10. oecd.org
  11. abiresearch.com
  12. eng.auburn.edu
  13. manufacturingleadershipcouncil.com
  14. pentaho.com
  15. lassosupplychain.com
  16. dnb.com
  17. pandct.com
  18. isa.org
  19. financialfilings.com
  20. grandviewresearch.com
  21. new.abb.com
  22. fanuc.co.jp
  23. programs.isa.org
  24. library.e.abb.com
  25. press.siemens.com
  26. rockwellautomation.com
  27. set.kellyservices.us
  28. assets.noviams.com
  29. itpro.com
  30. govinfo.gov
  31. bls.gov
  32. chicagofed.org
  33. manufacturersalliance.org
  34. newsroom.cisco.com
  35. techradar.com
  36. newmfgalliance.org
  37. peopleinsight.co.uk
  38. trsa.org
  39. 26254830.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net
  40. sapientinsights.com
  41. plex.rockwellautomation.com
  42. idc.com
  43. corporate.dow.com
  44. 192657.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net
  45. workshopdigital.com
  46. tesual.com
  47. www-prod.isa.org
  48. business.linkedin.com
  49. contentmarketinginstitute.com
  50. ifr.org
  51. arxiv.org
  52. sec.gov
  53. downloads.ctfassets.net
  54. roboticsinmfg.com
  55. skf.com
  56. data.fca.org.uk
  57. capgemini.com
  58. omron.com
  59. assets.new.siemens.com
  60. controleng.com
  61. siemens.com
  62. cdn.amada.eu
  63. prnewswire.com
  64. static1.squarespace.com
  65. se.com
  66. abb.com
  67. resources.sw.siemens.com
  68. ir.emerson.com
  69. cisco.com
  70. sans.org
  71. deloitte.com
  72. aon.com
  73. go.riskonnect.com
  74. atlascopco.com
  75. fortunebusinessinsights.com
  76. news.siemens.com
  77. eur-lex.europa.eu
  78. keyence.com
  79. phoenixcontact.com
  80. mitsubishielectric.com
  81. yaskawa-global.com
  82. festo.com
  83. single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu