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Fluid Power Industry Statistics

The global fluid power equipment market is projected at $77.92 billion in 2026, explore the figures behind growth, companies and trends.
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Fluid Power Industry Statistics
Emilia SantosWritten by Emilia Santos·Edited by Sophie Moreland·Fact-checked by Katherine Brennan
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01 Industry overview

The fluid power industry at a glance

The global fluid power equipment market is projected at $77.92 billion in 2026, with hydraulics, construction, automation and infrastructure investment driving demand across industrial and mobile applications.

$77.92B[61]
Global market size, 2026
5.52%[61]
Forecast CAGR, 2026–2034
$23.3B[14]
U.S. component manufacturing, 2024
64%[61]
Hydraulics market share, 2025
Market size
The global fluid power equipment market was valued at $73.84 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $77.92 billion in 2026. In the United States, fluid power component manufacturing was a $23.3 billion industry in 2024.[61][14]
Forecast & CAGR
The global market is forecast to reach $119.76 billion by 2034, representing a 5.52% CAGR from 2026 to 2034. Oxford Economics’ latest industry forecast expects U.S. hydraulic end-use demand to grow 3.3% in 2027.[61][14]
Market share & regions
North America held 31% of global fluid power equipment revenue in 2025, while Asia-Pacific accounted for 33% and Europe 28%. In the United States, hydraulic products represented 76% of 2024 fluid power shipments, compared with 24% for pneumatic products.[61][14]
Segmentation
Hydraulics accounted for 64% of global fluid power equipment revenue in 2025, with pneumatics forming the principal alternative technology. By application, construction represented 22% of the global market in 2025; U.S. hydraulic demand is concentrated in construction, agriculture, material handling, heavy-duty trucks and automotive.[61][14]
Key players & concentration
Parker Hannifin, Bosch Rexroth and Danfoss were identified as leading suppliers, collectively holding a mid-20% share of the fluid power equipment market in 2025. The market remains fragmented beyond the largest multinational manufacturers, with distributors and specialist system integrators serving regional customers.[62]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Growth is being supported by construction, infrastructure, industrial automation, data-center investment and energy-efficiency upgrades; Oxford Economics expects U.S. construction demand to rise 3.5% in 2027 as data-center expansion supports activity. Key challenges include cyclical capital spending, energy consumption, component supply chains and the need to reduce leakage and emissions.[14][63]
Consumer behavior & competition
Industrial buyers increasingly purchase integrated fluid-power and automation solutions rather than standalone components, while technical support and aftermarket service remain important competitive factors. In U.S. 2024 sales, the five largest pneumatic end markets represented 27% of pneumatic sales, and the five largest hydraulic markets represented 57% of hydraulic sales.[14][62]
M&A
M&A remained active in 2026: Danfoss announced the acquisition of Alfagomma to create a larger global fluid-conveyance business, while Airline Hydraulics acquired Industrial Automation Supply on June 2, 2026. Flowtech Fluidpower also acquired Helipebs Controls on June 4, 2026, adding hydraulic-cylinder and systems capabilities.[64][65][66]
Regulation
ISO/TC 131 covers fluid-power terminology, construction, safety requirements, testing and inspection for components including pumps, motors, cylinders, valves, hoses and fittings. In the United States, OSHA hazardous-energy control requirements apply to hydraulic and pneumatic energy sources, while ISO 4414:2010 sets general safety requirements for pneumatic systems and components.[63][67][68]
Latest news
The latest industry developments include Danfoss’s July 2026 agreement to acquire Alfagomma, Airline Hydraulics’ June 2026 acquisition of Industrial Automation Supply, and Oxford Economics’ October 2026 forecast that U.S. hydraulic end-use demand will grow 3.3% in 2027.[64][65][14]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Fluid Power Industry

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

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

Verdict

Eaton stands out for aerospace hydraulic and fluid-control systems because its industry market coverage lists Eaton among major global fluid-power equipment suppliers, while Parker Hannifin focuses on global hydraulics, pneumatics and fluid-handling technologies since it supplies these technologies globally and holds an an 23.6% operating margin.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in hydraulic equipment

    Eaton

    IE

    Ranked #1 · 9.6 · Hydraulic equipment

    Why we picked it: Eaton’s aerospace hydraulics and fluid-control segment ties to measured global growth at a 10% revenue increase.

    See in ranking ↓Visit eaton.com ↗

  2. Leader in pneumatic equipment

    SMC Corporation

    JP

    Ranked #4 · 8.9 · Pneumatic equipment

    Why we picked it: SMC’s industrial pneumatics and automation breadth is reflected in 880,000 product variations.

    See in ranking ↓Visit smcworld.com ↗

  3. Leader in fluid-control systems

    IMI

    GB

    Ranked #5 · 8.7 · Fluid-control systems

    Why we picked it: IMI reports 4.3% revenue growth and an 18.3% operating margin in 2025 across fluid control and pneumatic motion systems.

    See in ranking ↓Visit imiplc.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 fluid power industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Eaton

Hydraulic equipment · IE

9.6
2

Parker Hannifin

Hydraulic equipment · US

9.2
3

Bosch Rexroth

Hydraulic equipment · DE

8.9
4

SMC Corporation

Pneumatic equipment · JP

8.9
5

IMI

Fluid-control systems · GB

8.7
6

HYDAC

Hydraulic components, systems and fluid conditioning · DE

8.3
7

Helios Technologies

Cartridge valves and hydraulic couplings · US

8.2
8

Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Hydraulic pumps, motors and industrial machinery · JP

8.2
9

Gates Industrial

Hydraulic hoses, couplings and fluid power · GB

8.0
10

Atos

Electrohydraulic valves, pumps and cylinders · IT

7.8

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 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

Emilia Santos. (2026, February 13). Top 10 companies in the fluid power industry. In Fluid Power Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/fluid-power-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Comparison

Revenue of the largest fluid power companies

Bosch Rexroth leads with $98.3B in annual revenue (group level, converted to USD).

Bosch Rexroth$98.3B
Eaton$27.4B
Parker Hannifin$19.9B
SMC Corporation$5.6B
Gates Industrial$3.4B
IMI$2.9B
source-verifiedbosch.com · eaton.com · parker.com · smcworld.com · gates.com · imiplc.com2026

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

Machine learning and AI show uneven adoption: 20% of respondents used AI or machine learning in 2024, while 80% were not using it. Automation influence is broader, with almost 60% reporting automation in at least 25% of designs in 2025.

AI in the fluid power industry

  • 20.51% of fluid power professionals said machine learning and artificial intelligence were major influences on their designs in 2025.[1]
  • 16% of fluid power professionals said machine learning and artificial intelligence influenced their designs in 2024.[1]
  • 20% of fluid power survey respondents said their companies were using artificial intelligence or machine learning in hydraulic or pneumatic technologies in 2024.[1]
  • 80% of fluid power survey respondents said their companies were not using artificial intelligence or machine learning in hydraulic or pneumatic technologies in 2024.[1]

Automation in the fluid power industry

  • Almost 60% of fluid power survey respondents said automation influenced at least 25% of their designs in 2025.[1]
  • 34% of fluid power survey respondents said automation influenced more than half of their component and system designs in 2023.[1]
  • 94% of fluid power survey respondents anticipated further growth in automation-related solutions in 2025.[1]
  • 58% of fluid power survey respondents reported increased customer requests for solutions supporting automation in 2025.[1]
  • 60% of fluid power survey respondents did not see a shift away from traditional fluid power technologies because of automation in 2025.[1]
  • 45% of fluid power survey respondents identified uncertainty about which technologies to use as the biggest automation challenge in 2023.[1]

Digital Transformation in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 34% of industrial-manufacturing organizations across 26 countries had achieved return on investment from multiple AI use cases in 2024.[2]
  • 24% of companies across the European Industrial Ecosystem had a concrete digital-transformation strategy in 2024.[3]
  • 32% of U.S. industrial-products respondents said their operations-technology investments had delivered expected results in 2024.[4]
  • 76% of industrial-manufacturing firms across 26 countries reported that their workforce had an appetite to embrace cutting-edge technology in 2024.[2]

Technology Adoption in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 37% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing AI and automation strategies in 2024.[5]
  • 31% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing modern-delivery technologies, including low-code and no-code, in 2024.[5]
  • 35% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing data-and-analytics strategies in 2024.[5]
  • 30% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing edge-computing strategies in 2024.[5]

Cloud Computing in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 87% of Finnish manufacturing enterprises used cloud computing in 2023.[6]
  • 87% of Australian manufacturing enterprises used cloud computing in 2022.[6]
  • 54% of EU manufacturing enterprises used paid cloud-computing services in 2025, up from approximately 45% in 2023.[7]
  • 39% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing XaaS technologies, including public and multicloud, in 2024.[5]

Big Data in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 70% of manufacturers still collected data manually in 2024, according to a Manufacturing Leadership Council survey reported by the National Association of Manufacturers.[8]
  • 16.2% of businesses in the European Industrial Ecosystem used big-data technologies in 2024.[3]
  • 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.[9]
  • 60% of manufacturers surveyed could collect and normalize data from assets or equipment in 2024, across 461 decision makers in the United States, Germany and Malaysia.[10]
  • 57% of manufacturers used some form of artificial intelligence to analyze collected manufacturing data in 2024.[11]
  • 44% of manufacturing leaders reported that the amount of data their organizations collected had at least doubled over the previous two years in 2024.[12]

IoT in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 81% of manufacturing leaders surveyed identified data and analytics for process improvement as an important technology use case, while IoT for predictive maintenance ranked among the leading use cases in 2024.[13]
  • 11.1% of businesses in the European Industrial Ecosystem used Internet of Things technologies in 2023.[3]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Software and data governance gaps show up in adoption barriers, including 61% reporting poor data quality in 2025 and 44% of AI projects failing due to poor data quality. Digitalization expectations remain high: 98% expected further growth.

Business intelligence in the fluid power industry

  • 60% of NFPA roadmap survey respondents were affiliated with the National Fluid Power Association in 2022.[14]
  • 11% of NFPA roadmap survey respondents were machine builders using fluid-power technology in 2022.[14]
  • 20% of NFPA roadmap survey respondents were fluid-power distributors or system integrators in 2022.[14]
  • 74 fluid-power supply-chain participants contributed to NFPA’s December 2022 customer-driver survey.[14]
  • 5% of NFPA roadmap survey respondents were affiliated with the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute in 2022.[14]
  • 11% of NFPA roadmap survey respondents were suppliers to the fluid-power industry in 2022.[14]

Data analytics in the fluid power industry

  • 97% of fluid-power digitalization survey respondents indicated that digitalization benefits the industry.[15]
  • 98% of fluid-power digitalization survey respondents expected further growth of digitalization and related technologies.[15]
  • $73.1 million in value was reported by PETRONAS from its predictive-analytics pilot in 2020.[16]
  • 94% of fluid-power digitalization survey respondents expected software’s role in hydraulic and pneumatic systems to increase.[15]
  • 3 temperature and lubrication indicators were cited in one PETRONAS motor-failure detection example.[16]
  • 14x ROI was achieved in PETRONAS’s first-year predictive-analytics deployment.[16]

Data Quality in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 61% of manufacturing leaders agreed that poor data quality limited adoption and optimization of emerging technologies in 2025.[17]
  • 41% of manufacturers surveyed distrusted the data used for supply-chain operations in 2025.[18]
  • 30% of manufacturers identified poor data quality as a technical barrier to improving processes in 2025.[17]
  • 54% of manufacturers surveyed had duplicate data in several systems in 2025.[18]
  • 51% of manufacturers surveyed said their data was siloed across disparate tools and systems in 2025.[18]
  • 44% of manufacturers surveyed reported that AI projects had failed because of poor data quality in 2025.[18]

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.[11]
  • 61% of manufacturers surveyed had a corporate-wide governance plan, strategy or formal data-management guidelines in 2024.[11]
  • 22% of manufacturers surveyed included data collection, management or analysis in executive incentives, KPIs or business imperatives in 2024.[11]
  • 58% of manufacturers surveyed assigned primary data-governance responsibility to a C-suite or senior leader in 2024.[11]

KPIs in the fluid power industry

  • 4.67% of U.S. fluid power product sales were associated with Class 4–8 truck manufacturing in 2021.[14]
  • 11.73% of U.S. fluid power product sales were associated with agricultural machinery in 2021.[14]
  • 0.99% of U.S. fluid power product sales were associated with power-generation equipment in 2021.[14]
  • 19.59% of U.S. fluid power product sales were associated with construction machinery in 2021.[14]
  • 5.91% of U.S. fluid power product sales were associated with material-handling equipment in 2021.[14]
  • 0.35% of U.S. fluid power product sales were associated with medical equipment in 2021.[14]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Demand is concentrated in application and end-market activity: hydraulics accounted for 64% of global fluid power equipment revenue in 2025, and construction represented 22% of the global market. U.S. hydraulic shipments totaled $17.6 billion in 2024.

Growth in the fluid power industry

  • U.S. pneumatic-product shipments totaled $5.6 billion in 2024.[14]
  • $21.5 billion was Parker Hannifin’s fiscal 2026 annual sales, according to the company’s investor profile.[19]
  • Danfoss Power Solutions generated €4.1 billion in sales in 2024.[20]
  • The United States fluid power-component manufacturing industry generated $23.3 billion in 2024.[14]
  • Parker Hannifin’s fiscal 2025 sales were $19.9 billion, with organic sales growth of 1.3% from fiscal 2024.[21]
  • U.S. hydraulic-product shipments totaled $17.6 billion in 2024.[14]

Differentiation in the fluid power industry

  • Three application-development centers supported Danfoss Power Solutions in 2024.[20]
  • Six market verticals were served by Parker Hannifin in fiscal 2025.[21]
  • The five largest pneumatic end markets represented 27% of U.S. pneumatic-product sales in 2024.[14]
  • 12.0% was Danfoss Power Solutions’ operational EBITA margin in 2024.[20]
  • 322 manufacturing plants and approximately 1,000 markets supported Parker Hannifin’s differentiated motion-and-control offering in fiscal 2025.[21]
  • The five largest hydraulic end markets represented 57% of U.S. hydraulic-product sales in 2024.[14]

Mergers and acquisitions in the fluid power industry

  • 13 companies accounted for 66% of fluid-handling-industry buy-side activity in 2024.[22]
  • Applied Industrial Technologies signed an agreement to acquire Hydradyne in November 2024.[23]
  • Motion Industries acquired Kaman Distribution Group for $1.3 billion in January 2022.[24]
  • Ingersoll Rand acquired ILC Dover for $2.3 billion in 2024.[25]
  • Ingersoll Rand completed 10 fluid-handling acquisitions in 2024.[22]
  • R&G Fluid Power Group completed five United Kingdom acquisitions during 2023 and 2024.[26]

Strategic partnerships in the fluid power industry

  • 16 companies were formally approved partners of the National Fluid Power Centre in 2024.[27]
  • Parker Hannifin operated with approximately 548,000 customers worldwide in fiscal 2025.[21]
  • 16 companies and scientific institutions collaborated in Bosch Rexroth’s Fluid Power 4.0 project presentation in 2025.[28]
  • More than 500 supplier brands partnered with Flowtech Fluidpower in 2022.[29]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce scale and stability matter for delivery and support: at least 61,000 people were employed by U.S. fluid power companies in 2025, and 60% expected to maintain current engineering-job levels in 2025.

Hiring in the fluid power industry

  • At least 772 fluid power companies operated in the United States according to 2025 NFPA and IFPS industry data.[30]
  • 60% of fluid power engineering respondents expected their companies to maintain current engineering-job levels in 2025.[1]
  • 58% of fluid power engineers identified attracting new talent as an ongoing industry challenge in the 2025 survey.[1]
  • At least 61,000 people were employed by U.S. fluid power companies in 2025 industry data presented by NFPA and IFPS.[30]
  • 45% of fluid power engineering respondents said companies hiring in 2025 sought candidates with about three years of experience.[1]

Employee retention in the fluid power industry

  • More than 65% of fluid power engineering respondents believed their companies were as focused on retention as the previous year in 2025.[1]
  • 7% of fluid power engineering respondents were actively seeking new employment in 2025.[1]
  • About 60% of fluid power engineering respondents would follow up on an interesting opportunity despite not actively seeking employment in 2025.[1]
  • 98% of fluid power engineering survey respondents said they were in the same job in 2025 as in 2024.[1]
  • 20% of fluid power engineering respondents reported some level of dissatisfaction with their current roles in 2025.[1]

Remote Work in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 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, 19% of workers worked remotely, including hybrid and fully remote arrangements, during October 2023–September 2024.[32]
  • 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.[33]
  • 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 employees, 80% believed office mandates reflected a lack of trust that employees would be productive at home in 2025.[34]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 17% were fully back in the office for non-production employees in 2025.[35]
  • Across manufacturing employers, 67% identified productivity as a key factor driving pressure to return to the office in 2025.[34]
  • Across manufacturing employers, 80% said their organizations were still struggling to balance hybrid working in 2025.[34]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 79% operated a hybrid model for non-production employees in 2025.[35]

Upskilling in the fluid power industry

  • 21% of fluid power survey respondents had worked in the industry for more than 25 years in 2021.[36]
  • 49% of fluid power survey respondents had worked in the industry for seven years or less in 2021.[36]
  • 56% of certified fluid power survey respondents reported receiving no additional pay after certification in 2021.[36]
  • 54% of fluid power survey respondents held a hydraulic specialist certification in 2021.[36]
  • 26% of fluid power survey respondents held no certification in 2021.[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, 25% of respondents did not know whether their frontline workforce was engaged in 2023.[4]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 48% of respondents said most frontline workers were engaged in their jobs in 2023.[4]

DEI in the fluid power industry

  • 36% of fluid power survey respondents were under age 40 in 2021.[36]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Customer drivers stay performance-led, with 44% citing increased productivity and performance as the most important customer driver in 2025. Availability and uptime ranks next, selected as most important by 31% for industrial markets.

Customer experience in the fluid power industry

  • 96% of customer-driver choices were rated at least somewhat important by fluid-power supply-chain respondents across 14 industrial markets in the United States in 2025.[14]
  • 44% of fluid-power respondents identified increased productivity and performance as the most important customer driver across industrial markets in 2025.[14]
  • 59% of packaging-machinery fluid-power respondents selected increased productivity and performance as their most important customer driver in 2025.[14]
  • 31% of fluid-power respondents identified increased availability and uptime as the most important customer driver across industrial markets in 2025.[14]
  • 67% of metalworking and machine-tool fluid-power respondents selected increased productivity and performance as their most important customer driver in 2025.[14]

Customer acquisition in the fluid power industry

  • $500,000 was the value of a deal closed by Indiana Fluid Power in less than one year after its lead-generation campaign in the United States in 2015.[39]
  • 23% was the response rate achieved by Indiana Fluid Power in a cold-prospect lead-generation campaign targeting industrial and mobile customers in the United States in 2015.[39]
  • $100,000 or more was the annual purchasing value of Indiana Fluid Power’s large customers in the United States in 2015.[39]
  • Six to 18 months was Indiana Fluid Power’s typical sales cycle for complex fluid-power projects in the United States in 2015.[39]

Lead generation in the fluid power industry

  • 47,700 social followers was the combined audience reported by the Fluid Power World Network in 2024.[40]
  • 70,825 monthly pageviews was the traffic reported by the Fluid Power World Network in 2024 across its fluid-power websites.[40]
  • 51,400 monthly users was the audience reached by the Fluid Power World Network in 2024 through its fluid-power engineering websites.[40]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Industry reach is measured in readership and digital traffic, with Fluid Power Journal estimated to have more than 60,000 pass-along readers in 2025 and 22,000 primary subscribers in 2025.

Marketing in the fluid power industry

  • More than 60,000 readers was Fluid Power Journal’s estimated pass-along readership in 2025.[36]
  • 22,000 primary subscribers received Fluid Power Journal’s print and digital issues in 2025.[36]
  • 60% of Fluid Power Journal readers were decision-makers for pneumatic components and systems in 2025.[36]
  • More than 100,000 people could be reached through Fluid Power Journal’s marketing products in 2025.[36]
  • 46% of Fluid Power Journal readers were decision-makers for electronic-controls purchases in 2025.[36]

Social media in the fluid power industry

  • 88,282 page views were generated by TI Fluid Systems’ LinkedIn social-media program in 2023.[41]
  • 67,997 organic engagements were generated by TI Fluid Systems’ LinkedIn social-media program in 2023.[41]
  • 4,803 new followers were gained by TI Fluid Systems through its LinkedIn social-media program in 2023.[41]
  • 56,647 organic clicks were generated by TI Fluid Systems’ LinkedIn social-media program in 2023.[41]
  • 582,663 organic impressions were generated by TI Fluid Systems’ LinkedIn social-media program in 2023.[41]

Influencer Marketing in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across B2B companies, 28% ranked thought leaders or industry analysts as the most effective influencer type in 2025; global survey scope.[42]
  • Across B2B companies, 55% of marketers used influencers in 2025, providing a benchmark applicable to industrial manufacturing marketers.[42]
  • Across B2B companies, 29% of marketers planned to adopt influencer marketing within the following year in 2025; global survey scope.[42]
  • Across B2B companies, 76% of marketing leaders said creator collaboration helps build brand authenticity in 2025; global survey scope.[42]
  • Across B2B companies, 43% of marketers planned to increase influencer investment in the following year in 2025; global survey scope.[42]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Operational execution and margins are tracked with site and supply metrics. Examples include Bosch Rexroth’s 4.9% decline in 2024 order intake and Parker Hannifin’s days of inventory supply shifting from 80 in fiscal 2024 to 82 in fiscal 2025.

Process optimization in the fluid power industry

  • 24% of Eaton sites were certified for zero water discharge in 2025 globally.[23]
  • 456 million euros was Bosch Rexroth’s research-and-development spending in 2024 globally.[43]
  • 35% was Eaton’s reduction in operational Scope 1 and 2 emissions between 2018 and 2024 globally.[23]
  • 86% of Eaton sites were certified zero-waste-to-landfill sites in 2025 globally.[23]
  • £5 million of incremental benefits were delivered by IMI’s footprint-optimization initiatives in 2024 globally.[44]

Operational efficiency in the fluid power industry

  • 140 basis points was the 2025 gross-margin improvement attributed to operational efficiencies at an Eaton fluid-power business.[23]
  • 49 days was Helios Technologies’ days payables outstanding in 2025.[23]
  • 130 basis points was the 2024 gross-margin improvement attributed to operational efficiencies at the same Eaton fluid-power business.[23]
  • 37 days was Helios Technologies’ days payables outstanding in 2024.[23]
  • 51 days was Helios Technologies’ days sales outstanding in 2025.[23]

Quality management in the fluid power industry

  • 4.9 billion dollars was the annual payroll of U.S. fluid-power component manufacturers in 2023.[14]
  • 775 U.S. companies manufactured fluid-power components in 2023.[14]
  • 6.5 billion euros was Bosch Rexroth’s 2024 sales from hydraulics, automation and related fluid-power technologies globally.[28]
  • 86% was Eaton’s employee-engagement score in its 2025 global survey.[23]
  • 2.3 points was Eaton’s increase in employee engagement in its 2025 global survey.[23]

Supply chain in the fluid power industry

  • 80 days was Parker-Hannifin’s days of inventory supply in fiscal 2024.[23]
  • 7.2 billion dollars was the value of U.S. fluid-power exports in 2024.[14]
  • 193 countries received U.S. fluid-power products in 2024.[14]
  • 82 days was Parker-Hannifin’s days of inventory supply in fiscal 2025.[23]
  • 4.9% was Bosch Rexroth’s decline in 2024 order intake globally.[28]

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

  • Across EU enterprises engaged in international sourcing during 2021–2023, 37% operated in manufacturing, the largest sector share among sourcing enterprises.[7]
  • Across global manufacturing, 73% of executives in 2025 believed friendshoring would represent a significant share of future sourcing and production.[45]
  • Across EU enterprises sourcing abroad during 2021–2023, 39% outsourced business functions to external providers, while 72% used affiliated enterprises abroad for insourcing.[7]
  • Across global manufacturing, executives expected offshore facilities to decline to 28% within three years of 2025, while onshore facilities rise to 48%.[45]
  • Across global manufacturing, 37% of facilities were offshore in 2024, compared with 41% onshore and 22% nearshore.[45]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Pricing and volume effects show up in segment performance, such as a 0.3% fiscal-2025 net sales decline for Gates Industrial Fluid Power after pricing, volume and currency effects. Margin snapshots include 22.4% adjusted EBITDA margin for fiscal 2025.

Pricing strategy in the fluid power industry

  • 0.3% was the fiscal-2025 decline in Gates Industrial Fluid Power net sales after pricing, volume and currency effects.[23]
  • 3.5% was the fiscal-2025 decline in Gates Industrial Fluid Power diversified-industrial core sales.[23]
  • 8.4% was the fiscal-2025 core-sales growth of Gates Industrial’s Fluid Power automotive channel.[23]
  • 28.6 million dollars was the pricing benefit in Gates Industrial’s Fluid Power segment in fiscal 2025.[23]
  • 6.6% was the fiscal-2025 decline in Gates Industrial Fluid Power industrial sales in North America.[23]

Cost reduction in the fluid power industry

  • 0.8% was the decrease in Helios Technologies inventory at the end of 2025 compared with 2024.[23]
  • 1,092 positions were reduced in Parker-Hannifin’s Diversified Industrial segment in fiscal 2025 as part of cost-management actions.[46]
  • 2.7 million dollars was the 2025 cash benefit from Helios Technologies’ inventory reduction, net of acquisitions.[23]
  • 5 million pounds was IMI’s incremental benefit from footprint optimization in 2024.[44]
  • 29.8% was the reduction in Bosch Rexroth investment spending from 2023 to 2024.[43]

Profitability in the fluid power industry

  • 22.4% was Gates Industrial Fluid Power’s adjusted EBITDA margin in fiscal 2025.[23]
  • 6.0% was KION Supply Chain Solutions’ adjusted EBIT margin in 2025.[47]
  • 290.5 million dollars was Gates Industrial Fluid Power’s adjusted EBITDA in fiscal 2025.[23]
  • 3.8 billion dollars was Parker-Hannifin’s fiscal-2025 operating cash flow, equal to 19% of sales.[23]
  • 17.0% was IMI’s statutory operating margin in 2024.[44]

Financial planning in the fluid power industry

  • 1,014 million pounds was IMI Process Automation’s total order intake in 2024.[44]
  • 857 million pounds was IMI Process Automation’s closing order book in 2024.[44]
  • 1,414 million pounds was IMI’s total revenue in 2024.[44]
  • 27.4 billion dollars was Eaton’s full-year 2025 sales.[23]
  • 6.5 billion euros was Bosch Rexroth’s 2024 sales globally.[28]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Sales concentration in major markets remains visible: 62% of U.S. hydraulic and pneumatic product sales came from the 20 largest customer markets in 2021. Construction machinery was 19.59% of U.S. fluid power product sales in 2021.

Product development in the fluid power industry

  • 4.67% of U.S. fluid power product sales served Class 4–8 truck manufacturing in 2021.[14]
  • 2.31% of U.S. fluid power product sales served oil-and-gas machinery in 2021.[14]
  • 5.45% of U.S. fluid power product sales served automotive and light-truck manufacturing in 2021.[14]
  • 19.59% of U.S. fluid power product sales served construction machinery in 2021.[14]
  • 0.58% of U.S. fluid power product sales served semiconductor manufacturing machinery in 2021.[14]

Product lifecycle in the fluid power industry

  • 32% of NFPA roadmap survey respondents worked in executive management in 2022.[14]
  • 55% of NFPA roadmap survey respondents were fluid-power component manufacturers in 2022.[14]
  • 23% of NFPA roadmap survey respondents worked in sales or marketing in 2022.[14]
  • 20 customer markets formed the basis of NFPA’s 2023 fluid-power technology roadmap.[14]
  • 62% of U.S. hydraulic and pneumatic product sales came from the 20 largest customer markets in 2021.[14]

After-sales in the fluid power industry

  • 51 major early warnings were identified by PETRONAS’s predictive-analytics pilot in 2020.[16]
  • $17.4 million in savings were reported by PETRONAS from AI-powered predictive analytics for equipment maintenance in 2020.[16]
  • $48,000 in potential failure costs were avoided in one PETRONAS predictive-analytics catch.[16]
  • 14x ROI was reported by PETRONAS for its AI-powered predictive-analytics deployment in 2020.[16]
  • 200 predictive models were deployed by PETRONAS during the first year of its 2020 pilot.[16]

Value proposition in the fluid power industry

  • 38.65% of U.S. fluid power product sales were classified as other customer markets in 2021.[14]
  • 20% of the UK fluid-power market was pneumatics in 2021.[48]
  • 19.59% of U.S. fluid power product sales served construction machinery in 2021, the largest named customer-market share.[14]
  • 44% of the UK hydraulic market was industrial hydraulics in 2021.[48]
  • 70% of the UK fluid-power market was hydraulics in 2021.[48]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Sustainability is reported with operational certifications and incident tracking. Eaton reported a 35% reduction in operational Scope 1 and 2 emissions between 2018 and 2024, and Parker Hannifin reported a 45% reduction in recordable incident rate against FY2019 by FY2024.

Sustainability in the fluid power industry

  • 11 Danfoss factories were located in regions facing water-scarcity and water-quality issues in 2024, representing 16.6% of total water withdrawals.[20]
  • 76% of Danfoss production sites maintained ISO 14001 certification in 2024, globally.[20]
  • 13,048 metric tons of Scope 1 CO₂e emissions were reported by Festo in 2024, globally.[49]
  • 300+ carbon-reduction projects had been completed by Parker Hannifin by FY2024, globally.[21]
  • 160 Parker Hannifin sites held ISO 14001 environmental-management certification in FY2024, globally.[21]

ESG in the fluid power industry

  • 54 Parker Hannifin sites held ISO 45001 health-and-safety certification in FY2024, globally.[21]
  • 89% of Parker Hannifin team members participated in at least one High Performance Team in FY2024, globally.[21]
  • 15,000 hours of community service were performed collectively by Parker Hannifin employees in FY2024, globally.[19]
  • 45% reduction in Parker Hannifin’s recordable incident rate was achieved against FY2019 by FY2024, globally.[19]
  • 70% of Parker Hannifin’s board was diverse by gender, race or ethnicity in FY2024.[21]

Ethics in the fluid power industry

  • 2 ethics hotlines are operated by Danfoss for employees and business partners, including an anonymous whistleblower channel.[50]
  • 100% of Bosch associates worldwide are required to participate in basic business-ethics training on the Code of Conduct.[51]
  • 13 times Eaton had been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by 2024, according to the company’s sustainability report.[52]
  • 2,355 ethics matters were reported through Eaton’s whistleblower hotline and reporting channels in 2024, globally.[52]

CSR in the fluid power industry

  • 32% of Parker Hannifin’s U.S. workforce were people of color in FY2024.[21]
  • 29% reduction in Parker Hannifin’s lost-time incident rate was achieved against FY2019 by FY2024, globally.[21]
  • 6,063 High Performance Teams had been established by Parker Hannifin in FY2024, globally.[21]
  • 17% of Parker Hannifin’s U.S. leadership workforce were people of color in FY2024.[21]
  • 195 Parker Hannifin team members joined a functional leadership-development associate program during FY2023–FY2024, globally.[21]

Circular economy in the fluid power industry

  • 13,536 metric tons of CO₂e were associated with Festo product end-of-life treatment in 2024.[49]
  • 387 metric tons of CO₂e were associated with Festo waste-related Scope 3 emissions in 2024.[49]
  • 3 circularity-related actions are identified by Danfoss as product priorities: circular services, low-carbon circularity strategies and circular design.[50]
  • 2% of Danfoss 2024 Scope 3 emissions came from waste, equivalent to 2 kilotons of CO₂e.[53]

Carbon footprint in the fluid power industry

  • 119,903 kilotons of CO₂e were Danfoss emissions from use of sold products in 2024, globally.[53]
  • 25,692 metric tons of CO₂e were Festo’s fuel- and energy-related Scope 3 emissions in 2024, globally.[49]
  • 21,751 metric tons of CO₂e were Festo’s business-travel emissions in 2024, globally.[49]
  • 617,081 metric tons of CO₂ were reported as Parker Hannifin’s FY2023 carbon emissions, globally.[21]
  • 4,314,267 metric tons of CO₂e were Parker Hannifin’s FY2024 total location-based emissions, globally.[21]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Export reach and network footprint scale internationally. In 2024, U.S. fluid power products were received in 193 countries, while Parker Hannifin operated in 44 countries in fiscal 2025.

Globalization in the fluid power industry

  • 193 countries received U.S. fluid power product exports worth $7.2 billion in 2024, up 21% from 10 years earlier.[14]
  • 44 countries hosted Parker Hannifin operations in fiscal 2025, supporting approximately 58,000 employees worldwide.[21]
  • $6.444 billion was Parker Hannifin’s international net sales in fiscal 2025.[19]
  • 42 countries outside the United States contained Parker Hannifin manufacturing, service, sales, distribution or administrative facilities in 2024.[19]
  • 51 factories supported Danfoss Power Solutions in 2024, alongside 16,101 employees and €4.1 billion in sales.[20]

Supplier management in the fluid power industry

  • 65% of estimated United Kingdom and Ireland fluid power demand was supplied directly by manufacturers in 2022, with 35% supplied through distribution.[29]
  • Around 400 Danfoss suppliers were engaged in corrective actions or capacity building after assessments in 2024.[20]
  • 100% of Danfoss suppliers were required to comply with the company’s Supplier Code of Conduct in 2024.[20]
  • 69 manufacturers, suppliers and third-party vendors partnered with Motion and Flow Control Products in 2026.[59]
  • 16 partner companies and scientific institutions participated in Bosch Rexroth’s Fluid Power 4.0 presentation at Hannover Messe in 2025.[28]

Stakeholder management in the fluid power industry

  • Over 60 companies supported the National Fluid Power Centre’s industry advisory group in 2024.[27]
  • 15 staff members, including 10 training and systems-training engineers, were employed by the National Fluid Power Centre in 2024.[27]
  • More than 64,000 people worked for approximately 775 U.S. fluid power-component manufacturing companies in 2023.[14]
  • More than 1 million people worked in U.S. industries dependent on fluid power in 2024, with an estimated $90 billion annual payroll.[14]
  • More than 300 companies across 27 United Kingdom industry sectors used the National Fluid Power Centre’s training services in 2024.[27]

Distribution channels in the fluid power industry

  • 13% of NFPA members were distributors in the association’s 2025 membership composition.[30]
  • More than 50% of Parker Hannifin’s industrial-business sales moved through its distribution network in 2024.[60]
  • 18,300 distribution and MRO outlets supported Parker Hannifin’s global network in fiscal 2025.[21]
  • 59 locations in 11 U.S. states were operated by Motion and Flow Control Products in 2026.[59]
  • More than 548,000 customers were served by Parker Hannifin worldwide in fiscal 2025.[21]

Key questions about the Fluid Power Industry

What is the global fluid power equipment market size for 2026?
The global fluid power equipment market is projected at $77.92 billion in 2026.
How fast is the fluid power equipment market expected to grow after 2026?
The market forecast shows a 5.52% CAGR from 2026 to 2034, reaching $119.76 billion by 2034.
Which companies lead the fluid power industry?
Eaton stands out for aerospace hydraulic and fluid-control systems because its industry market coverage lists Eaton among major global fluid-power equipment suppliers, while Parker Hannifin focuses on global hydraulics, pneumatics and fluid-handling technologies since it supplies these technologies globally and holds an an 23.6% operating margin.
How are machine learning and AI affecting designs in fluid power?
In 2025, 20.51% of professionals said machine learning and artificial intelligence were major influences on designs, while 20% of respondents reported AI or machine learning use in hydraulic or pneumatic technologies in 2024.
What regulatory frameworks apply to fluid power components and safety?
ISO/TC 131 covers fluid-power terminology, construction, safety requirements, testing and inspection for components including pumps, motors, cylinders, valves, hoses and fittings.
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