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Robot Industry Statistics

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

The robot industry at a glance

The global robot industry reached a record 603,000 industrial installations in 2025, while service and consumer robots expanded into logistics, healthcare, manufacturing and household tasks.

603,000[2]
Industrial installations, 2025
5.079M[2]
Operational industrial stock, 2025
54%[2]
China share of installations, 2024
34.2M[2]
Consumer robots sold, 2025
Market size
The global robot market was valued at $53.1 billion in 2025, according to Grand View Research subsidiary Global Market Insights. The figure covers industrial, service and other robot categories and is broader than IFR’s unit-based installation statistics.[84]
Forecast & CAGR
Global robot-market revenue is forecast to rise from $59.7 billion in 2026 to $257.5 billion by 2035, representing a 17.6% compound annual growth rate from 2026 to 2035. IFR separately expects industrial-robot installations to grow 6% to 575,000 units in 2025 in its 2025 report.[84][2]
Market share & regions
Asia accounted for 74% of new industrial-robot deployments in 2024, compared with 16% for Europe and 9% for the Americas. China alone represented 54% of global installations, with 295,000 units installed in 2024.[2]
Segmentation
Industrial-robot installations in 2024 were led by electrical and electronics at 128,899 units and automotive at 126,088 units, followed by metal and machinery at 88,777. In service robotics, 2025 professional shipments were led by transportation and logistics at 117,500 units, or 47% of the segment.[2]
Key players & concentration
The service-robot market is fragmented: IFR identified 944 producers worldwide in its 2025 survey, and 80% were small or medium-sized enterprises with up to 500 employees. Industrial robotics is more concentrated geographically, with China, Japan, the United States, South Korea and Germany accounting for 80% of global installations in 2024.[2]
Pricing
Robot-as-a-service is becoming an important alternative to outright purchase. IFR reported that the global RaaS fleet grew 31% to more than 24,500 units in 2024, indicating increasing adoption of subscription and rental models rather than only capital-equipment sales.[2]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Labor shortages, demographic change, artificial intelligence and demand for flexible automation are major growth drivers. Challenges remain substantial: IFR says humanoid adoption is constrained by safety standards, training and maintenance costs, uncertain industrial business cases, programming difficulty and the need for standardized safety.[2]
Consumer behavior & competition
Consumer service-robot sales increased 37% to almost 34.2 million units in 2025, with household robots dominating demand. Competition is highly fragmented on the supply side, with IFR identifying 944 service-robot producers and reporting that 80% were SMEs in its 2025 survey.[2]
M&A
In November 2026, China blocked SoftBank’s proposed $5.4 billion acquisition of ABB’s robotics business, according to Reuters. The decision underscores the strategic and regulatory sensitivity of large cross-border robotics transactions.[85]
Regulation
In the United States, OSHA states that there are no specific federal OSHA standards for the robotics industry; general rules such as machine guarding and lockout/tagout apply, alongside consensus standards including ANSI/RIA R15.06. In the European Union, rules for high-risk AI systems integrated into robotics and industrial machinery are scheduled to apply from August 2, 2028.[86][87]
Latest news
The latest IFR data reported in September 2026 showed professional service-robot shipments rising 24% to almost 250,000 units in 2025, while industrial installations surpassed 600,000 for the first time at 603,000 units. IFR also reported a record global operational industrial-robot stock of 5.079 million units in 2025.[2]
report visual · Comparison

Share of annual industrial robot installations

Asia/Australia holds the largest share at 75%.

Asia/Australia75%
Europe16%
The Americas9%
source-verifiedifr.org

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Robot Industry

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

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

Verdict

ABB and UBTECH Robotics are tied at the top of Gitnux's 2026 robot ranking with an Overall score of 9.1 each.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in industrial robot

    ABB

    CH

    Ranked #1 · 9.1 · Industrial robot makers

    Why we picked it: It sells industrial robots and automation globally, with 500,000+ shipments and operations across 50+ countries.

    See in ranking ↓Visit abb.com ↗

  2. Leader in humanoid and service robots

    UBTECH Robotics

    CN

    Ranked #2 · 9.1 · Humanoid and service robots

    Why we picked it: It focuses on humanoid and service robots in China, with 53.3% reported revenue growth.

    See in ranking ↓Visit ubtrobot.com ↗

  3. Leader in mobile robotics systems

    Boston Dynamics

    US

    Ranked #3 · 9.0 · Mobile robotics systems

    Why we picked it: It commercializes mobile quadruped platforms and develops Atlas for industrial applications.

    See in ranking ↓Visit bostondynamics.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 robot industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

ABB

Industrial robot makers · CH

9.1
2

UBTECH Robotics

Humanoid and service robots · CN

9.1
3

Boston Dynamics

Mobile robotics systems · US

9.0
4

DJI

Drone platforms · CN

8.9
5

Agility Robotics

Humanoid and service robots · US

8.8
6

FANUC

Industrial robots and factory automation, global · JP

8.7
7

Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Industrial, medical and pharmaceutical robots · JP

8.6
8

Unitree Robotics

Quadruped and humanoid robots, global · CN

8.6
9

YASKAWA Electric

Industrial robots, cobots and automation, global · JP

8.5
10

AutoStore

Warehouse automation robots and storage systems · NO

8.5

How we score

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

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

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

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

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

Cite this ranking

APA

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

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

Humanoid output remains heavily concentrated: about 85% of global humanoid-robot shipments came from Chinese manufacturers in 2024.

AI in the robot industry

  • About 85% of global humanoid-robot shipments came from Chinese manufacturers in 2024.[1]
  • More than 330 humanoid-robot models were reported in China in 2025.[1]
  • 12% of U.S.-based service-robot manufacturers produced medical robots in the IFR’s 2024 assessment.[2]
  • $3.4 billion was invested in humanoid robotics globally from the second half of 2024 through the first half of 2026.[3]
  • 199 service-robot manufacturers were headquartered in the United States in the IFR’s 2024 industry assessment.[2]
  • $675 million was raised by Figure in venture funding in 2024 to develop humanoid robots with AI models from OpenAI and other partners.[1]

Automation in the robot industry

  • 393,700 industrial robots were operating in U.S. factories in 2024.[2]
  • Asia accounted for 74% of new industrial-robot deployments in 2024.[2]
  • 542,000 industrial robots were installed worldwide in 2024.[2]
  • China had about five times as many industrial robots in operation as the United States in 2024, with approximately 2.027 million units.[2]
  • China installed 295,000 industrial robots in 2024.[2]
  • The Americas accounted for 9% of new industrial-robot deployments in 2024.[2]

Digital Transformation in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 32% of U.S. industrial-products respondents said their operations-technology investments had delivered expected results in 2024.[4]
  • 34% of industrial-manufacturing organizations across 26 countries had achieved return on investment from multiple AI use cases in 2024.[5]
  • 76% of industrial-manufacturing firms across 26 countries reported that their workforce had an appetite to embrace cutting-edge technology in 2024.[5]
  • 24% of companies across the European Industrial Ecosystem had a concrete digital-transformation strategy in 2024.[6]

Technology Adoption in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 35% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing data-and-analytics strategies in 2024.[7]
  • 31% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing modern-delivery technologies, including low-code and no-code, in 2024.[7]
  • 30% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing edge-computing strategies in 2024.[7]
  • 37% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing AI and automation strategies in 2024.[7]

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.[7]
  • 87% of Australian manufacturing enterprises used cloud computing in 2022.[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.[8]

Big Data in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 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]
  • 28% of manufacturing survey respondents were implementing big-data processing in 2024.[11]
  • 67% of manufacturers surveyed in the United States, Germany and Malaysia could collect and analyze data in near real time in 2024.[10]
  • 33% of manufacturers surveyed were performing prescriptive analytics in 2024, according to ABI Research’s survey of 461 manufacturing decision makers.[10]
  • 44% of manufacturing leaders reported that the amount of data their organizations collected had at least doubled over the previous two years in 2024.[12]
  • 16.2% of businesses in the European Industrial Ecosystem used big-data technologies in 2024.[6]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Industrial-robot installations exceeded 600,000 for the first time, reaching 603,000 in 2025, while data-quality issues remain a cited blocker.

Business intelligence in the robot industry

  • More than 600,000 industrial robots were installed globally in 2025, the first year above that threshold in the IFR series.[2]
  • More than 2 billion yuan of Chinese humanoid-robot orders were reported in 2025, with many purchases coming from state-owned enterprises.[1]
  • China had more than 140 humanoid-robot manufacturers in 2025, according to figures attributed to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.[1]
  • Unitree and AgiBot each shipped more than 5,000 humanoid robots in 2025, according to Omdia figures cited by Associated Press.[1]
  • Approximately 15,000 humanoid robots were shipped globally in 2025, according to Omdia figures cited by Associated Press.[1]
  • 18.6 billion US dollars was the global value of industrial robot installations in 2025, representing an 11% annual increase.[13]

Data analytics in the robot industry

  • Approximately 3 million episodes covering 321,064 tasks were assembled in the ARIO unified robot dataset.[14]
  • 258 robot series were represented in the ARIO unified dataset, which combines real-world and simulated robot data.[14]
  • 1 million trajectories from 100 robots formed AgiBot World’s open training dataset, totaling 2,976.4 hours of robot-action data.[15]
  • 15 million video frames from seven robot platforms were included in the RoboNet multi-robot learning dataset.[14]
  • Over 1 million trajectories across 217 tasks and five deployment scenarios were included in the AgiBot World research platform.[14]
  • 92.3% component-failure prediction accuracy was reported by a robotics predictive-maintenance study using multisensor data.[14]

Data Quality in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

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

Data Governance in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 61% of manufacturers surveyed had a corporate-wide governance plan, strategy or formal data-management guidelines in 2024.[18]
  • 22% of manufacturers surveyed included data collection, management or analysis in executive incentives, KPIs or business imperatives in 2024.[18]
  • 15% of manufacturers surveyed said their data strategy was entirely aligned with their overall business strategy in 2024.[18]
  • 58% of manufacturers surveyed assigned primary data-governance responsibility to a C-suite or senior leader in 2024.[18]

KPIs in the robot industry

  • 2,476% was the reported annual growth rate for inspection-and-maintenance service-robot sales in 2024.[2]
  • More than 99% uptime was achieved by a Rockwell Automation robotic case-packing machine at a nutrition-supplement manufacturer.[19]
  • 700 robot-stoppage events were detected in one month across 15 robots by ABB Ability Connected Services during a customer test.[20]
  • 9% was the year-on-year increase in the global operational stock of industrial robots in 2025.[2]
  • 641.7 outbound orders per hour were reported in the Hai Robotics case study for JD Logistics.[21]
  • 13.6% was the share of collaborative robots among new industrial installations in 2024.[22]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Industrial installations rose to 603,000 in 2025, alongside faster service demand and a widening footprint for flexible purchasing.

Growth in the robot industry

  • 603,000 industrial robots were installed worldwide in 2025, an 11% year-on-year increase.[2]
  • The global operational stock of industrial robots reached 4,664,000 units in 2024, up 9% from 2023.[2]
  • Medical-robot sales grew 91% worldwide in 2024.[2]
  • Brazil installed almost 4,300 new industrial robots in 2025, up 38% from the previous year.[2]
  • China installed 295,000 industrial robots in 2024, a 7% increase and 54% of global deployments.[2]
  • The Americas installed 50,100 industrial robots in 2024, a 10% decline from 2023.[2]

Differentiation in the robot industry

  • Food-industry customers accounted for 20,792 industrial-robot installations worldwide in 2024, up from 14,685 in 2023.[2]
  • Chinese robot manufacturers reached a 57% share of their domestic industrial-robot market in 2024.[2]
  • Electrical and electronics customers accounted for 128,899 industrial-robot installations worldwide in 2024, the largest sector total.[2]
  • Europe hosted 44% of service-robot manufacturers in the 2023 sample, compared with 29% in Asia and 25% in the Americas.[2]
  • Metal and machinery customers accounted for 88,777 industrial-robot installations worldwide in 2024.[2]
  • China is projected to account for 50% of collaborative-robot demand in 2027.[20]

Mergers and acquisitions in the robot industry

  • Kubota acquired Bloomfield Robotics in a full acquisition completed on September 11, 2024.[23]
  • Symbotic acquired substantially all assets of Veo Robotics in 2023 to add FreeMove 3D vision and safeguarding technology.[24]
  • Amazon's proposed iRobot acquisition was valued at approximately $1.7 billion before being abandoned in 2024.[1]
  • OpenAI agreed to acquire io for $5 billion in equity in 2025, creating a hardware division led by a former robotics executive.[1]
  • Agile Robots acquired Franka Robotics in a full acquisition completed on December 1, 2023.[23]
  • The industrial-robotics acquisition category recorded $2.5 billion in transaction value since 2025 in the tracked database.[25]

Strategic partnerships in the robot industry

  • Wandercraft secured $75 million in 2025 funding and financing, including support from Renault Group.[26]
  • SoftBank Robotics and ARRK signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2025 covering robot-support services.[27]
  • Neura Robotics joined Nvidia's Humanoid Robot Developer Program in 2024 to use the Isaac GR00T platform for humanoid development.[28]
  • Agility Robotics announced a partnership with Amazon in 2023 to bring Digit humanoid robots to distribution and fulfillment facilities.[28]
  • Figure's 2024 OpenAI financing valued the humanoid-robot company at $2.6 billion.[29]
  • Agility Robotics and GXO announced the first humanoid Robot-as-a-Service contract between the companies in 2024.[28]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Hiring signals show structure: 86.4% of robotics job postings were permanent in January 2026, and less than 4% involved contract or temporary arrangements.

Hiring in the robot industry

  • 37.0% of robotics job postings disclosed compensation ranges in January 2026.[30]
  • Less than 4% of robotics job postings involved contract, temporary or other flexible arrangements in January 2026.[30]
  • 14 industry sectors were used to classify robotics job postings in the January 2026 hiring analysis.[30]
  • 2,010 robotics jobs, or 73.8% of the total, had sufficient information for confident experience-level classification in January 2026.[30]
  • 86.4% of robotics job postings were permanent positions in January 2026, representing 2,354 jobs.[30]

Employee retention in the robot industry

  • 100% of surveyed industrial-robotics electric and electronics organizations reported promoting fewer than 10% of their workforce.[31]
  • 100% of surveyed industrial-robotics food organizations reported promoting fewer than 10% of their workforce.[31]
  • 50% of surveyed service-robotics logistics organizations reported no promotions, while the other 50% reported promotions for fewer than 10% of employees.[31]

Remote Work in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 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.[33]
  • Across U.S. manufacturing, 19% of workers worked remotely, including hybrid and fully remote arrangements, during October 2023–September 2024.[34]
  • Across U.S. manufacturing, 36.9% of workers could work at home and 33.3% actually did so during 2024–2025.[33]

Hybrid Work in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across manufacturing companies, the average required office attendance reached 2.82 days per week in the second quarter of 2025.[35]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 79% operated a hybrid model for non-production employees in 2025.[35]
  • Across manufacturing employers, 80% said their organizations were still struggling to balance hybrid working in 2025.[36]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 17% were fully back in the office for non-production employees in 2025.[35]
  • Across manufacturing employees, 80% believed office mandates reflected a lack of trust that employees would be productive at home in 2025.[36]

Upskilling in the robot industry

  • 71.6% of Stratasys employees completed professional-development and soft-skills training in 2023.[37]
  • 27% of Stratasys training hours were mandatory or regulatory in 2023.[37]
  • 24.0 average annual training hours were delivered per domestic FANUC service trainee in fiscal 2024.[38]
  • 257 overseas FANUC service personnel participated in FANUC ACADEMY training in fiscal 2024.[38]
  • 429 domestic FANUC service personnel participated in FANUC ACADEMY training in fiscal 2024.[38]

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.[39]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 41% identified employee recognition as a high priority in 2024.[40]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 48% of respondents said most frontline workers were engaged in their jobs in 2023.[4]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 25% of respondents did not know whether their frontline workforce was engaged in 2023.[4]
  • Across manufacturing, distribution and storage organizations, the average employee-engagement score was 72.9% in 2026.[39]

DEI in the robot industry

  • 701 UBTECH employees were under 30 years old in 2024.[41]
  • 1,475 male employees were employed by UBTECH in 2024.[41]
  • 1,593 UBTECH employees were based in South China in 2024.[41]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Buyer comfort tracks use cases: 77% of global decision-makers in 2025 were comfortable with assembly-line work and 70% with logistics and delivery.

Customer experience in the robot industry

  • 77% of global decision-makers in 2025 were comfortable with robotics handling assembly-line work.[42]
  • 70% of global decision-makers in 2025 were comfortable with robotics handling logistics and delivery.[42]
  • 73% of global decision-makers in 2025 were comfortable with robotics handling material-handling tasks.[42]
  • 84% of U.S. shoppers surveyed in 2024 agreed that retailers with in-store robots were innovative.[43]
  • 96% of U.S. shoppers surveyed in 2024 had either a positive or neutral perception of in-store robots.[43]

Customer retention in the robot industry

  • 72% of household-robot users with a strong emotional connection were likely to make follow-up purchases, compared with 27% without that connection, in 2025.[44]
  • 33% of iRobot purchases were estimated to come from repeat customers in 2016.[45]
  • 40% of German household-robot users in 2025 considered their robot part of the family.[44]
  • 100% of U.S. shoppers who liked seeing a retail robot on their first visit still felt positive after three or more visits in 2024.[43]
  • 71% of household-robot users with a strong emotional connection were likely to purchase software upgrades, compared with 18% without that connection, in 2025.[44]

Customer acquisition in the robot industry

  • 64% of UK businesses not yet using robotics in 2025 planned to start within two years.[42]
  • 1,000 decision-makers across China, France, Germany, Japan, North America and the UK participated in QNX’s 2025 robotics adoption study.[42]
  • More than 50 million consumer robots had been sold worldwide by iRobot since the Roomba’s 2002 introduction, according to its 2025 annual report.[46]
  • 47% of businesses not using robotics in 2025 planned to start using it in the future, representing a potential new-customer pool.[42]

Customer loyalty in the robot industry

  • 28% of vacuum-robot users in 2025 viewed their robots as quasi-family members.[44]
  • 69 was Yaskawa Motoman’s customer Net Promoter Score in 2024.[47]
  • 72% of household-robot users with strong emotional connections were likely to make follow-up purchases in 2025.[44]
  • More than 50% of German household-robot users in 2025 gave their robots names, according to Oliver Wyman.[44]
  • 71% of household-robot users with strong emotional connections were likely to buy software upgrades in 2025.[44]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Retail perception measurements are strong in-store: 96% of U.S. shoppers surveyed in 2024 had a positive or neutral attitude toward in-store robots.

Marketing in the robot industry

  • 90% of surveyed store managers said in 2024 that they did not want to do their jobs without Simbe’s Tally robot in stores where it was deployed.[43]
  • 96% of surveyed shoppers had a positive or neutral attitude toward in-store robots in the United States in the third quarter of 2024.[48]
  • 65% of surveyed shoppers said Simbe’s Tally positively affected their overall retailer perception, compared with 42% for Badger’s Marty, in a United States study in 2024.[43]
  • 10,000+ people were engaged through school visits, competitions, events and work experience at The National Robotarium in 2025 in the United Kingdom.[49]
  • 59% of shoppers who saw Badger’s Marty said they would prefer to see a different robot in the future in a United States study in 2024.[43]

Digital marketing in the robot industry

  • 3,000 average monthly Instagram views were reported for The National Robotarium’s account after its launch in 2025.[49]
  • 4,765,124 LinkedIn impressions were recorded by the Robot Operating System community during the February 4, 2025–February 3, 2026 reporting period.[50]
  • 198,235 LinkedIn followers were reported for the Robot Operating System community as of January 2026.[50]
  • 38,318 new LinkedIn followers were reported for the Robot Operating System community during the 365 days ending in early February 2026.[50]
  • 10,610 LinkedIn followers, including 2,538 new followers, were reported by The National Robotarium in 2025 in the United Kingdom.[49]

Branding in the robot industry

  • 31% of surveyed Turkish consumers always bought the same small-appliance brand in 2024.[51]
  • 21% of surveyed Turkish consumers trusted advertising when choosing small appliances, including robot vacuums, in 2024.[51]
  • 79% of surveyed Turkish consumers were open to trying a new brand for new-generation small appliances, including robot vacuums, in 2024.[51]
  • 58% of surveyed Turkish consumers trusted recommendations from people they knew when choosing small appliances, including robot vacuums, in 2024.[51]
  • 44% of surveyed Turkish consumers were open to buying brands other than their usual brand in 2024.[51]

Social media in the robot industry

  • 122,457 posts about robots were recorded across TikTok, X, YouTube, Reddit and Telegram during the displayed 12-month period ending November 9, 2026.[52]
  • 346,139 robotics-related posts were collected across five social platforms by Robotic Guys as of November 9, 2026.[52]
  • 1,379 robot-related posts were recorded on Telegram during the displayed 12-month period ending November 9, 2026.[52]
  • 2.9 billion views were recorded for robot-related posts across tracked platforms during the displayed 12-month period ending November 9, 2026.[52]
  • 170 robotics topics were tracked by Robotic Guys as of November 9, 2026.[52]

Influencer Marketing in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across B2B companies, 29% of marketers planned to adopt influencer marketing within the following year in 2025; global survey scope.[53]
  • Across B2B companies, 28% ranked thought leaders or industry analysts as the most effective influencer type in 2025; global survey scope.[53]
  • Across B2B companies, 76% of marketing leaders said creator collaboration helps build brand authenticity in 2025; global survey scope.[53]
  • Across B2B companies, 55% of marketers used influencers in 2025, providing a benchmark applicable to industrial manufacturing marketers.[53]
  • Across B2B companies, 43% of marketers planned to increase influencer investment in the following year in 2025; global survey scope.[53]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Deployment constraints show supply-chain bottlenecks, with 3 major constraints identified in the robot supply chain: gearboxes, encoders, and integration capacity.

Process optimization in the robot industry

  • 125,804 industrial robots were installed in electronics manufacturing worldwide in 2023.[2]
  • 17% of newly deployed industrial robots were installed in Europe in 2023.[2]
  • 10% of newly deployed industrial robots were installed in the Americas in 2023.[2]
  • 128,899 robots were installed in the global electronics industry in 2024, making it the largest customer sector.[2]
  • 135,461 industrial robots were installed in automotive production worldwide in 2023.[2]

Operational efficiency in the robot industry

  • 777,596 industrial robots were operating in Europe in 2023.[2]
  • 177 industrial robots were operating per 10,000 manufacturing employees globally in 2024.[2]
  • 520,524 industrial robots were operating in the Americas in 2023.[2]
  • 818 industrial robots per 10,000 manufacturing employees gave Singapore the second-highest robot density in 2024.[2]
  • 449 industrial robots per 10,000 manufacturing employees placed Germany among the world’s most automated manufacturing economies in 2024.[2]

Quality management in the robot industry

  • 0.88 was the final-control resource-efficiency score reported after deployment of an AI-driven collaborative assembly inspection cell.[14]
  • 844 quality-control misconduct cases were identified by Nidec’s investigation covering the decade through 2025; Nidec supplies motors used in robotics among other applications.[1]
  • 82 seconds was reduced to 61 seconds for each quality check in a deployed AI-driven collaborative assembly inspection cell.[14]
  • 25% was the approximate reduction in per-unit quality-check time reported for an AI-driven collaborative assembly inspection cell.[14]
  • 99.4% was the product-level quality-control pass rate reported for a learning-augmented robotic manufacturing system producing motors.[14]

Supply chain in the robot industry

  • $62 million was ABB Process Automation’s property, plant and equipment capital expenditure in 2024, compared with $66 million in 2023.[20]
  • 1,000,000-plus industrial robots were operating in Chinese factories by 2021, making China the first country to exceed that stock level.[2]
  • 3 major deployment constraints were identified in the robot supply chain: gearboxes, encoders and integration capacity.[54]
  • 57% was the share of Chinese domestic suppliers in China’s robot market, according to an industry analysis of the robotics supply chain.[54]
  • 15% of ABB Process Automation capital expenditures in 2024 were made in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.[20]

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, 37% of facilities were offshore in 2024, compared with 41% onshore and 22% nearshore.[55]
  • Across global manufacturing, 56% of executives in 2025 said their organization had invested in nearshoring or a combination of reshoring and nearshoring.[55]
  • Across global manufacturing, executives expected offshore facilities to decline to 28% within three years of 2025, while onshore facilities rise to 48%.[55]
  • Across EU enterprises engaged in international sourcing during 2021–2023, 37% operated in manufacturing, the largest sector share among sourcing enterprises.[9]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Pricing models increasingly reflect usage: IFR reported RaaS fleet growth of 31% to more than 24,500 units in 2024.

Pricing strategy in the robot industry

  • $400,000 is Agility Robotics’ illustrative five-year total Digit cost, combining upfront capital expenditure and monthly service fees.[56]
  • $548,000 was the average unit price of medical robots sold globally in 2018, including accessories and services.[2]
  • 2.5x is Agility Robotics’ illustrative potential customer return on investment for Digit under its assumed service-pricing model.[56]
  • $29,900 is the listed price for Unitree’s H2 humanoid robot in 2026.[57]
  • $33,650 was the average price of a newly installed commercial service robot in 2024.[58]

Cost reduction in the robot industry

  • $749,000 was the estimated annual cost increase from a hypothetical 10% rise in wages at B.O.S. Better Online Solutions in 2025.[46]
  • $340,000 was the estimated annual cost increase from a hypothetical 1% rise in purchased-product prices at B.O.S. Better Online Solutions in 2025.[46]
  • 20.0x was the human-to-robot cost ratio in 2024 in ARK’s robot-cost comparison, up from 4.8x in 2010.[3]
  • $7,500 was the estimated annualized robot effective cost in 2010 in ARK’s comparison.[3]
  • $2,300 was the estimated annualized robot effective cost in 2024 in ARK’s comparison.[3]

Profitability in the robot industry

  • 53% was FORT Robotics’ gross margin in 2025.[46]
  • 14.7% was ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation’s operational EBITA margin in 2023.[20]
  • 20.9% was iRobot’s GAAP gross margin in 2024.[59]
  • $329 million was ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation’s operational EBITA in 2024.[20]
  • 53% was Richtech Robotics’ full-year gross margin in 2025.[46]

Financial planning in the robot industry

  • $1.001 billion was ABB’s total capital expenditure on property, plant, equipment and intangible assets in 2025.[20]
  • $45.267 million was Serve Robotics’ research-and-development expenditure in 2025.[46]
  • $97.387 million was Serve Robotics’ total operating expenses in 2025.[46]
  • $2.141 billion was ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation’s order backlog at the end of 2023.[20]
  • $9.1 million was Richtech Robotics’ system backlog at the start of 2026.[46]

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Product & Service

RaaS scale is measurable: the RaaS fleet grew 31% to more than 24,500 professional service robots worldwide in 2024.

Product development in the robot industry

  • 233 service and medical robot producers were headquartered in the Americas in 2023, representing 25% of the known supplier population.[2]
  • 333 companies supplied logistics robots worldwide in 2024, according to the IFR service-robot supplier survey.[2]
  • 67 service and medical robot producers were headquartered in Japan in 2023.[2]
  • 107 service and medical robot producers were headquartered in China in 2023, according to the IFR industry-structure analysis.[2]
  • 199 service and medical robot suppliers were headquartered in the United States in 2023, the largest national total worldwide.[2]

Product lifecycle in the robot industry

  • China installed 295,000 industrial robots in 2024, accounting for 54% of global installations.[2]
  • Industrial robots had an average lifetime of 12 years in the robotics industry, according to IFR service-robot methodology.[2]
  • 4,663,698 industrial robots were in operational use worldwide at the end of 2024, an increase of 9% from 2023.[2]
  • The European Union accounted for 67,800 industrial-robot installations in 2024, or 80% of the European total.[2]
  • The United States installed 34,200 industrial robots in 2024, representing 68% of installations in the Americas.[2]

After-sales in the robot industry

  • Consumer service-robot sales grew 11% worldwide in 2024.[2]
  • ABB reported that service revenues in its Robotics division continued to increase in 2024, mainly linked to the automotive segment.[60]
  • Professional service-robot sales grew 9% worldwide in 2024.[2]
  • The RaaS fleet grew 31% to more than 24,500 professional service robots worldwide in 2024.[2]
  • Inspection and maintenance robot sales reached nearly 2,800 units in 2024, an increase of 2,476%.[2]

Value proposition in the robot industry

  • 70% of organizations selecting robotic solutions ranked return on investment as a highly important business-case factor.[61]
  • 64% of organizations selecting robotic solutions ranked payback time as a highly important business-case factor.[61]
  • 60% of organizations selecting robotic solutions ranked total cost of ownership as a highly important business-case factor.[61]

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Sustainability & Ethics

Refurbishment impact is quantified, with 75% less CO2 emitted by refurbishing an ABB robot than manufacturing a new one.

Sustainability in the robot industry

  • 22% growth was recorded in robot installations in the global metal and machinery sector in 2025.[2]
  • 60–80% of recycled ABB robots are reused, according to ABB’s FY2024 sustainability summary.[20]
  • 68% lower absolute greenhouse-gas emissions than in FY2016 were reported by OMRON in FY2023.[62]
  • 5.079 million industrial robots were operating worldwide in 2025, according to the IFR.[2]
  • 48% lower water use than in FY2015 was reported across OMRON’s global production sites in FY2023.[62]

ESG in the robot industry

  • $3.2 billion was the 2024 revenue of ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business area.[20]
  • 79% lower Scope 1 and 2 emissions than the 2019 baseline were reported by ABB for 2025.[63]
  • 5 life-changing employee or contractor events were reported by ABB in 2025.[20]
  • 100% of OMRON global production sites had ISO 14001 certification in FY2023.[62]
  • 57 welding robots installed by GEDIA were associated with improved working conditions, operational flexibility and 200 new jobs, according to Kearney.[64]

Ethics in the robot industry

  • 82.2% of surveyed future engineers said they were aware of pressing ethical issues in robotics or AI.[65]
  • 82% of surveyed European robotics practitioners thought politics should address robotics.[66]
  • 88.8% of surveyed future engineers agreed engineers have environmental-stewardship obligations.[65]
  • 89.9% of surveyed future engineers agreed engineers should actively shape contemporary ethical debates.[65]
  • 52% of surveyed European robotics practitioners agreed that a robotics code of conduct should be compulsory.[66]

CSR in the robot industry

  • 8,000 employees were involved in producing OMRON Device and Module Solutions products in FY2024.[67]
  • 35 kilotons of CO2 were emitted by OMRON Device and Module Solutions production sites in FY2024.[67]
  • 115 GWh of energy was consumed by OMRON Device and Module Solutions production sites in FY2024.[67]
  • 2,800-plus patents were held by OMRON Device and Module Solutions in FY2024.[67]
  • 25 languages are used for OMRON’s Group Rules for Ethical Conduct, according to its compliance policy.[62]

Circular economy in the robot industry

  • 9,164 tons of waste were recycled by OMRON in FY2020.[62]
  • 75% less CO2 is emitted by refurbishing an ABB robot than by manufacturing a new one.[20]
  • Over 90% was the annual material-recycling rate at ABB Robotics’ Västerås factory after a recycling partnership.[20]
  • 8,412 tons of waste were recycled by OMRON in FY2023.[62]
  • 10.3 kilotons of ABB waste, equal to 5.3% of total waste, went to landfill in 2025.[20]

Carbon footprint in the robot industry

  • 79% lower Scope 1 and 2 emissions than the 2019 baseline were reported by ABB in 2025.[63]
  • 134 kilotons of Scope 1 and 2 CO2e were emitted by ABB in 2025, compared with 631 kilotons in 2019.[20]
  • 6,673,885 tons of use-of-sold-products CO2e were reported by OMRON in FY2024.[62]
  • 6,204,771 tons of use-of-sold-products CO2e were reported by OMRON in FY2023.[62]
  • 9,721,181 tons of use-of-sold-products CO2e were reported by OMRON in FY2020.[62]

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Globalization & Expansion

China kept its deployment share at 54% of global installations, with 295,000 units installed in 2024.

Globalization in the robot industry

  • Canada installed 3,787 industrial robots in 2024, down 12% year over year.[2]
  • Europe’s industrial-robot installations declined 8% to 85,006 units in 2024.[2]
  • The United States installed 34,164 industrial robots in 2024, accounting for 68% of installations in the Americas.[2]
  • 4,663,773 industrial robots were in operational use worldwide in 2024, up 8.9% year over year.[2]
  • India installed a record 9,100 industrial robots in 2024, up 7% from the previous year.[2]

Cultural adaptation in the robot industry

  • 66% of surveyed Dutch executives identified societal acceptance as a critical humanoid-adoption obstacle in 2026.[55]
  • 65% of surveyed Chinese executives identified societal acceptance as a critical humanoid-adoption obstacle in 2026.[55]
  • 66% of surveyed Italian executives identified societal acceptance as a critical humanoid-adoption obstacle in 2026.[55]
  • 64% of surveyed UK executives identified societal acceptance as a critical humanoid-adoption obstacle in 2026.[55]
  • 61% of surveyed US executives identified societal acceptance as a critical humanoid-adoption obstacle in 2026.[55]

Supplier management in the robot industry

  • 2 to 10 years was the reported duration of long-term cooperative relationships with selected robot-component suppliers.[76]
  • 14.1% of total purchases at one robotics company came from its second-largest supplier for the year ended June 30, 2025.[76]
  • 22.1% of total purchases at one robotics company came from its largest supplier for the year ended June 30, 2025.[76]
  • $3.2 billion in revenue was generated by ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business area in 2024.[20]
  • 30% of payments for robot parts were generally made in advance by one robotics company, with the remaining 70% paid before delivery or within 30 days after shipping.[46]

Stakeholder management in the robot industry

  • 63% of adults globally were comfortable interacting with robots in industrial environments, according to Hexagon’s survey.[77]
  • 9,000 adults and 9,000 children across nine countries participated in Hexagon’s Robot Generation study.[78]
  • 38% of surveyed adults prioritized robots for managing administrative work.[78]
  • 52% of UK respondents were concerned about potential problems when interacting with robots in Hexagon’s nine-market survey.[79]
  • 34% of surveyed adults prioritized robots for ensuring workplace safety.[78]

Distribution channels in the robot industry

  • 809 distribution partners were categorized as inactive by one robotics company in 2023.[80]
  • 310 engineers supported one robotics-solutions company’s global operations as of June 30, 2025.[41]
  • Approximately 50 countries were covered by one robotics company’s distribution channels in 2024.[81]
  • 1,185 distribution partners were categorized as inactive by one robotics company in 2024.[80]
  • ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation revenues were generated through direct sales to end users and indirect sales through system integrators and machine builders in 2024.[20]

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Regional markets

Robot density is highest in South Korea in the dataset, at 1,220 manufacturing robots installed per 10,000 workers in 2024.

The robot industry in South Korea

  • 2,509 robotics-related businesses operated in South Korea in 2024, including 2,458 small and medium-sized enterprises.[82]
  • 15,326 employees worked in South Korean robot components and software businesses in 2024, representing 44.2% of the industry workforce.[82]
  • 34,649 people worked in South Korea’s robotics industry in 2024, an increase of 2.4% from 2023.[82]
  • KRW 6.1695 trillion was the South Korean robotics industry’s total sales in 2024, up 3.2% from 2023.[82]
  • 1,220 manufacturing robots were installed per 10,000 workers in South Korea in 2024, the highest robot density worldwide.[83]

Key questions about the robot industry

What was the robot market size in 2025?
The global robot market was valued at $53.1 billion in 2025, including industrial, service, and other robot categories.
How fast is the global robot market expected to grow after 2025?
Robot-market revenue is forecast to rise from $59.7 billion in 2026 to $257.5 billion by 2035, implying 17.6% CAGR from 2026 to 2035.
Which companies lead the robot industry?
ABB and UBTECH Robotics are tied at the top of Gitnux's 2026 robot ranking with an Overall score of 9.1 each.
What technology shifts show up most clearly in the data?
Humanoid adoption is constrained by safety standards, training and maintenance costs, programming difficulty, and the need for standardized safety. Data quality is also a measurable constraint, with 30% of manufacturers citing poor data quality as a technical barrier in 2025.
How fragmented is the robot supplier market?
Service robotics is fragmented: IFR identified 944 producers worldwide in 2025, and 80% were small or medium-sized enterprises with up to 500 employees.
What deployment model is gaining traction for robots?
Robot-as-a-service expanded: IFR reported the global RaaS fleet grew 31% to more than 24,500 units in 2024.
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