This dossier presents graphs and tables about industrial robots worldwide. It provides data on market sizes, sales, installations and major companies, including their revenue figures.
Table of Contents
Overview
Segments
Industries
Companies
1. Overview
Description: Globally, the operational stock of multipurpose industrial robots was around three million units in 2020. Since 2010, the stock has been increasing through each year, accelerating in 2014. Operational stock is the level of inventory required to meet operational obligations.
Description: Worldwide industrial robot shipments amounted to some 384,000 in 2020, just a slight increase compared to 2019. It is projected that industrial robot shipments will increase significantly in the coming years, even surpassing the peak in 2018 when around 422,000 industrial robots were shipped worldwide. It is expected that in 2024, global industrial robot shipments will amount to about 518,000.
Description: Around 384,000 units of industrial robots were shipped worldwide in 2020. Asia/Australia was the region with the highest number of units installed; an estimated 266,000 units fitted in 2020 alone. It is projected that by 2024, industrial robot installations in Asia/Australia will reach 370,000 units.
Description: The Asia-Pacific region was a strong performer in the global robotics industry in 2020. Unit shipments of industrial robots in China amounted to some 168,000 that year. In comparison, there were almost 39,000 units shipped the same year in Japan, which is the next major end user of industrial robots.The majority of all industrial robots were installed in the electrical/electronics industry.
Description: In 2020, South Korea had the largest industrial robot density in the manufacturing industry with 932 installations per 10,000 employees. Singapore, Japan, Germany, and Sweden rounded off the top five.
Description: In 2020, the electrical/electronic industry installed some 109,000 units of industrial robots worldwide, making it the industry with most industrial robot installations that year. The automotive industry installed about 80,000 units of industrial robots in 2020.
Description: The global market for industrial robots is projected to grow steadily between 2018 and 2028. In 2020, the size of the market was estimated at around 55 billion U.S. dollars, with some 2.7 million units of industrial robots in operation worldwide. In 2028, the market size is projected to surpass 165 billion U.S. dollars.
Description: Five countries account for most of the industrial robotics market, with China being by far the largest market. In 2018, the sales value of the industrial robotics market in China was estimated to surpass 6.4 billion U.S. dollars, while, in Germany, the sales value was estimated to amount to over 1 billion U.S. dollars.
Description: The average cost of industrial robots worldwide declined steadily over the past decade, from about 46,000 U.S. dollars in 2010 to 27,000 U.S. dollars in 2017. According to a recent forecast, related costs are expected to decrease to 10,856 dollars by 2025.
2. Segments
Description: Shipments of Delta and SCARA robots were not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic at all in 2020, reaching either the same or even higher shipment volumes compared to 2019. Shipments of the remaining types of robots decreased in 2020, but are projected to bounce back to the 2019 levels already in 2021.
Description: Articulated robots were estimated to be the biggest segment of the global market for industrial robots. Sized at some 27.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, the size of the market for articulated robots is projected to more than double by 2028, reaching nearly 52.8 billion U.S. dollars.
Description: The market size for SCARA robots is expected to grow from 7.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2019 to 14.8 billion U.S. dollars in 2026. SCARA (Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm) robots are high-precision robots used in assembly, 3D-printing, and laser engraving applications.
Description: In 2019, the size of the global gantry robot market was expected to grow from 3.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2020 to 4.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2025. Gantry robots are used in pick and place and welding applications.
Description: Sales of collaborative robots, so-called cobots, accounted for just a small part of the overall robotics market in 2018 but are forecast to grow in the near future. While only five percent of all robots sold in 2018 were cobots, their share of the global robotics market is expected to reach 13 percent in 2022.
Description: Shipments of industrial robots to selected regions were negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, resulting in lower shipment volumes than in 2019. Shipments of industrial robots in China and the Americas, however, are projected to surpass the pre-pandemic levels already in 2021.
Description: In 2021, the Asia-Pacific market for industrial robots is expected to reach the size of about 28.5 billion U.S. dollars. The industrial robotics market in this region is projected to more than double by 2028, surpassing the size of 58.6 billion U.S. dollars.
Description: Worldwide, electronics and automotive cover more than half of the industrial robotics market. In 2018, the sales value of robots in the automotive industry was estimated to amount to almost 4.8 billion U.S. dollars and in the electronics industry to some 4.7 billion U.S. dollars. The sales value of the global industrial robotics market was estimated to surpass 17 billion U.S. dollars in 2018. However, the sales values in all application areas are forecast to shrink between 2019 and 2020, but should pick up again in 2021. In 2022, the global sales value of industrial robotics is expected to reach 15 billion U.S. dollars.
Description: Handling was the largest area of application for industrial robots in 2019, accounting for almost half of the market. Some 20 percent of industrial robots were used for welding and almost 10 percent for assembling.
3. Industries
Description: The total size of the global automotive robotics market was estimated at some 5.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2020, with most of the sales – over 3.5 billion U.S. dollars – taking place in the Asia-Pacific region. This market is projected to grow in the coming years, both worldwide and regionally. By 2028, the global market is expected to reach almost 14 billion U.S. dollars in size, while the Asia-Pacific market is forecast to surpass the value of nine billion U.S. dollars.
Description: Articulated robots were the largest segment of the global automotive robotics market in 2020. With sales of almost 3.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2020, articulated robots accounted for around 59 percent of the whole market for automotive robots worldwide. By 2028, the market for articulated robots in the automotive industry is projected to reach nearly eight billion U.S. dollars in size.
Description: The automotive robotics market is the largest market for industrial robotics due to the degree of complexity and individualization in car production. Sales value of new robot installations in this sector peaked in 2018 when industrial robots worth some 4.7 billion U.S. dollars were installed worldwide. China accounted for some 33 percent of the global sales value, making it the global leader in sales of industrial robots in the automotive industry.
Description: The electronics robotics market is the second-largest market for industrial robotics. In 2018, the sales value of new robot installations in this industry peaked at around 4.7 billion U.S. dollars. In 2019, the sales value dropped considerably to some 3.6 billion U.S. dollars and is projected to stagnate at least until 2022.
Description: The sales value of new robot installations in the global metal and machinery industry is projected to fluctuate between 2018 and 2021 before peaking at some 1.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. For most countries, the sales value will either stagnate or decrease between 2018 and 2022. In China and Japan, however, the demand for industrial robots in the metal and machinery industry is expected to increase and drive the growth of the sales value. In 2022, sales of industrial robots on the Chinese market are forecast to account for almost 60 percent of the global sales value.
Description: The sales value of new robot installations in the global plastic and chemical products industry peaked in 2018 at some 847 million U.S. dollars. Between 2019 and 2022, the value is forecast to fluctuate and drop to around 671 million U.S. dollars in 2022, the lowest over the recorded period.
4. Companies
Description: As of December 31, 2021, VW Group was the leading owner of active robotics patent families in the world. The company owned 17,487 patent families and had 1,436 more patent families than the next owner. Hyundai Motor owned the second most active families and Samsung the third most. The statistic is based on data provided by PatentSight.
Description: In the fiscal year of 2020, Mitsubishi generated almost 10 billion euros from its Industrial Automation Systems segment. Mitsubishi’s revenue was more than twice as large as its closest competitor`s revenue. ABB Robotics generated some five billion euros from its Industrial Automation segment.
Description: In 2019, KUKA’s market share was between 12 and 15 percent. Midea of China holds a 74.55 percent voting stake in KUKA. The robotics industry is a subsector of the automation industry. This industry includes a variety of products and services, including sensors and drives, relays, switches, machine vision and control systems, as well as industry software development and services.
Description: In the fiscal year of 2021, the Japanese robot maker reported net sales of more than 551 billion Japanese yen. This represents an increase of 8 percent compared with the previous year when FANUC reported net sales of over 508 billion Japanese yet.
Description: In the fiscal year of 2021, the Japanese automation vendor reported total net sales of approximately 551.3 billion Japanese yen. Some 38.1 percent of the total sales were generated from the robot segment.
Description: In the financial year of 2021, the Zurich-based electronics company generated revenue of approximately 28.9 billion US dollars. 44 percent of the total revenue was generated by the electrification segment of the company.
Description: The ABB Group generated around 29.7 billion U.S. dollars in revenue in 2021, a slight decrease compared with the previous year. The electrification segment was responsible for 44 percent of the total revenue in 2021.
Description: In the fiscal year of 2021, the Germany-based producer of industrial robots generated around 3.3 billion euros in revenue. This represents an increase of some 28 percent compared with the 2020 fiscal year.
Description: In the fiscal year of 2021, the Germany-based producer of industrial robots generated roughly 3.3 billion euros in revenue. The company’s most important divisions in terms of revenue – Robotics and Systems – generated around one billion euros and 978 million euros in the 2021 fiscal year, respectively.
Description: In the fiscal year 2021, Yaskawa earned revenue of approximately 479.08 billion Japanese yen, increasing from around 389.71 billion yen in the preceding fiscal year.
Description: In the fiscal year 2021, Yaskawa’s motion control segment generated revenue of approximately 227.26 billion Japanese yen, representing the company’s highest revenue-earning segment.
Description: Siemens AG saw its annual revenue in 2021 increase by almost 12 percent, with its annual revenue surpassing 62 billion euros in the 2021 fiscal year.
Description: In the fiscal year of 2021, Siemens generated over nine billion euros in revenue from its Mobility segment, which comprises all Siemens businesses in passenger and freight transportation. The German engineering and electronics company’s best-performing segment for the financial year was its Healthineers segment, with a revenue of almost 18 billion euros. The Digital Industries segment, which is the backbone of Siemens’ portfolio of industrial automation products and solutions, generated almost 17 billions euros in revenue.
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