Bosch Rexroth: a good year in 2025. Will 2026 be even better?

In fiscal year 2025, Bosch Rexroth generated sales of approximately 6.5 billion euros. The company thus succeeded in maintaining its business at the previous year’s level despite the persistently challenging environment. Order intake saw significant growth, rising by almost 9 percent to around 6.6 billion euros, exceeding sales for the first time since 2022.

Bosch Rexroth expects slight growth for the current fiscal year, provided the geopolitical situation does not escalate further. To secure future growth, Bosch Rexroth invested around 560 million euros in research and development as well as buildings and facilities. At the end of 2025, the company employed approximately 31,900 associates worldwide.

Jochen Peter Explains the Rexroth’s 2025

“The economic and geopolitical environment remains a challenge for our customers and for us. Furthermore, competitors from Asia are pushing into our domestic markets. Innovation, customer proximity, adaptability, and cost awareness will therefore continue to be key success factors for Bosch Rexroth,” says Jochen Peter, CEO of Bosch Rexroth AG since March 2026. For example, Bosch Rexroth has restructured its business in China, strengthened its activities in Japan, and continuously adapted its product portfolio to meet customer needs.

After around two years with lower order intake than sales, this ratio has improved. “We have won more orders again in 2025 and so far this year – this gives us cautious optimism for the future, provided that the current geopolitical challenges do not have a greater impact on business,” Peter continues.

Sales, at 6.45 billion euros, was only 1.4 percent below the previous year’s figure (6.54 billion euros in 2024) and has stabilized at a lower level compared to the particularly strong years of 2022 and 2023 (7 billion euros and 7.5 billion euros, respectively). Adjusted for exchange rates, sales increased by 0.9 percent. Slight year-on-year growth was recorded in Europe (excluding Germany) and the Asia/Africa/Australia region. In Germany, the company’s largest market in terms of sales, 2025 saw a slight decline in sales compared to the previous year. Growth in China, the region with the third-largest sales, made a significant contribution to stabilizing overall sales.

Order intake in 2025 amounted to 6.6 billion euros, which is around 540 million euros, or 8.9 percent, more than in the previous year. China recorded the strongest growth in orders. Significantly more orders were also received in Europe and Germany.

Outlook for 2026: growth in focus

“Fiscal year 2026 has started well: Similar to last year, order intake to date is exceeding the previous year’s figures, and sales are increasing accordingly, albeit cautiously. Nevertheless, the global business environment remains volatile, and cost pressure is high. We are therefore continuously working on cost reductions, our market-focused setup, and our product and solutions offering for our customers,” says Holger von Hebel, CFO of Bosch Rexroth AG.

To ensure the future viability of the product and solutions portfolio, approximately 560 million euros were invested in machinery, equipment, and buildings, as well as in research and development. In the three preceding years, substantial investments had already been made in plants and the entire manufacturing network, so there is sufficient production capacity worldwide when business recovers. In Germany, Bosch Rexroth invested around 57 million euros in the German plants in Lohr am Main, Elchingen, Nuremberg, and Horb alone. Further major investments were made in Mexico, the United States, and Sweden.

In fiscal year 2025, Bosch Rexroth further strengthened its product portfolio with numerous innovations. In mobile hydraulics, for example, the new MPR Performance Radial Piston Motor increases the productivity and energy efficiency of compact working machines, and the ORC2 High-Performance Computer creates the system prerequisites for autonomous functions in mobile machines.

At the end of 2025, Bosch Rexroth employed approximately 31,900 associates worldwide. This represents a decrease of around 700, or 2.3 percent, compared to the previous year. Approximately 13,200 (41 percent) of all Bosch Rexroth associates work in Germany.