Commercial Robots Market Report 2025

This Commercial Robots market report provides a comprehensive analysis of the market’s characteristics, size, and growth, including segmentation, regional and country-level breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends, and strategies. It also tracks historical and forecasted market growth across various geographies.

The commercial robots market size has grown exponentially in recent years. It will grow from $24.9 billion in 2024 to $30 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.5%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to increased demand for automation, growing need for efficiency and productivity, growing awareness of safety concerns, increasing investment in research and development, growing interest in robotics as a service (RaaS) models, growing applications of robots in the construction industry, growing acceptance of collaborative robots (cobots).

The commercial robots market size is expected to see exponential growth in the next few years. It will grow to $62.4 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.1%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing demand for automation, rising awareness about the benefits of robotics in healthcare, increasing emphasis on logistics and warehousing efficiency, growing investments in robotic startups, rising demand for robotic automation solutions, increasing demand for autonomous vehicles. Major trends in the forecast period include increasing integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning, rising adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, growing trend of smart factories, increased adoption of collaborative robots, growing adoption of robotic process automation (RPA), integration of advanced sensors such as LiDAR, adoption of robotics in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), rise in adoption of telepresence robots, integration of drones, advancements in robotic hardware technologies.

The surge in industrialization is anticipated to drive the expansion of the commercial robot market in the foreseeable future. Industrialization entails the mechanization of production processes, utilizing non-living energy sources, and structuring labor in large-scale factories and enterprises to enable mass production and economic advancement. This trend towards industrialization is fueled by various factors, including the flourishing industrial revolution and the expanding manufacturing sector. Commercial robots are deployed by businesses to replicate, aid, or substitute human tasks and operations. For example, as per reports released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China, responsible for the collection, analysis, and publication of statistical data, the country's industrial output recorded a 4.6% year-on-year increase in October 2023, surpassing predictions of a 4.4% rise. This growth outpaced the 4.5% rate witnessed in September 2023. Consequently, the heightened pace of industrialization is spurring the growth of the commercial robot market.

Leading companies in the commercial robot market are investing in advanced robotic technologies, such as third-generation delivery robots, to enhance delivery services in urban settings, with the goal of improving efficiency and customer satisfaction. A third-generation delivery robot is a highly advanced autonomous delivery system that offers significant improvements over previous generations in terms of technology, functionality, and usability. For example, in October 2024, Serve Robotics, Inc., a US-based company specializing in robotic delivery solutions, launched its latest third-generation delivery robot to improve food and drink delivery services in Los Angeles. This new robot boasts a larger capacity for items like pizzas, enhanced speed and battery life for longer trips on a single charge, better water resistance, and faster braking for improved performance in challenging weather conditions. Originally part of Postmates, which was acquired by Uber, Serve Robotics aims to tap into the dense delivery market in L.A., focusing on areas like Hollywood and Koreatown. The company highlights the environmental and economic benefits of these robots, including lower delivery costs, a boost to local businesses, and the creation of new job opportunities in the gig economy.

In January 2024, ABB, a US-headquartered company specializing in electrification and automation and renowned for its commercial robot manufacturing, purchased Sevensense for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition represents ABB's strategic move to bolster its position in cutting-edge AI solutions, particularly in sectors such as logistics and manufacturing. Sevensense, headquartered in Switzerland, is recognized for its expertise in enabling mobile robots to navigate public and dynamic environments through advanced technologies including edge AI.

Major companies operating in the commercial robots market are Honda Motor Co. Ltd., Northrop Grumman Corporation, ABB Ltd., Omron Corporation, Yaskawa Electric Corporation, Kuka AG, Teradyne Inc., SICK AG, Techman Robot Inc., iRobot Corporation, SoftBank Robotics Group, UBTECH Robotics Corp Ltd., Pudu Technology Inc., Fourier Intelligence, Boston Dynamics, 3DR Inc., Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation, inVia Robotics Inc., PickNik Inc., Wingcopter, Vecow Co. Ltd., Robocath, Agrobot, Keenon Robotics Co. Ltd., Universal Robots A/S.

North America was the largest region in the commercial robots market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the commercial robots market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the commercial robots market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

Commercial robots are robots tailored and employed for diverse commercial purposes spanning different sectors. They are crafted to operate in tandem with humans within shared work environments, aiming to enhance effectiveness, safety, and output in non-industrial settings.

Field robots, medical robots, autonomous guided robotics, drones, and other varieties constitute the primary types of commercial robots. Field robots are engineered for operations in rugged environments, adeptly maneuvering through challenging terrain to undertake duties such as mapping, inspection, and upkeep. Their functionalities span across sectors such as medical and healthcare, defense and security, agriculture and forestry, marine, and others, operating on a spectrum from automatic to semi-automatic and manual modes.

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The commercial robots consist of sales of logistics robots, service robots, and collaborative robots. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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