Bosch Group worldwide

What we do

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 418,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2024). The company generated sales of 90.3 billion euros in 2024. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. With its business activities, the company aims to use technology to help shape universal trends such as automation, electrification, digitalization, connectivity, and an orientation to sustainability. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in sensor technology, software, and services to offer customers cross-domain solutions from a single source. It also applies its expertise in connectivity and artificial intelligence in order to develop and manufacture user-friendly, sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources.

Bosch at a glance

Sales revenue, associates, locations — key figures and brands at a glance
(figures as of December 31, 2024 | values rounded)

417,900

associates worldwide

90.3

billion euros sales revenue

86,800

associates in research and development

490

subsidiaries and regional companies in some 60 countries

3.1

billion euros EBIT from operations

7.8

billion euros expenditure on research and development

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Our business sectors

Mobility

Bosch, as a supplier of original automotive equipment, has a wide range of activities covered by the following business divisions. This includes our activities in electromobility (Electrified Motion), control units, sensors, and semiconductors (Mobility Electronics), powertrain (Power Solutions), brake, steering, and occupant safety systems (Vehicle Motion), driver assistance systems and vehicle computing (Cross-Domain Computing Solutions), as well as vehicle base software, middleware and cybersecurity solutions (ETAS GmbH). The business sector also includes the aftermarket business (Mobility Aftermarket), Bosch eBike Systems, activities in two-wheelers and off-road vehicles, as well as engineering and software services.

Industrial Technology

Consumer Goods

The business sector comprises the Power Tools and BSH home appliance divisions. This Power Tools division’s extensive product range serves both professional users in trade and industry and do-it-yourselfers. It offers power, garden tools, measuring technology, and power tool accessories. The BSH home appliances product portfolio ranges from washing machines and tumble dryers through refrigerators and freezers, stoves and ovens, and dishwashers, to small appliances such as vacuum cleaners, automatic coffee makers, and food processors.

Energy and Building Technology

The business sector comprises the Building Technologies, Home Comfort, and Bosch Global Service Solutions divisions. The Building Technologies division specializes in the regional systems integration business, offering solutions and customized services for building security, energy efficiency, and building automation in selected countries. Home Comfort offers its customers a wide range of solutions for heating, cooling, and well-being in buildings. The portfolio includes electric heat pumps and heat pump-hybrid solutions, condensing boiler technology, water heaters, air-conditioning systems, and ventilation technology for residential and commercial buildings, as well as systems for process heat. The Bosch Global Service Solutions division focuses on technology-based services for customers in the areas of mobility (such as emergency call services for cars), fleet management (such as allocating parking spaces for trucks), logistics (such as cold-chain monitoring), and building management (such as emergency call services for lifts).

Ownership structure and organization

The ownership structure of Robert Bosch GmbH guarantees the Bosch Group’s entrepreneurial independence. It enables the company to plan over the long term and to undertake significant upfront investments in the safeguarding of its future. The not-for-profit foundation Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH holds roughly 94 percent of the share capital of Robert Bosch GmbH, but has no influence on the strategic or business orientation of the Bosch Group. The remaining shares are held by a corporation owned by the Bosch family (roughly 5 percent) and the Robert Bosch GmbH (roughly 1 percent). Of the voting rights, some 93 percent are held by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG. The approximately 7 percent of voting rights remaining are held by the founder’s descendants.

Robert Bosch Stiftung

Since it was established in 1964, Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH has been carrying on the company founder’s public welfare endeavors. It helps smooth the path toward viable solutions for social challenges. The support it provides can take the form of projects of its own, of partnerships, and of grants for third-party initiatives. The Stiftung finances its work from the dividend it receives as a shareholder in Robert Bosch GmbH.

The Bosch Group at a glance