Private company

Robert Bosch

German engineering and technology company

Robert Bosch GmbH (; German: [bɔʃ] ), commonly known as Bosch (styled BOSCH), is a German multinational engineering and technology company headquartered in Gerlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is 94 percent owned by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, a charitable institution.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Nov 15, 1886Founded1
  • Industryautomotive supplier, home appliance industry, semiconductor industry1
  • HeadquartersGerlingen1
  • Founded inStuttgart1
  • Websitewww.bosch.com
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Aktiengesellschaft1
  • Slogan“Invented for Life”1

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The story

Founded by Robert Bosch on Nov 15, 1886, in Stuttgart.1

Leadership

Who has led Robert Bosch, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Franz Fehrenbach2003–2012
  2. Volkmar Denner2012–2021
  3. Stefan Hartung2022–now
197019801990200020102020

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand 93.2%
  • Robert Bosch Stiftung 92%
  • RB Familiengesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts 7.4%
  • Robert Bosch Familientreuhand 6.8%

Subsidiaries

  • Ateliers de Construction Lavalette
  • AutoCrew
  • BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
  • BUDERUS
  • Bosch (China) Investment
  • Bosch Corporation
  • Bosch Engineering
  • Bosch Hydrogen Powertrain Systems
  • Bosch Ltd.
  • Bosch Power Tools
  • Bosch Powertrain
  • Bosch Rexroth
  • Bosch Security Systems
  • Bosch Sicherheitssysteme
  • Bosch Software Innovations
  • Bosch Solar Services
  • Bosch Thermotechnik
  • Dremel Europe
  • E.l.m. Leblanc
  • ETAS Group
  • Here Technologies
  • Ideal Werke AG für drahtlose Telephonie
  • Junkers
  • Noris Zünd- und Licht-AG
All 40 subsidiaries
  • Quintauris
  • Robert Bosch
  • Robert Bosch
  • Robert Bosch
  • Robert Bosch (Australia)
  • Robert Bosch (Hungary)
  • Robert Bosch Automotive Steering
  • Robert Bosch Battery Systems
  • Robert Bosch France
  • Robert Bosch Investment Nederland
  • Robert Bosch LLC
  • Robert Bosch Limited
  • Robert Bosch Taiwan
  • United American Bosch Corporation
  • Worcester Bosch
  • Dremel since 1993

Also owns

  • High-Tech Gründerfonds 0.9%

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Jan 5, 2015Acquired BSH Hausgeräte GmbH1
  2. 1993Acquired Dremel1

Employees over time

Robert Bosch employees by year1413.0K in 2025+3% since 2018
0200.0K400.0K600.0K2018: 400.1K400.1K20182020: 395.0K395.0K2020−1%2021: 402.6K402.6K2021+2%2022: 421.3K421.3K2022+5%2023: 429.4K429.4K2023+2%2025: 413.0K413.0K2025−4%
  • 2025413,0001
  • 2023429,4161
  • 2022421,3381
  • 2021402,6141
  • 2020395,0291
  • 2018400,1001

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Robert Bosch revenue by year191.0B EUR in 2025+29% since 2015
025.0B EUR50.0B EUR75.0B EUR100.0B EUR2015: 70.6B EUR70.6B EUR20152016: 73.1B EUR73.1B EUR2016+4%2017: 78.1B EUR78.1B EUR2017+7%2018: 78.5B EUR78.5B EUR2018+1%2020: 71.5B EUR71.5B EUR2020−9%2021: 78.7B EUR78.7B EUR2021+10%2022: 88.2B EUR88.2B EUR2022+12%2023: 91.6B EUR91.6B EUR2023+4%2024: 90.3B EUR90.3B EUR2024−1%2025: 91.0B EUR91.0B EUR2025+1%
  • 202591.0B EUR1
  • 202490.3B EUR1
  • 202391.6B EUR1
  • 202288.2B EUR1
  • 202178.7B EUR1
  • 202071.5B EUR1

Net income

Robert Bosch net income by year11.8B EUR in 2025−49% since 2015
01.0B EUR2.0B EUR3.0B EUR4.0B EUR2015: 3.5B EUR3.5B EUR20152016: 2.4B EUR2.4B EUR2016−33%2020: 749.0M EUR749.0M EUR2020−68%2021: 2.5B EUR2.5B EUR2021+234%2022: 1.8B EUR1.8B EUR2022−26%2023: 2.6B EUR2.6B EUR2023+44%2025: 1.8B EUR1.8B EUR2025−32%
  • 20251.8B EUR1
  • 20232.6B EUR1
  • 20221.8B EUR1
  • 20212.5B EUR1
  • 2020749.0M EUR1
  • 20162.4B EUR1

Timeline

  1. 2022New chief executive Stefan Hartung becomes CEO1
  2. 2012New chief executive Volkmar Denner becomes CEO1
  3. 2003New chief executive Franz Fehrenbach becomes CEO1
  4. 1993Acquisition Acquired Dremel1
  5. Nov 15, 1886Founded Founded in Stuttgart1

Sources

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