Bosch UK and Ireland registers stable performance despite uncertain market conditions

• Bosch UK and Ireland records sales of £3.3 billion (3.8 billion euros) in 2025.
• The UK market remains Bosch Group’s fourth largest in the world.
• Managing director Steffen Hoffmann: “Bosch UK and Ireland remains strong despite headwinds in each of our four business sectors.”

Denham, UK – Bosch, a leading global supplier of technology and services, ended its 2025 fiscal year with £3.3 billion (3.8 billion euros) in consolidated sales in the United Kingdom and Ireland. This is a slight decline year-on-year. Considering total sales, the UK and Ireland remains Bosch’s fourth largest region globally, behind its home market of Germany, China and the USA. As of December 31st, 2025, Bosch employs just over 6,000 people in the UK and Ireland in roles that include sales, manufacturing and research and development.

The region is an important centre of innovation for the Bosch Group, with advanced automotive radar technology designed in Limerick in Ireland, bespoke hydraulic products designed and manufactured by HydraForce in Birmingham, and factory automation and machinery solutions designed and manufactured by Bosch Rexroth in Glenrothes.

Steffen Hoffmann, managing director of Bosch UK and Ireland, said: “This year has certainly brought its share of challenges, both globally and here in the UK and Ireland. However, our organisation has demonstrated considerable strength and resilience. Despite pressures across all business units, we remain strong, stable and competitive, and a trustworthy partner in these unpredictable times.”

Bosch UK and Ireland faced challenging conditions across its four business sectors. Despite that, there were some notable highlights. The Mobility business sector performed well even as UK vehicle production dropped. In the UK, Bosch is an important engineering partner to a variety of the country’s high-performance vehicle manufacturers and is a leading supplier to the majority of vehicle manufacturers in the UK’s automotive industry. Through its Mobility Aftermarket division, Bosch is a key supplier of parts and equipment to the UK and Ireland’s vehicle service and repair centres, including those that operate under the Bosch Car Service banner. The well-documented deferral of car servicing and repairs by consumers meant that the division was not quite able to continue its run of nine years of consecutive growth, but it performed in line with the overall market.

The Industrial Technology sector achieved its forecast, which is an exceptional result in a very challenging market. Despite significant market pressures from the global economic situation, including tariffs and geopolitical tensions, the Consumer Goods sector demonstrated a strong performance. The BSH home appliances sector increased its market share in both the UK and Ireland. While some parts of the Power Tools business grew, a fall in the overall outdoor market sector impacted the division.

The Energy and Building Technology sector faced challenging market conditions, but it recorded growth in all areas. Worcester Bosch recorded an increase in market share and there is confidence this growth can carry through into 2026. In addition, Home Comfort’s share of the heat pump market showed positive development.

Steffen Hoffmann is clear that all four of Bosch’s business sectors will face a challenging 2026 in the United Kingdom and Ireland. “Adaptation is essential, and we need to continue to adjust to the environment in which we find ourselves,” Hoffmann said. “We are already seeing that 2026 will bring fresh challenges for us to overcome, but it will also bring new opportunities. Across our business we have the foundations required to react and respond to what the market requires. We are ready as always to embrace partnerships and develop our business. Bosch is a significant investor in research and development1, and with our strength in artificial intelligence and our portfolio of hydrogen products and solutions, we are well placed for the future.”

Bosch has many opportunities to continue to expand its business in the UK and Ireland. The company develops and manufactures factory and industrial automation technologies at its Rexroth plant in Glenrothes, Scotland and at St. Neots in Cambridgeshire. Bosch designs and manufactures advanced compact hydraulics at its HydraForce plant in Birmingham. In Limerick in Ireland, Bosch develops advanced radar technology for cars. Across its 30 sites in the UK and Ireland, the company carries out other research, development and manufacturing functions that contribute to Bosch’s global ‘Invented for life’ ethos.

After more than 40 years in its current head office in Denham, near Uxbridge, Bosch will move into a new headquarters building in 2026. The new facility is located next door to the existing site, and it has been extensively renovated during the past 18 months. The new head office will provide a modern environment and best-in-class new facilities, enabling further and greater collaboration across Bosch UK’s businesses.

Every year Bosch launches a Tech Compass report, which is based on a survey of more than 11,000 people from seven countries around the world. The report contains a variety of insights into how people view technology. A standout example from the 2026 survey, launched in January, is that 60 percent of UK respondents said they would encourage their child to skip university to launch a start-up. And only a third believe the education system nurtures innovative thinking.

Bosch will invest more than £2 billion in artificial intelligence by the end of 2027. In the Tech Compass report, 78 percent of UK respondents said they plan to learn more about AI and half of UK respondents said they feel prepared for the coming AI era, up from 43 percent compared to the previous year.

In the face of geopolitical tensions and trade barriers, the Bosch Group intends to exploit the growth prospects in its global markets with full innovative strength in the 2026 business year. The necessary upfront investments in areas of future importance are set to remain at the high level of previous years. In 2025 alone, Bosch devoted some 12 billion euros to investments in research and development and to capital expenditure. The supplier of technology and services is planning sales growth of 2 – 5 percent and an EBIT margin from operations of 4 – 6 percent for 2026. “As a global technology leader, we are committed to shaping the trends of automation, digitalisation, electrification, and artificial intelligence, as this also paves the way for profitable growth in our business,” said Stefan Hartung chairman of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH. Despite considerable challenges, Bosch was able to achieve sales revenue of 91.0 billion euros in the 2025 business year, slightly up on the previous year (2024: 90.3 billion euros). After adjusting for exchange-rate effects, this was equivalent to 4.1 percent growth. At 2 percent, the EBIT margin from operations was below the previous year’s figure (2024: 3.5 percent). Necessary structural and personnel adjustments to increase future viability had a considerable negative impact on the result in the form of provisions of 2.7 billion euros. “Bosch can deliver the future – even under unfavourable conditions. 2026 will be a year of progress,” said Hartung. When it comes to innovative strength, Bosch is one of the strongest industrial companies in the world and, with around 6,300 patents in 2025, one of the most prolific patent applicants in Europe. Hartung sees the expansion of innovation leadership as a key success factor for expanding business and implementing the company’s Strategy 2030.

1 Source: The 2025 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, published 22/12/2025: https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC144638

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The Bosch Group established its first location outside its home market of Germany in London, England in 1898. Since then, Bosch UK and Ireland has become the company’s fourth largest region, behind Germany, China and the USA. As of December 31st, 2025, the company employs more than 6,000 associates in 30 locations across the UK and Ireland, including design and manufacturing facilities at Worcester Bosch in England and Bosch Rexroth in Scotland. Bosch also has an advanced automotive research and development centre in Limerick, Ireland. ETAS Limited’s office in York, England hosts the ETAS Group Centre of Excellence for Embedded Software Development.

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 413,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2025). The company generated sales of 91 billion euros in 2025. 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, digitalization, electrification, and artificial intelligence. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in hardware, 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 intelligent, user-friendly, and sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 500 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. Bosch’s innovative strength is key to the company’s further development. Bosch employs some 82,000 associates in research and development.

The company was set up in Stuttgart in 1886 by Robert Bosch (1861-1942) as “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering.” The special ownership structure of Robert Bosch GmbH guarantees the entrepreneurial freedom of the Bosch Group, making it possible for the company to plan over the long term and to undertake significant upfront investments in the safeguarding of its future. Ninety-four percent of the share capital of Robert Bosch GmbH is held by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, a limited liability company with a charitable purpose. The remaining shares are held by Robert Bosch GmbH and by a company owned by the Bosch family. The majority of voting rights are held by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG. It is entrusted with the task of safeguarding the company’s long-term existence and in particular its financial independence – in line with the mission handed down in the will of the company’s founder, Robert Bosch.

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