Beckhoff Automation's Global Sales Expand to 1.24 Billion Euros in Fiscal Year 2025
Beckhoff Automation announced that its global sales for fiscal year 2025 reached 1.24 billion Euros, a robust 6% increase year-on-year. Overcoming the economic downturns of 2023 and 2024, total global order intake also showed a recovery trend throughout 2025.
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Beckhoff Automation (Verl, Germany), a leading manufacturer of control technology, announced that its global sales for fiscal year 2025 expanded to 1.24 billion Euros, recording robust growth of 6% year-on-year. Overcoming the impact of economic downturns in 2023 and 2024, total global order intake also showed a recovery trend throughout 2025.
Hans Beckhoff (Founder and Managing Director): "Our software-based automation philosophy is steadily increasing its market presence and is being adopted in many applications worldwide." (Photo courtesy of Beckhoff Automation)
**Overcoming Global Economic Downturns, Back on a Growth Trajectory**
The economic downturns from 2023 to 2024 broadly affected the global manufacturing and machinery industries. Our company was no exception, facing headwinds from a decline in orders. However, throughout 2025, total global order intake steadily recovered, and we are now back on a growth trajectory.
"2025 was a solid year for Beckhoff," summarizes Hans Beckhoff, Founder and Managing Director. "We were able to overcome the effects of 2023 and the subsequent downturn in 2024. Now, two years after the bottoming out of the economic cycle in various parts of the world, we see the economy entering a new growth phase."
As a family-owned company that has overcome numerous economic cycles in its 44-year history, Beckhoff has steadily navigated this phase as well. Financial independence and a strong business foundation are strengths that support stable management even in such adverse circumstances.
Since 2000, Beckhoff Automation has recorded an average annual sales growth of approximately 13%. In fiscal year 2025, it achieved 1.24 billion Euros (a 6% increase year-on-year). (Source: Beckhoff Automation)
**Continued Investment of 80 Million Euros in Research and Development**
In fiscal year 2025, as in the previous year, approximately 80 million Euros were invested in research and development. The company plans to continue the same level of investment in fiscal year 2026.
"By integrating information technology and automation, and implementing the latest hardware and software technologies into our products, we will continue to provide industry-leading, powerful automation solutions," says Hans Beckhoff, expressing his unwavering commitment to innovation. He also explained that the rapid development in the AI field is directly linked to new functions, toolchains, and business models, and the results in this area are being presented at Hannover Messe 2026, currently being held in Germany.
**Development of Highly Skilled Professionals and Young Talent**
Beckhoff Automation currently operates in over 75 countries worldwide. With 23 locations in Germany and 41 overseas branches and agencies, 5,450 employees globally (including 2,000 engineers, as of February 2026) support its global growth.
The company also focuses on developing young talent, with 61 new employees joining in the summer of 2025. Of these, 32 started their careers as apprentices, and 29 as interns through a joint program with Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (HSBI) Gütersloh campus. Currently, a total of 116 apprentices and 110 interns are being trained through in-house training programs.
**Outlook for Fiscal Year 2026**
"Since October 2025, we have felt a sense of recovery, and the first quarter of 2026 has started strongly," says Hans Beckhoff. "We believe the peak of the international economic crisis has passed, but it is also true that the current global political situation brings uncertainty to the outlook for 2026."
Nevertheless, our overall outlook is bright, and we feel a definite sense of growth. Moving forward, we will continue to pursue sustainable business growth, supporting manufacturing industries in various countries worldwide, centered on PC-based control technology.
**■ About Beckhoff Automation**
Beckhoff Automation is a manufacturer of control devices specializing in PC-based control. With its unique measurement and control software "TwinCAT," industrial PCs equipped with general-purpose operating systems like Windows can be utilized as real-time controllers (such as NCs and PLCs). The company is also the developer of "EtherCAT," a high-speed, highly synchronous industrial communication standard, and its promoting organization, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG), is known as the world's largest industrial communication standard promotion organization, with over 8,100 organizations participating from 76 countries and regions. Industrial controllers equipped with TwinCAT and EtherCAT are adopted in diverse applications worldwide, including industrial robots, automobiles, packaging machinery, machine tools, and wind power generation equipment.
https://www.beckhoff.com/ja-jp/
(This release was issued on 202
Hans Beckhoff (Founder and Managing Director): "Our software-based automation philosophy is steadily increasing its market presence and is being adopted in many applications worldwide." (Photo courtesy of Beckhoff Automation)
**Overcoming Global Economic Downturns, Back on a Growth Trajectory**
The economic downturns from 2023 to 2024 broadly affected the global manufacturing and machinery industries. Our company was no exception, facing headwinds from a decline in orders. However, throughout 2025, total global order intake steadily recovered, and we are now back on a growth trajectory.
"2025 was a solid year for Beckhoff," summarizes Hans Beckhoff, Founder and Managing Director. "We were able to overcome the effects of 2023 and the subsequent downturn in 2024. Now, two years after the bottoming out of the economic cycle in various parts of the world, we see the economy entering a new growth phase."
As a family-owned company that has overcome numerous economic cycles in its 44-year history, Beckhoff has steadily navigated this phase as well. Financial independence and a strong business foundation are strengths that support stable management even in such adverse circumstances.
Since 2000, Beckhoff Automation has recorded an average annual sales growth of approximately 13%. In fiscal year 2025, it achieved 1.24 billion Euros (a 6% increase year-on-year). (Source: Beckhoff Automation)
**Continued Investment of 80 Million Euros in Research and Development**
In fiscal year 2025, as in the previous year, approximately 80 million Euros were invested in research and development. The company plans to continue the same level of investment in fiscal year 2026.
"By integrating information technology and automation, and implementing the latest hardware and software technologies into our products, we will continue to provide industry-leading, powerful automation solutions," says Hans Beckhoff, expressing his unwavering commitment to innovation. He also explained that the rapid development in the AI field is directly linked to new functions, toolchains, and business models, and the results in this area are being presented at Hannover Messe 2026, currently being held in Germany.
**Development of Highly Skilled Professionals and Young Talent**
Beckhoff Automation currently operates in over 75 countries worldwide. With 23 locations in Germany and 41 overseas branches and agencies, 5,450 employees globally (including 2,000 engineers, as of February 2026) support its global growth.
The company also focuses on developing young talent, with 61 new employees joining in the summer of 2025. Of these, 32 started their careers as apprentices, and 29 as interns through a joint program with Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (HSBI) Gütersloh campus. Currently, a total of 116 apprentices and 110 interns are being trained through in-house training programs.
**Outlook for Fiscal Year 2026**
"Since October 2025, we have felt a sense of recovery, and the first quarter of 2026 has started strongly," says Hans Beckhoff. "We believe the peak of the international economic crisis has passed, but it is also true that the current global political situation brings uncertainty to the outlook for 2026."
Nevertheless, our overall outlook is bright, and we feel a definite sense of growth. Moving forward, we will continue to pursue sustainable business growth, supporting manufacturing industries in various countries worldwide, centered on PC-based control technology.
**■ About Beckhoff Automation**
Beckhoff Automation is a manufacturer of control devices specializing in PC-based control. With its unique measurement and control software "TwinCAT," industrial PCs equipped with general-purpose operating systems like Windows can be utilized as real-time controllers (such as NCs and PLCs). The company is also the developer of "EtherCAT," a high-speed, highly synchronous industrial communication standard, and its promoting organization, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG), is known as the world's largest industrial communication standard promotion organization, with over 8,100 organizations participating from 76 countries and regions. Industrial controllers equipped with TwinCAT and EtherCAT are adopted in diverse applications worldwide, including industrial robots, automobiles, packaging machinery, machine tools, and wind power generation equipment.
https://www.beckhoff.com/ja-jp/
(This release was issued on 202