Non-automotive sectors led Q3 unit orders as corporations made long-term investments to handle workforce challenges and reshoring prices. Supply: A3
After a drop final yr and regular gross sales within the first half of 2025, North American robotic orders elevated within the Q3 of 2025, in response to the Affiliation for Advancing Automation, or A3.
Third-quarter orders totaled 8,806 robots valued at $574 million, an 11.6% enhance in items, an 11.6% enhance in items and a 17.2% rise in income in contrast with the identical interval in 2024. Within the first half of 2025, robotic orders had elevated by 4.3%, and income had risen 7.5% from the identical interval final yr.
A3 is a number one international advocate for the enterprise advantages of automation. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based group‘s membership contains greater than 1,400 producers, element suppliers, system integrators, finish customers, educational establishments, analysis teams, and consulting corporations worldwide.
Automotive and client items drive quarterly good points
A3 famous that key progress sectors in Q3 included meals and client items, which jumped 105% yr over yr, and automotive OEMs, which rose 68%. Extra good points got here from metals (+11%) and all different industries (+8%), contributing to broad-based enchancment throughout the quarter.
In contrast, automotive element orders declined 25%, and plastics and rubber fell 35%, reflecting sector-specific capital slowdowns, stated A3.
The non-automotive sector continued to steer the robotics market in 3Q 2025, accounting for 59% of all robots ordered, in response to the most recent knowledge. A3 stated this majority share mirrored accelerating momentum throughout industries, together with meals and client items, metals, and common manufacturing.
“These good points spotlight a broader shift as producers throughout numerous sectors flip to automation to boost productiveness in addition to tackle labor shortages, reshoring pressures, and altering buyer calls for,” the group stated.
“We’re seeing progress persevering with in newer industries, which is encouraging,” Jeff Burnstein, president of A3, informed The Robotic Report. “That balances out the drop-offs in industries like automotive.”
Cobot market expands
A3 started formally reporting force- and power-limited robotic volumes earlier this yr. In Q3 2025, corporations ordered 1,174 so-called collaborative robots valued at $42 million, accounting for 13.3% of complete items and seven.2% of complete income.
Throughout the primary 9 months of 2025, cobot orders reached 4,259 items valued at $156 million, representing 16.1% of items and 9.4% of complete income, stated A3. It stated it plans to increase future reporting on these robots to incorporate progress charges and sector-specific developments.
Q3 efficiency picks up year-to-date totals
From January by means of September 2025, North American corporations ordered 26,441 robots valued at $1.7 billion. These volumes signify a 6.6% enhance in items and a ten.6% enhance in income in contrast with the identical interval in 2024.
“It’s encouraging to see robotics demand enhance over final yr, with extra automation tasks steadily returning to the pipeline,” acknowledged Alex Shikany, government vice chairman at A3. “The market has skilled a considerable quantity of financial and coverage uncertainty this yr, and it’s been a difficult atmosphere for capital funding, however there’s upside.”
“We’re seeing sustained curiosity from corporations throughout the area, with attendance rising at occasions like Automate, and extra leaders are exploring automation as a long-term technique to strengthen their operations,” he added. “That enthusiasm is now beginning to present up within the order knowledge, significantly throughout common trade sectors. As industrial manufacturing improves into 2026 and provide chains stabilize, we anticipate automation to stay a strategic precedence for producers seeking to compete, construct resilience, and tackle persistent workforce pressures.”
A3 stated extra detailed info is offered to member corporations within the A3 Vault and its new MI+ premium market intelligence platform. The affiliation additionally hosts trade occasions together with the the A3 Enterprise Discussion board in January in Orlando, Fla., and Automate in June in Chicago.
