Company

Our products and services are designed to spark enthusiasm, improve quality of life, and help conserve natural resources. We want to deliver top quality and reliability. In short: we want to create technology that is “Invented for life.”

Bosch at a glance

Sales revenue, associates, locations — key figures and brands at a glance
(figures as of December 31, 2023 | values rounded)

429,400

associates worldwide

91.6

billion euros sales revenue

90,100

researchers and developers worldwide

468

subsidiaries and regional companies in some 60 countries

4.8

billion euros EBIT from operations

7.3

billion euros expenditure on research and development

What we do

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 429,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2023). The company generated sales of 91.6 billion euros in 2023. 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 footprint across industries and regions 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.

Four panels showing Bosch employees working on diverse tech projects: mobility, quantum technology, software development, and artificial intelligence. The text reads “Bosch Future Insights”.

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Be #LikeABosch — our mission statement

All our actions are defined by one single purpose: “Invented for life”. It gives meaning to our existence and inspires us to create solutions that spark enthusiasm, improve quality of life, and help conserve natural resources. Our mission statement “Be #LikeABosch” describes our commitment, our strategy, and our way, showing how we act in pursuing our purpose. We act based on our core values, which have shaped our corporate culture for decades.

A group of people interacting around the slogan “Be #LikeABosch”.

Our values — what we build on

Our values reflect the manner in which we run our business: our professional ethics in dealing with our business partners, investors, employees, and society.

Future and result focus

We focus on results and securing our future. This also creates a sound basis for the social initiatives of the company and the foundation.

Responsibility and sustainability

We act prudently and responsibly for the benefit of society and the environment.

Initiative and determination

We act on our own initiative, take entrepreneurial responsibility, and pursue our goals with determination.

Openness and trust

We work and collaborate in a spirit of trust and communicate openly.

Fairness and respect

We deal fairly and respectfully with our colleagues and business partners, and view this as a cornerstone of our corporate success.

Reliability, credibility, legality

We promise only what we can deliver, accept agreements as binding, and respect and observe the law in all our business transactions.

Diversity, equity, inclusion

We appreciate and encourage diversity, equity, and inclusion for the enrichment they bring, and see this as essential for our success.

A selection of our worldwide locations

Take a look at some of our Bosch locations all over the world. Each location has something unique to offer to our associates.

The building at our site in Abstatt is fully glazed at the front, has a flat roof and is surrounded by a strip of lawn with trees. Blinds from the outside protect against the sun and balconies are occasionally attached to the facade. A glazed corridor on the second floor leads to another building on the site. A wide concrete path leads around the building.

Abstatt, Germany

Abstatt is a modern location where associates from roughly 50 countries develop innovation-driven chassis system controls and cross-domain computing solutions. In addition, the Bosch Engineering GmbH is located on site. The 1,100 square meter health center is equipped with a training area, including a fitness studio, bouldering wall, and health course offerings. Moreover, about 70 percent of the location in Abstatt is vegetation which not only creates a relaxation space for associates, but also contributes to the conservation of the environment.

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Bishan, Singapore

In addition to being the regional headquarters for Southeast Asia, Bosch in Bishan is also home to the regional research and technology center for Asia Pacific and the base for corporate innovation advanced development. The building is a showcase of green building technology, equipped with solar panels and smart air-conditioning which enable an energy consumption that is 30 percent below average of comparable buildings. We also ensure inspiring working conditions by offering a selection of flexible working areas, communal spaces and other features to improve creativity and productivity of our associates.

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Our site in Budapest consists of a very large U-shaped flat-roof building. The inner courtyard of the building, as well as the roofs, are greened and interspersed with paths. In the background you can see more factory buildings, apartment blocks and trees.

Budapest, Hungary

The Budapest Engineering Center is an important location for Bosch's global developments, as it is the second largest R&D location in Europe in terms of automotive engineers. The Innovation Campus is home to 1,800 nextgeneration workplaces, 14,000 square meters of instrumented research and test laboratories, a special outdoor test track, and a high-tech giant test hall, all of which serve the company's wide-ranging technological developments. It plays an important role in the development of automated and electrified mobility and is one of the primary research, development and test facilities for automotive electronics in the Bosch Group. Moreover, associates benefit from inspiring working conditions, sports facilities and childcare opportunities on site.

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Cluj, Romania

With vast expertise in software, hardware and mechanical and reliability engineering, the Bosch Engineering Center Cluj contributes to the development of excellent products, services and innovative solutions for automated driving, connected and electric mobility. Thanks to the close collaboration with other engineering centers, the neighboring Bosch Cluj Plant, the inspiring offices and laboratories, and the flexible working conditions, the location provides our engineers the most suitable environment to innovate and to develop future technological solutions.

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The Guadalajara site shows the roof terrace of a glazed building. The floor of the terrace is made of artificial grass. Tables with chairs or benches made of wood are distributed all over the terrace. In the background you can see a city with a large skyscraper.

Guadalajara, Mexico

Embedded solutions, engineering and software are just some of the flagship areas of Bosch Guadalajara, Mexico. Opened in 2014, this strategic site works on the development and innovation of technology, including hardware, software, AI solutions, ecommerce, and much more. Our 10-story building, which includes an Engineering Laboratory and a Digital Innovation and Development Laboratory, enables our associates to implement creative and progressive work processes, thus providing an incredible blend of fun and work. A talent center for the future of technology, paired with flexible conditions, Guadalajara gives true meaning to “Invented for life.”

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In an indoor space of the building at the Ho Chi Minh City site, there are three hexangon-shaped boxes filled with various planters and plants. The boxes are surrounded by a white bench. Behind it is a large 3D lettering with the words "We lead Bosch". The glazed facade in the background gives a view of the city.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Established in 2010 in Ho Chi Minh City, Bosch Global Software Technologies Vietnam is Bosch’s first software development center in Southeast Asia. Bosch Global Software Technologies is committed to developing products that enhance the quality of life while conserving resources, and has been ranked as the leading company in the engineering and software sector in Vietnam. The creativity, productivity and well-being of our associates is ensured by innovative working spaces as well as an extensive offering of sports facilities and training courses.

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Küçükyalı, Türkiye

Bosch Küçükyalı is the corporate headquarter and management center for 17 countries in Türkiye and the Middle East. Not only are there corporate functions operating, but also a variety of Bosch’s business areas, such as power tools, building technologies, automotive aftermarket and mobility solutions sales offices. The building in Küçükyalı is an inspiring working place including design thinking rooms for collaboration and social activity rooms for entertainment.

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The building at the Plymouth site has a white facade and is partially glazed. It consists of a very flat, rectangular building whose left facade curves inward. Next to it is a rectangular, tall building. In front of the building there is a concrete path and around it you can see a meadow with trees. It is somewhat darker, so the building is illuminated.

Plymouth, United States

Together with the associates of Farmington Hills, Bosch’s technical center in Plymouth works to deliver a variety of electrical, electronic, power train and chassis components and systems worldwide. The CoLAB offers associates an inspirational working environment with inside and outside work areas, informal meeting areas and coffee bars. Moreover, ergonomic desks, treadmill workstations, on-site workout facilities and wellness rooms guarantee the health and well-being of our associates. With the Zero Landfill initiative, Bosch in North America is reducing waste, increasing the use of compost friendly materials and improving recycling standards to help to protect the environment.

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Stream near to the Bosch location in Blaichach, Germany.

We take responsibility

For us, sustainability means securing the company’s long-term success while at the same time protecting the natural resources on which present and future generations depend. Ecology is thus a driver of innovation. At the same time, we demonstrate a particularly high level of corporate social responsibility — both within the company and beyond.

Sustainability at Bosch

Headquarters of the Robert Bosch Stiftung in Stuttgart

Hand in hand: entrepreneurial thinking and social commitment

As a privately owned company, we act independently of the stock markets. Through Robert Bosch Stiftung, a charitable foundation, our profits are used to benefit society, the environment, and future generations — sustainably and for the long-term.

Robert Bosch Stiftung

Robert Bosch, standing between his associates

Our history

In 1886, Robert Bosch founded the “Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering” in Stuttgart. This was the birth of today‘s globally operating company. Right from the start, it was characterized by innovative strength and social commitment.

Explore the history of our success

Leadership

As a leading technology company, our aim is to help shape tomorrow’s world with technology that is “Invented for life.”

Meet the board of management and advisory board

Research

Research for research’s sake? That’s not how we work. We believe that research should always result in a tangible innovation. Something that changes people’s lives for the better. That’s why our innovations tend to pop up at all sorts of different times in people’s day-to-day lives.

More about research at Bosch