Facts and figures

The Group’s sales regions developed differently in the 2025 business year. The Africa, Near and Middle East region registered growth, owing to significant increases in South Africa and in the United Arab Emirates. The Group also recorded higher revenue figures in Central and South America. In North America, by contrast, Liebherr registered a slight downturn, as was also the case in Asia and Oceania. In Europe, it was a tale of two halves: while revenue declined in the non-EU countries, it rose in the European Union. This growth was in part attributable to strong gains in Germany.

The uncertainty surrounding economic conditions had a far-reaching impact on Liebherr and its product segments. Consequently, customers in certain sectors were reluctant to make investments. Deliveries in the USA were temporarily affected by disruptions. Nevertheless, the Group’s growth remained stable. One key reason for this is Liebherr’s diversification and its decentralised structure. Sales drivers such as deep foundation machines, ship cranes, mobile harbour cranes and container cranes alongside components for aeroplanes and rail vehicles compensated for reduced sales in other segments.

With a revenue of €14,772 million, the Group built on its record year in 2024. In the construction machine and mining sector, revenue fell by 5.5 % to €9,345 million. This could be attributed to downward trends in the segments of earthmoving, material handling, mining, mobile and crawler cranes and concrete technology. By contrast, the Group was able to register increases in the deep foundation and tower crane segments.

Liebherr achieved a total revenue of €5,427 million in the remaining product segments of maritime cranes, aerospace and transportation systems, gear technology and automation systems, refrigerators and freezers, components, and hotels. This constitutes a 14.7 % increase on the previous year’s figure, contributed to by all but one product segments.

The Liebherr Group’s employees are the key to its success: with their specialist training and dedication, they make a vital contribution to the company’s growth. As a family-run company, Liebherr is an employer with a strong tradition of partnership and teamwork based on reliability, fairness, respect and autonomy. Liebherr offers its employees engaging tasks and varied development prospects, especially for those just starting out in their career: from apprenticeships and dual study programmes through to trainee positions. The objective is to develop talented individuals at an early stage and open up their long-term professional prospects.

In the business year, the Group’s workforce grew again: by the end of 2025, 55,963 people were employed by Liebherr. That equates to 1,235 more employees than in the previous year, or an increase of 2.3 %.

The European Union saw the largest rise in the number of employees, whereas numbers in the non-EU countries fell slightly. Liebherr’s workforce also grew bigger in Asia and Oceania. Though the number of employees in North America fell slightly, the figure for the Central and South America and Africa, Near and Middle East regions increased.