{
  "slug": "tennant-robotics-sales-q3-2026",
  "url": "https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/tennant-robotics-sales-q3-2026/",
  "topic": "cleaning",
  "claim": "Tennant, a maker of commercial floor-cleaning machines, reported robotics sales of about $37.3 million in the third quarter of 2026, up 71% year over year, with year-to-date robotics sales already above its full-year 2025 total.",
  "figure": {
    "value": 37.3,
    "display": "about $37.3 million",
    "unit": "USD million, robotics sales in Q3 2026 (quarter ended 30 Sep 2026)"
  },
  "scope": {
    "geography": "World (company total)",
    "period": "Q3 2026 (July to September)"
  },
  "measure": "company results",
  "confidence": "high",
  "source_type": "primary",
  "source": {
    "type": "primary",
    "kind": "Company results release",
    "name": "Tennant Company",
    "title": "Tennant Company Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results (Exhibit 99.1 to Form 8-K)",
    "publisher": "Tennant Company (filed with the U.S. SEC)",
    "published": "2026-11-02",
    "date_note": null,
    "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97134/000009713426000027/tnc-20261102xexx991.htm",
    "archive_url": null,
    "archived_at": null,
    "primary_note": null
  },
  "accessed": "2026-11-03",
  "last_verified": "2026-11-03",
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  "quote": {
    "text": "robotics sales of approximately $37.3 million increasing 71% year over year, supported by growth across equipment and autonomy subscriptions",
    "lang": "en"
  },
  "quote_note": null,
  "caveats": [
    "One company's robotics line (equipment plus autonomy subscriptions), not the whole cleaning-robot market.",
    "'Year-to-date robotics sales already exceeding full-year 2025' is the CEO's wording in the same release; the nine-month dollar figure ($95.3 million) was given on the earnings call, not in the release.",
    "The release says parts shortages held back shipments (backlog about $118 million, company-wide)."
  ],
  "verification": "Figure and quote read in the SEC-filed release on 2026-11-03 (editorial review).",
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    "checked_at": "2026-11-03T23:30:30.719Z"
  },
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  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "attribution": "Whirrwork (https://whirrwork.com), CC BY 4.0",
  "citations": {
    "apa": "Whirrwork. (2026, November 3). Tennant, a maker of commercial floor-cleaning machines, reported robotics sales of about $37.3 million in the third quarter of 2026, up 71% year over year, with year-to-date robotics sales already above its full-year 2025 total [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/tennant-robotics-sales-q3-2026/",
    "chicago": "Whirrwork. “Tennant, a maker of commercial floor-cleaning machines, reported robotics sales of about $37.3 million in the third quarter of 2026, up 71% year over year, with year-to-date robotics sales already above its full-year 2025 total.” Whirrwork Research. Published November 3, 2026. Accessed November 3, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/tennant-robotics-sales-q3-2026/.",
    "mla": "“Tennant, a maker of commercial floor-cleaning machines, reported robotics sales of about $37.3 million in the third quarter of 2026, up 71% year over year, with year-to-date robotics sales already above its full-year 2025 total.” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 3 Nov. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/stats/tennant-robotics-sales-q3-2026/. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.",
    "bibtex": "@misc{whirrwork_tennant_robotics_sales_q3_2026,\n  author       = {{Whirrwork}},\n  title        = {{Tennant, a maker of commercial floor-cleaning machines, reported robotics sales of about \\$37.3 million in the third quarter of 2026, up 71\\% year over year, with year-to-date robotics sales already above its full-year 2025 total}},\n  howpublished = {Whirrwork Research},\n  year         = {2026},\n  month        = nov,\n  url          = {https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/tennant-robotics-sales-q3-2026/},\n  urldate      = {2026-11-03},\n  note         = {Original source: Tennant Company (filed with the U.S. SEC), Tennant Company Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results (Exhibit 99.1 to Form 8-K) (2026-11-02). Licensed CC BY 4.0}\n}",
    "source_apa": "Tennant Company (filed with the U.S. SEC). (2026, November 2). Tennant Company Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results (Exhibit 99.1 to Form 8-K). https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/97134/000009713426000027/tnc-20261102xexx991.htm"
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