71% percent of jobs
Whirrwork Research report 2 · First edition (October 2026)
Priced or quote-only? How many robot jobs and providers publish a price
71% of robot jobs have no public price, and only 14% of providers publish one.
Published · Data release 2026-10 · Sample: 308 jobs in 20 categories; 681 providers.
Key findings
- 220 of 308 jobs (71%) have no publicly sourced price.
- 93 of 681 providers (14%) publish at least one price.
- The most quote-only category with eight or more jobs is Environmental & Conservation (100% of 10 jobs); the least is Research, Education & Telepresence (44% of 9).
Citable figures from this report
14% percent of providers
Only 14% of the robot providers Whirrwork lists (93 of 681) publish any price we could source.
Methodology
Sources. Public web pages only: provider websites and published rate cards, public tenders, extension-service and regulator publications. Every price row links to the page that states it, with the date that page gives (as_of).
Units. A job (use case) is one kind of robot work a buyer can hire or buy, such as drone crop spraying. A price point is one sourced price row: a published price or range, in its original currency and unit.
Exclusions. No estimates, no prices from private quotes, and no demand data. Currency is never converted in these figures.
Sample. 308 jobs in 20 categories; 681 providers. Data as of Oct 25, 2026, frozen in release 2026-10.
Caveats
- Categories with few jobs swing a lot: one priced job can move a small category by 20 points or more.
- "Quote-only" means we have not found a dated public price, not that none exists anywhere.
Demand data (what people search for and request) is still too small to publish responsibly. We will add it when the sample supports it.
Data table
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| Category | Jobs | Jobs with a price | Quote-only % | Price points | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerial & Drones | 36 | 18 | 50% | 33 | 128 |
| Agriculture & Forestry | 23 | 5 | 78% | 20 | 93 |
| Construction & Building | 23 | 4 | 83% | 4 | 39 |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 22 | 3 | 86% | 6 | 48 |
| Inspection & Asset Integrity | 21 | 3 | 86% | 6 | 62 |
| Cleaning & Facilities | 19 | 7 | 63% | 16 | 55 |
| Home & Personal | 19 | 10 | 47% | 14 | 43 |
| Events & Entertainment | 18 | 8 | 56% | 29 | 66 |
| Energy & Utilities | 15 | 3 | 80% | 6 | 57 |
| Marine & Underwater | 15 | 6 | 60% | 9 | 50 |
| Logistics & Warehousing | 14 | 2 | 86% | 3 | 65 |
| Healthcare & Wellness | 13 | 6 | 54% | 10 | 29 |
| Security & Surveillance | 11 | 2 | 82% | 6 | 25 |
| Environmental & Conservation | 10 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 19 |
| Retail, Food & Hospitality | 10 | 2 | 80% | 6 | 27 |
| Public Safety & Defense | 9 | 1 | 89% | 1 | 29 |
| Research, Education & Telepresence | 9 | 5 | 44% | 9 | 40 |
| Autonomous Vehicles & Mobility | 8 | 1 | 88% | 3 | 25 |
| Delivery & Last Mile | 8 | 2 | 75% | 2 | 32 |
| Mining & Tunneling | 5 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 10 |
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APA
Whirrwork. (2026, October 25). Priced or quote-only? How many robot jobs and providers publish a price [Report]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/reports/priced-vs-quote-only-robot-jobs-2026-10/Chicago
Whirrwork. “Priced or quote-only? How many robot jobs and providers publish a price.” Whirrwork Research. Published October 25, 2026. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/reports/priced-vs-quote-only-robot-jobs-2026-10/.MLA
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