$39 billion USD (post-money valuation)
$5.375 billion USD (enterprise value)
ABB agreed to sell its robotics division to SoftBank Group for an enterprise value of $5.375 billion (announced October 2025).
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- $5.375 billion USD (enterprise value)
- Scope
- ABB Robotics · October 2025
- Type of figure
- company announcement
- Source
- Primary Company announcement
- Publisher
- ABB Ltd
- Title
- ABB to divest Robotics division to SoftBank Group
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- Last verified
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- https://new.abb.com/news/detail/129776/abb-to-divest-robotics-division-to-softbank-group
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- No response to the automated check (likely bot protection), Oct 25, 2026
“…Divestment for an enterprise value of $5.375 billion…”
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Whirrwork. (2026, October 25). ABB agreed to sell its robotics division to SoftBank Group for an enterprise value of $5.375 billion (announced October 2025) [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/softbank-abb-robotics-deal-2025/Chicago
Whirrwork. “ABB agreed to sell its robotics division to SoftBank Group for an enterprise value of $5.375 billion (announced October 2025).” Whirrwork Research. Published October 25, 2026. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/softbank-abb-robotics-deal-2025/.MLA
“ABB agreed to sell its robotics division to SoftBank Group for an enterprise value of $5.375 billion (announced October 2025).” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 25 Oct. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/stats/softbank-abb-robotics-deal-2025/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.BibTeX
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title = {{ABB agreed to sell its robotics division to SoftBank Group for an enterprise value of \$5.375 billion (announced October 2025)}},
howpublished = {Whirrwork Research},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
url = {https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/softbank-abb-robotics-deal-2025/},
urldate = {2026-10-25},
note = {Original source: ABB Ltd, ABB to divest Robotics division to SoftBank Group (2025-10-08). Licensed CC BY 4.0}
}Original source (APA)
ABB Ltd. (2025, October 8). ABB to divest Robotics division to SoftBank Group. https://new.abb.com/news/detail/129776/abb-to-divest-robotics-division-to-softbank-groupFor third-party figures, please credit the original source as well as (or instead of) Whirrwork.
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