Swiss Lions 100 | Provisional 2026 edition
ABB
ABB is No. 5 in the Swiss Lions 100 and No. 1 in Industry & Engineering, with a score of 74.6 out of 100. Headquarters: Zurich, canton of Zurich.
- Swiss Lions score
- 74.6
- Overall rank
- 5of 100
- Industry & Engineering
- 1of 31
About
ABB Group is a Swedish-Swiss technology company, that operates in the fields of electrification and automation. The company was formed in 1988 from the merger of two electrical engineering companies, ASEA of Sweden and Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC) of Switzerland.
From Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
How the score is made
Global scale
CHF 24.0bn revenue.
Swiss value
Swiss made: Partly.
Prominence
Wikipedia attention across language editions, and Google search interest.
Impact
Net-zero target validated. Not a certified B Corp.
Philanthropy
Corporate foundation: ABB Jürgen Dormann Foundation for Engineering Education.
Key figures
- Revenue used in the ranking
- CHF 24.0bnTTM Oct 2026, company
- Revenue
- USD 35.8bnTwelve months to 30 June 2026
- Net profit
- USD 5.0bnAttributable to shareholders
- Dividends paid
- USD 2.2bnTo all shareholders
- Employees worldwide
- 112,700
Employees in Switzerland and dividends paid to Swiss shareholders are not published consistently, so they are not shown.
Profile
- Headquarters
- ZurichCanton of Zurich
- Language region
- German-speaking
- Category
- Industry & Engineering
- Formed
- 1988Merger of ASEA and Brown, Boveri
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Sources
- Revenue used in the ranking: stockanalysis.com ABBN (TTM Oct 2026).
- Revenue, net profit, dividends and employees: stockanalysis.com, from company filings.
- Climate target: Science Based Targets initiative dashboard, October 2026.
- Foundations: Swiss commercial register (Zefix). B Corp: B Lab directory.
- Prominence: Wikimedia page views (October 2025 to September 2026) and Google Trends.
- Founded and website: Wikidata.
- Logo: Wikimedia Commons: ABB logo.svg. Logos are trademarks of their owners.
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