Liebherr Group

What Liebherr Group does

Liebherr Group is a privately held, family-owned industrial conglomerate founded in 1949 by Hans Liebherr, headquartered in Biberach an der Riß, Germany (with group coordination from Bulle, Switzerland), and operating through 150+ companies across more than 50 countries. The company manufactures a broad portfolio of capital equipment spanning earthmoving machinery (hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, dozers, articulated dump trucks), mining equipment (excavators, haul trucks, hydrostatic dozers, draglines), mobile and crawler cranes (LTM, LTC, LR series up to 3,000 tonnes), tower cranes, maritime cranes and port equipment, concrete technology, deep foundation rigs, aerospace and transportation systems (landing gear, flight controls, environmental control), gear cutting machines and automation systems, components (engines, hydraulics, drives, sensors), and refrigeration and freezing appliances. Underpinning the product range is a vertically integrated components business and a growing digital stack that includes the INTUSI operating system, LICCON3 and LITRONIC crane controls, IoMine mining platform, LiDAT fleet management, LiReCon teleoperation, condition monitoring systems, and the MyLiebherr customer portal.

The business model is hardware-led and project-based: Liebherr sells capital equipment primarily through an extensive global dealer and authorized service partner network, complemented by direct sales through regional subsidiaries. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with multi-year service and spare parts contracts that create an aftermarket revenue tail across the equipment lifecycle. Customers are predominantly enterprise — mining operators (Fortescue, Assarel-Medet, Yancoal, Collahuasi), crane rental fleets (Bigge Crane, Sommer Kranverleih, Richter Kran), construction contractors, port operators (PD Ports, Teesport), aerospace OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers (Airbus, COMAC via HAECO), and industrial processors (Fantoni, Nucor, Unicon, Siemens Mobility). In FY2025 the group reported €14,772 million in revenue (1.0% YoY growth) with €272 million net income and €1,767 million combined R&D and capex investment, employing 55,963 people worldwide. Construction machinery and mining revenue declined 5.5% while maritime, aerospace, and transportation systems grew 14.7%, illustrating both the cyclicality of Liebherr's core construction/mining exposure and the relative momentum in its aerospace, maritime, and defense franchises.

Name

Liebherr Group

Legal name

Liebherr Group

Website

https://liebherr.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Liebherr Group is a privately held, family-owned German-Swiss industrial conglomerate manufacturing construction equipment, mining machinery, mobile and tower cranes, maritime cranes, aerospace and transportation systems, and refrigeration appliances across 150+ companies in 50+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heavy Industrial Machinery

NAICS

Construction Machinery Manufacturing (333120), Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing (3331), Industrial Truck, Tractor, Trailer, and Stacker Machinery Manufacturing (333924), Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing (33641)

SIC

Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530), Construction Machinery & Equip (3531), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Material Handling & Industrial Lift Vehicle Manufacturing (Forklifts/Telehandlers/Reach Stackers) (IMACAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mining & Quarry Haulage Vehicle Manufacturing (Dump Trucks/Haulers) (IMACAFAC), Attachments & Work Tools (Buckets, Augers, Hammers) (IMAHAAAM), Heavy Haul / Oversize & Specialized Rigging (Asset-Based) (TLAIAMAI)

Keywords

• Construction equipment
• Mobile cranes
• Mining machinery
• Aerospace components
• Refrigeration appliances

Headquarters

HQ city

Biberach An Der Riß

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Construction and Mining Equipment Sales: Sale of earthmoving equipment including excavators, wheel loaders, articulated dump trucks, crawler dozers, and mining excavators, trucks, and dozers. Primary revenue driver alongside mobile and crawler cranes.
2. Mobile and Crawler Cranes: Sale of mobile cranes (LTM, LTC, LTF, LRT, LG, MK series), crawler cranes (LR series), and tower cranes (fast-erecting, top-slewing, luffing). Major revenue segment.
3. Maritime Cranes and Equipment: Port equipment including mobile harbour cranes, ship-to-shore container cranes, offshore cranes, and ship cranes. Growing segment with 14.7% growth in 2025.
4. Aerospace and Transportation Systems: Flight control systems, landing gear, environmental control systems, air conditioning for rail vehicles, and hydraulic solutions for aerospace and railway applications.
5. Refrigeration and Freezing: Consumer and commercial refrigerators, freezers, wine refrigerators, and professional/laboratory refrigeration equipment.
6. Spare Parts and Aftermarket Services: Spare parts, maintenance, repair, overhaul (MRO) services, and customer support across all product divisions.
7. Gear Technology and Automation Systems: Gear cutting machines, automation systems for e-mobility and conventional powertrain, and manufacturing automation solutions.
8. Deep Foundation Equipment: Drilling rigs, piling rigs, duty cycle crawler cranes, and attachments for foundation engineering.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Liebherr Group designs, manufactures and sells heavy machinery and components across construction, mining, cranes, maritime, concrete technology, deep foundation, aerospace and transportation systems, gear technology and automation, components, and refrigeration. The product range spans excavators, wheel loaders, dozers, mining trucks, mobile and crawler cranes up to 3,000 tonnes, tower cranes, maritime and port equipment, concrete pumps and mixing plants, piling and drilling rigs, landing gear and flight control systems, gear cutting machines and automation cells, plus residential and commercial refrigerators and freezers. Revenue is generated primarily from selling this capital equipment, complemented by spare parts, MRO services, and digital services such as LiDAT fleet management and MyLiebherr.

Product overview

Liebherr Group is a diversified international family-owned engineering conglomerate with product segments spanning the entire value chain of heavy industry. The portfolio is organized as a multi-division platform: Earthmoving (hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, dozers, articulated dump trucks, material handlers), Mining Equipment (excavators, trucks, dozers, draglines with IoMine digital platform), Mobile and Crawler Cranes (LTM/LTC/LTF/LRT/LG/MK series plus LR/LTR crawlers up to 3,000 tonnes), Tower Cranes (fast-erecting, top-slewing, luffing, derrick), Maritime Cranes (port equipment, offshore, ship cranes, transshipment), Concrete Technology (pumps, mixing plants, mixer systems, controls), Deep Foundation (piling/drilling rigs, duty cycle cranes, slurry wall equipment), Aerospace and Transportation Systems (flight controls, landing gear, environmental control, MRO, additive manufacturing for civil/defense aviation), Gear Technology and Automation (gear cutting, automation for e-mobility and powertrain), Components (injection systems, electric drives, energy storage, gearboxes, hydraulics, sensors, cameras), and Refrigeration Appliances (residential, commercial, wine, laboratory/ultra-low temperature). Key digital platforms — MyLiebherr portal, Liebherr Connect, LiDAT fleet management, and IoMine for mining — overlay the product range to provide unified digital services, while INTUSI is the common operating system across construction machines. The Group employs over 55,000 people across 150+ companies in 50+ countries, reported €14,772 million revenue in 2025, and invests heavily in R&D (€708 million in 2025) focused on electrification, autonomy, and digitalization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Liebherr-Aerospace: Aerospace and transportation systems division providing landing gear, air conditioning, flight control systems for civil and military aircraft, helicopters, satellites, and railway rolling stock
• Liebherr-Mischtechnik
• Liebherr-Maritime
• Liebherr Tower Cranes
• Liebherr Mobile Cranes
• Liebherr-Components
• Liebherr Mining
• Liebherr Gear Technology
• Liebherr Appliances
• Liebherr Deep Foundation

Products and services

• Earthmoving Construction Machines Hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, dozers and loaders, articulated dump trucks, telescopic loaders and pipelayers for construction, demolition, quarrying, and civil engineering applications, including Generation 8 excavators with INTUSI operating system and emCAB cab.
• Mining Equipment Mining excavators (R 9100 to R 9800), mining trucks (T 274, T 284), hydrostatic dozers (PR 776 G8 and PR 786 G8) and mining draglines, including electric and battery-electric variants, supported by the IoMine digital technology platform for integrated mining operations.
• Mobile and Crawler Cranes All-terrain mobile cranes from 2-axle 35-tonne models up to 1,200-tonne heavy-duty units (LTM, LTC, LTF, LRT, LG and MK series) plus crawler cranes up to 3,000-tonne capacity (LR series and LTR telescopic crawlers), available in a zero-emission electric crane family.
• Tower Cranes World's largest tower crane portfolio, including fast-erecting cranes (L- and K-Series), top-slewing cranes (EC-B flat-top, EC-H high-top, HC heavy-load, HC-L luffing, DR derrick) and mobile construction cranes (MK series), supported by fibre rope technology, LiCAB operator cabins and assistance systems such as Sway Control, Positioning Pilot, Guided Hook and Vertical line finder.
• Maritime Cranes Port equipment including mobile harbour cranes (LHM), ship-to-shore container cranes (STS), rubber tyre gantries (RTG), rail-mounted gantries (RMG), reachstackers and heavy-lift TCC units up to 1,600 tonnes (TCC 78000), plus offshore cranes (ram luffing, knuckle boom, heavy lift), ship cranes (LS and LS-C series) and transshipment solutions.
• Concrete Technology Complete concrete technology portfolio including truck-mounted concrete pumps, stationary and city pumps, mixing plants (Mobilmix, Betomix, LCM), ring-pan, twin-shaft and laboratory mixers, Litronic-MPS and Litronic-BCS control systems, recycling plants and a truck mixer configurator.
• Deep Foundation Equipment Piling and drilling rigs (LB, LRB, LRH series), duty cycle crawler cranes (HS series), battery-powered unplugged machines, slurry wall equipment (LBX, LSC cutter, grabs) and attachments (rotary drives, vibrators, hammers, mixing drives) applied via Kelly drilling, CFA, double rotary, down-the-hole, pile driving and ground improvement methods.
• Aerospace and Transportation Systems First-tier aerospace supplier providing flight control systems, landing gear, environmental control systems, air conditioning and air management, heat exchangers, air tempering, power electronics, and actuated systems, plus MRO services including additive manufacturing, for commercial aircraft, business jets, helicopters, defense aircraft, engines/nacelles, satellites, railway rolling stock and commercial vehicles.
• Gear Technology and Automation Systems Gear cutting machines (hobbing, shaping, skiving, profile grinding) and metrology, gear cutting tools and stock tools, plus automation systems for e-mobility (battery pack assembly/disassembly), conventional powertrain, conveyor systems, machine tools (pallet handling, tool handling, flexible robot cells) and industry solutions for aerospace, automotive and mechanical engineering.
• Components Broad components portfolio including common rail injection systems (LiGO), electric drive systems (switchgear, frequency converters, electric machines), energy storage (LiDuro Power Port and mobile energy storage), gearboxes and rope winches (slewing drives, travel drives, planetary plug-in, splitter boxes, rope winches), slewing bearings, hydraulic cylinders and piston accumulators, hydraulic pumps and motors, IoT edge gateways, camera-monitor systems (MDC3, MDC4, LiXplore) and sensors (P78, RMH12, P80-CAN, ATEX sensors).
• Material Handling Machines Mobile material handlers, crawler material handlers, electric material handlers (LH series), log loaders, duty cycle crawler cranes (HS series) and wheel loaders for scrap, port, timber, waste and tree-care applications, featuring hydraulically elevated cabs, reinforced kinematics and electric drives for emission-free operation.
• Refrigeration and Freezing Appliances Residential and commercial refrigeration including freestanding and fully integrated refrigerators, bottom-freezer, side-by-side, French Door, Monolith, outdoor fridges and undercounter fridges; freezers; wine refrigerators (single, dual and triple zone); and professional appliances for laboratory/healthcare (ultra-low temperature), drinks refrigeration and frozen food/ice cream storage, featuring BioFresh, DuoCooling, HydroBreeze, NoFrost, SmartDevice and AutoDoor technologies, manufactured locally in India.
• Defense Technologies Military-specific mobile cranes with protected driver's and crane operator cabs, defense-relevant aerospace technologies, and earthmoving solutions for military and security infrastructure applications; Liebherr participates in the Team Gen 6 European next-generation fighter aircraft consortium alongside Airbus, Diehl Defence, Hensoldt, MBDA Germany, MTU Aero Engines and Indra among others.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20% fuel reduction and 30% fuel efficiency improvement in R 9100 Generation 8 excavator
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability14 records

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, major, core and minor.

• Team Gen 6 ConsortiumflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 June 2026German-Spanish industrial alliance to develop sixth-generation combat aircraft following collapse of Franco-German FCAS program. Consortium includes Airbus, Autofug, Diehl Defence, Hensoldt, Liebherr, MBDA Germany, MTU Aero Engines, Rohde & Schwarz (German) and Indra, GMV, Grupo Oesia, Sener, ITP Aero (Spanish). Liebherr contributes defense technologies for aircraft systems.
• RehlkomajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 June 2026Strategic capacity expansion partnership at Liebherr-Components facility in Colmar, France. The 12,000 square meter expansion will more than double production capacity for engines used in high-performance generator sets serving the data center market. Partnership addresses accelerating demand for backup power solutions driven by AI, cloud computing, and hyperscale data center growth. Collaboration began with KD Series generator range in 2016 and was expanded in May 2025.
• Unicon and ScaniamajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 May 2026Joint development and deployment of fully electric solution for concrete transport combining battery-electric Scania truck with integrated electric concrete mixer system developed with Liebherr-Mischtechnik. Solution features up to 400 kWh battery capacity, approximately 200 km range, and integrated electric power take-off system. Unicon targets emission-free concrete transport by 2035 with 10 additional electric vehicles on order.
• Jeh Aerospace (US)majorOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 21 April 2026Agreement for supply of high-precision components for civil and defence aerospace platforms. Leverages Jeh Aerospace's manufacturing capabilities and Liebherr-Aerospace's engineering specifications. Phased implementation covering engineering validation, pilot production, and scaling to series manufacture. May lead to further workshare arrangements and technology transfers.
• Jeh AerospacemajorOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 15 April 2026Long-term manufacturing agreement for high-precision landing gear components for high-rate commercial single-aisle aircraft programs. Components produced at Jeh Aerospace's Hyderabad facility in India, integrating the company into Liebherr-Aerospace's global industrial network. Jeh Aerospace has delivered over 200,000 flight-critical aerospace components with zero quality escapes.
• Bharat ForgemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 March 2026Landing gear components machining facility inaugurated in Pune, India in collaboration with Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS. Part of Bharat Forge's strategy to expand aerospace manufacturing capabilities and strengthen India's position in global aerospace supply chains. Gives Bharat Forge full-stack aerospace manufacturing portfolio across aero-engine components, airframe structures, and landing-gear sub-systems.
• Bigge Crane and Rigging Co.majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Bigge became the first company to own more than 100 Liebherr LR 1300 crawler cranes and largest owner of LTR 1220 telescopic cranes. Represents the largest order with a single supplier in Bigge's 110-year history. Bigge ranked No. 1 for fleet size in 2026 ACT 100 and No. 2 overall with over 2,000 rental assets across 20+ locations.
• HAECOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Partnership supporting COMAC's C909 and C919 programs through landing gear overhaul services. HAECO and Liebherr-Aerospace collaborated on first landing gear overhaul for 'Soaring Phoenix' aircraft.
• Phoenix ContactminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2026Both Liebherr and Phoenix Contact expanding industrial presence in Queretaro, Mexico. Phoenix Contact inaugurated US$95 million manufacturing plant while Liebherr confirmed plans for specialized mobile crane service center.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Epiroc: Atlas Copco's mining and infrastructure spin-off, directly comparable as a mining equipment OEM serving similar iron ore and copper mining customers. Relevant peer for IoMine-equivalent autonomous mining solutions and electrification.
• Manitowoc Company: US-based crane manufacturer producing mobile, crawler, and tower cranes in direct competition with Liebherr's crane portfolio. Comparable product mix, customer base (Bigge, Sommer, Richter-type crane rental companies), and end-market exposure.
• Volvo Construction Equipment: Construction equipment division of Volvo Group, competing with Liebherr across excavators, wheel loaders, and articulated haulers. Directly comparable in product portfolio, customer segments, and ongoing electrification roadmap.
• JCB: UK-based privately held construction equipment manufacturer competing across excavators, backhoes, and telehandlers. Closely comparable to Liebherr in scale, private/family-owned structure, and broad construction equipment portfolio.
• Hitachi Construction Machinery: Japanese construction and mining OEM offering hydraulic excavators, mining trucks, and dump trucks in direct competition with Liebherr Mining. Particularly relevant given the -5.5% segment decline in construction/mining that both companies are exposed to.
• Doosan Bobcat: Compact construction equipment specialist directly competing with Liebherr's compact excavator line (R 915/R 917/R 920 Compact G8) and wheel loaders. Comparable in compact segment focus and dealer-driven distribution model.
• Caterpillar: World's largest construction and mining equipment manufacturer, directly competing with Liebherr across excavators, mining trucks, and diesel-electric drive systems. Comparable as a global, diversified heavy-machinery OEM serving the same contractors and mining majors.
• Terex Corporation: US-based OEM of aerial work platforms, cranes, and materials processing equipment. Directly comparable in mobile crane and material handling product categories that compete with Liebherr's LTM, LTC, and LTF series cranes.
• Komatsu: Major Japanese construction and mining equipment OEM competing with Liebherr in hydraulic excavators, mining trucks, and autonomous haulage. Comparable scale, customer base, and product mix across construction and resource extraction end markets.
• Sandvik: Swedish mining and rock processing equipment manufacturer with comparable scale (~$12B revenue) and mining customer base. Directly comparable in mining segment where Liebherr's BEV haul trucks and excavators compete alongside Sandvik's loaders and drills.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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