Where China's Robot Companies Are: 289 Cities in the Directory
Published: 2026-10-19 10:30 (UTC+8) | Data as of: 2026-10-19 | Source: Zhilianhai robot company directory
What the number actually covers
The directory currently indexes 634,095 company records across 289 cities and 32 provincial regions. A record means the company name, registered region and a business-scope excerpt are indexed. It does not mean the company is certified, and it is not a ranking.
Head cities versus the long tail
Only about a dozen cities hold more than ten thousand records. Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Shanghai and Beijing lead. More than half of the cities have fewer than one hundred records. This is a normal registration-based distribution: a company is counted where it is registered, not where it delivers projects.
Three mistakes when reading city counts
- Treating registration as delivery. Many integrators register in one city and deliver nationwide.
- Counting branches as separate companies. Group subsidiaries inflate city totals.
- Reading "robot" in the business scope as "makes robots". This is the largest noise source.
How to use it
Use city counts to narrow a candidate pool, then filter by robot category, then verify each company on its own site. City data is a filter, not a judgement.
Browse: the full company directory, or read how records are collected and verified.