The engineering company Gea further improved its business performance in the third quarter of 2025. Despite a challenging market environment, the company achieved organic growth in both order intake and sales. The pharmaceutical, dairy farming, and food processing sectors were the main drivers of this growth. Consolidated net income also rose compared with the previous year.
Gea benefits from demand in key industries
In the period from July to September 2025, order intake increased by 5.5 percent to €1,372 million. Adjusted for exchange rate effects, this corresponded to organic growth of 8.4 percent. Demand rose across all order sizes, including three major orders. The pharmaceutical, dairy farming, and food industries performed particularly well. However, the major order from Qatari food producer Baladna Q.P.S.C. for the construction of the world's largest integrated dairy with a milk farm and milk powder plant in Algeria was not booked until October, meaning it was recorded in the fourth quarter.
Revenue growth at Gea in new and service business
Gea reported a 1.2 percent increase in revenue to €1,366 million in the third quarter. Organic growth amounted to 4.5 percent. Both the new machine business and the particularly profitable service segment contributed to this positive development. The share of the service business in total sales rose further to over 40 percent.
Significantly improved earnings
Earnings before restructuring expenses (EBITDA) increased by 6.7 percent to €232 million in the third quarter of 2025. At €120.8 million, consolidated net income was also up on the previous year's figure of €112 million. Gea CEO Stefan Klebert explains: “Once again, our third quarter was very successful. Especially order intake showed visible growth across all order volumes. This is testament to our strong business model. Our performance was bolstered by further increases in profitability and revenue. In addition, Gea successfully entered the DAX via the demanding ‘Fast Entry’ procedure.”
Nine-month trend at Gea confirms forecast
In the first nine months of 2025, order intake amounted to €4,096 million, an increase of 3.6 percent, or 5.6 percent organically. Sales rose to €3,936 million from January to September. This corresponds to organic growth of 2.3 percent. EBITDA before restructuring costs increased by 8.1 percent year-on-year to €646.7 million. Consolidated net income rose by 6.9 percent year-on-year to €322.2 million.
Gea confirms its forecast for the full year 2025. The company expects organic sales growth of between two and four percent. EBITDA before restructuring expenses is expected to be between 16.2 and 16.4 percent of sales.
