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Johnson Controls International plc is a commercial-building technology company founded in 1885 and headquartered in Cork, Ireland. Joakim Weidemanis has been Chief Executive Officer since March 2025. It engineers, manufactures, installs, commissions and retrofits equipment that controls building temperature, refrigeration, security and fire protection.
Its core offering includes commercial heating, ventilating and air-conditioning equipment; industrial refrigeration; building controls and management systems; electronic security; fire detection; and fire-suppression systems. It also maintains, repairs, upgrades and replaces that equipment, and provides energy-management consulting. Its OpenBlue platform combines its equipment and services with digital tools, including remote diagnostics, predictive maintenance, workplace management, compliance monitoring and risk assessments.
The company serves commercial, industrial, data-center, institutional and government sites through Americas, EMEA and APAC operating segments. EMEA also serves marine customers and a residential-security subscriber business. It completed the sale of its Residential and Light Commercial HVAC business to Robert Bosch GmbH on July 31, 2025.
Management said on the call that the company is focusing more of its portfolio and investment on thermal technology for AI and data centers, mission-critical environments and decarbonization. Its data-center offering combines thermal management and controls with liquid-cooling technologies, including cooling distribution units and cold plates.
How it makes money
Johnson Controls earns revenue when it sells, installs and commissions building equipment and systems, and when it provides inspection, scheduled maintenance, repair, retrofit, replacement and other technical services over the life of a building. Equipment and systems include commercial HVAC, refrigeration, controls, security and fire solutions. The company sells and installs primarily through its direct global network of sales and service offices, while distributors are also significant third-party channels.
The installed base is important to the model: existing customers can return for maintenance, retrofit and replacement work, and the company uses that installed base to generate service sales. Its digital services are generally designed to generate recurring revenue as it supports customer outcomes. Contracts are individually negotiated or competitively awarded; contract awards can depend on performance, quality, price, design, technology, application engineering, financing and project-management capability.
The business is reported through three regional segments: Americas, EMEA and APAC. Each segment sells systems and provides services, with product mix and customer verticals varying by region. The company tracks orders and backlog for systems and services as demand and future-revenue indicators, while stating that their timing and conversion are uncertain.
In FY2025, products and systems revenue was $16.1 billion, or 68.3% of revenue, while services revenue was $7.5 billion, or 31.7%. It was reported on 26 October 2026 that the consensus expected Q4 FY2026 revenue of $7.0 billion. Management said on the call that systems grew 13% and service grew 8% in fiscal Q4 2026, while adjusted EPS increased 32% to $1.66.
| Product or service | Revenue, FY2025 | Share | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Products and systems | $16.1 billion | 68.3% | 0.98% |
| Services | $7.5 billion | 31.7% | 6.97% |
Customers and how it sells
Johnson Controls serves commercial, industrial, data-center, institutional and governmental customers across its three regions. EMEA also serves marine customers and residential-security subscribers. Its priority verticals include data centers, hospitals, university campuses, advanced manufacturing, class A offices and airports. The company also identifies battery and semiconductor manufacturing, research universities, biopharma and defense as mission-critical verticals with growing pipelines.
Americas was the largest region in FY2025, with revenue of $15.8 billion and a 67.1% share. EMEA generated $5.0 billion, or 21.1%, and APAC generated $2.8 billion, or 11.9%. United States revenue was $13.3 billion, representing 56.4% of revenue; Other Non-United States revenue was $10.3 billion, or 43.6%.
The company reaches customers principally through its direct network of sales and service offices, which sells, installs and services equipment and systems. It also sells through distributors of air-conditioning, controls, security and fire-detection and suppression products. No individual contract or customer is stated to be material to the business.
Management said on the call that compute-related demand drivers are stronger in the United States and Asia-Pacific than in Europe, while pipelines are growing in all three regions.
| Region | Revenue, FY2025 | Share | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $13.3 billion | 56.4% | 1.00% |
| Other Non-United States | $10.3 billion | 43.6% | 5.23% |
Suppliers and costs
Johnson Controls uses steel, aluminum, brass, copper, polypropylene and fluorochemicals used in fire-suppression agents, plus semiconductors and other electronic components. It manufactures building equipment and systems and operates a global network of sales and service offices. The company identifies no sole-source supplier in the available information.
Material costs can rise with inflation, supply-chain disruption, labor shortages, demand, tariffs and regulation. The company has experienced higher raw-material costs from tariffs and reciprocal tariffs, although it states that it has largely mitigated tariffs enacted to date. Its actions include regional manufacturing, local sourcing, supplier-network expansion, supplier financing, accelerated purchasing, pricing, productivity improvements and contractual change orders.
Management said on the call that it manufactures five key chiller subsystems and is vertically integrated in that product area, but not in every input. It is considering targeted bolt-on acquisitions that could reduce dependence on vendors and help protect supply continuity. It also said that factory capacity is being expanded to meet demand.
- Revenue$25.7B
- Cost of revenue−$16.2B
- Selling, general and administrative−$5.5B
- Other operating costs−$311.0M
- Operating income$3.7B
Competitive position
Johnson Controls competes for building-equipment, controls, security, fire-detection, fire-suppression and services contracts. These contracts are commonly negotiated or competitively awarded. It names Honeywell International, Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Schneider Electric, Carrier Global, Trane Technologies, Vertiv Holdings, API Group and Daikin Industries as larger competitors in HVAC, security, fire detection, fire suppression and controls. The building-services market is described as highly fragmented, and the company also competes with established companies, start-ups and emerging entrants in digital services, software as a service and the Internet of Things.
The company identifies contract performance, quality, price, design, reputation, technology, application engineering, financing availability and construction or project-management expertise as key award factors. Its cited competitive assets include a broad building-equipment portfolio, trusted brands, a substantial installed base, a direct service channel, global coverage, digital capabilities and intellectual property. Management said on the call that its field presence includes approximately 50,000 sales solution architects and skilled technicians, and that it controls five key chiller subsystems.
Our reading: The installed base, direct service network and lifecycle work create a medium-strength moat because they support repeat maintenance, retrofit and replacement business, but contracts remain competitively awarded on price and other factors.
Our reading: Technical integration across HVAC, controls and liquid cooling is a medium-strength moat in data centers, supported by in-house subsystem manufacturing and the expanding CDU and cold-plate offering; it faces named multinational rivals and a fragmented services market.
| Competitor | Where they compete | Threat (our reading) |
|---|---|---|
| Honeywell International, Inc. | HVAC, controls, security and fire systems | High |
| Siemens Smart Infrastructure | HVAC, controls, security and fire systems | High |
| Schneider Electric SA | HVAC, controls, security and fire systems | High |
| Carrier Global Corporation | HVAC, controls, security and fire systems | High |
| Trane Technologies plc | HVAC, controls, security and fire systems | High |
| Vertiv Holdings Co. | HVAC, controls, security and fire systems | High |
| API Group | HVAC, controls, security and fire systems | Medium |
| Daikin Industries, Ltd. | HVAC, controls, security and fire systems | High |
Growth opportunities
Johnson Controls is targeting growth in data centers, decarbonization, sustainable and smart buildings, energy efficiency and mission-critical environments. It aims to expand through product development, digital capabilities powered by OpenBlue and partnerships. Its priority customer verticals include data centers, hospitals, university campuses, advanced manufacturing, class A offices and airports.
The company says regulations and incentives aimed at emissions reduction, energy efficiency and building performance are supporting demand for decarbonization and digital technologies. It also identifies AI and high-performance computing as drivers of demand for hyperscale and data-center cooling, heat management and energy-efficiency solutions. Management said on the call that the company is expanding its thermal-management addressable market through cooling distribution units, cold plates, controls and modular data centers. It said chillers remain its largest product category.
Management said on the call that fiscal 2026 organic revenue increased more than 8%, orders increased 44%, and backlog grew 43% to $23 billion. It expects FY2027 organic revenue growth of 11%-12%, approximately $900 million of capital expenditures, and approximately $400 million of restructuring expense across FY2027 and FY2028 and approximately $600 million of gross annualized savings by FY2029.
Management said on the call that Johnson Controls and Armada plan to build 500 MW of distributed edge-compute capacity in 2027.
- $20.6BFY2022
- $22.3BFY2023
- $23.0BFY2024
- $23.6BFY2025
- $25.7BFY2026
Structural risks
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Demand is exposed to general economic conditions, local real-estate demand and the availability of credit, public funding and other financing. Some end markets are cyclical, so downturns can reduce demand for products and services.
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Commodity inflation, component shortages, supply-chain disruption, labor shortages, tariffs and reciprocal tariffs can increase costs or delay supply. Additional trade restrictions could reduce sales and raise cost of goods sold if mitigation actions are insufficient.
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Backlog and orders are not necessarily revenue for the next fiscal year. Their conversion and timing are uncertain, and management said on the call that customer power and electrical-infrastructure limitations can affect delivery commitments and project schedules.
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The business operates in regulated industries and faces environmental, worker-safety, refrigerant, energy-efficiency, fire-code, product-safety and PFAS-related requirements. Environmental contamination and legacy firefighting-foam matters can lead to remediation, litigation, penalties or other costs.
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Cybersecurity incidents, misuse or loss of customer, employee or other data, and failures to meet privacy or information-security obligations could lead to litigation, regulatory activity, fines, damages, costs, awards or settlements.
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Portfolio simplification, restructuring and divestitures may not deliver their intended benefits. The company states that it may not realize the benefits of ongoing efforts to simplify its portfolio.
Bottom line
Our reading
Our reading: Johnson Controls is a commercial-building equipment and services business whose model combines system sales with maintenance, retrofit and replacement work from an installed base. Its revenue remains concentrated in the Americas, while the service business and direct field channel provide recurring customer contact. [item1]
Our reading: The current expansion is tied to thermal-management demand in data centers and other mission-critical sites, backed by rising backlog and planned capacity investment. Conversion remains exposed to customers’ power and infrastructure constraints, alongside tariff, supply-chain and regulatory risks. [call_prepared] [call_qa] [item1a]