The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Tennant Company: 2 models, 2 deployments across 1 region. 2 sources back the record.
Overview
Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC) is a Minneapolis-based manufacturer of industrial and commercial floor cleaning machines and autonomous mobile robots, with $1.29 billion in 2024 sales and approximately 4,500 employees. Tennant partnered exclusively with Brain Corp to accelerate robotic floor cleaning innovation, generating $85M in annual robotics sales with $27M in autonomous mobile robot sales in Q1 2025 alone. The company has manufacturing operations throughout the world and is a leader in the commercial cleaning robotics market.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Stage
Robot
Technology
CEO
Revenue
Robotics sales
Employees
Robotics partner
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Tennant T7AMR
BrainOS-powered autonomous rider floor scrubber (26-inch). Teach-and-repeat mapped routes with autonomous obstacle/people avoidance; one of the most widely deployed BrainOS cleaning robots (part of 14,000+ BrainOS robots / 3M+ autonomous hours). Distinct from Tennant's newer purpose-built X4 ROVR.
Current platform
Tennant X4 ROVR
Autonomous floor scrubber, Tennant's first purpose-built robotic scrubber designed from the ground up for Brain Corp's BrainOS. ~20,000 sq ft per charge. For retail, healthcare and education facilities.
Partnerships
Every company Tennant Company has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Brain Corp1× joint6 total
Most recent
- Tennant Company x Brain Corp2024-01-01with Brain Corpoperating
Tennant Company on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 1 region, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Tennant Company's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Tennant Company deployment record →
Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Tennant Company, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
What are commercial cleaning robots and how do they work?
What is Brain Corp BrainOS and which cleaning robots use it?
Current leadership (1)
- David Huml President & CEOreported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Tennant Company.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Tennant Company2 deployments
Recent coverage
Tennant Company in third-party press
Peers
149 peers across 2 segments. Every Tennant Company competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
service(144)
113 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 831.3520919269878) · leader Bond at 1957%
cleaning robot(5)
- Avidbotsdirect competitor(reported)moderate
- Gausiumdirect competitor(reported)moderate
- ICE Coboticsdirect competitor(reported)moderate
- Karcherdirect competitor(reported)moderate
- LionsBotdirect competitor(reported)moderate
Supplied by (2)
Foundation model / software
- Brain Corpvia Tennant X4 ROVRBrainOS autonomous-navigation platformlicenses
- Brain Corpvia Tennant T7AMRBrainOS autonomous-navigation platformlicenses
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Tennant Company has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Tennant Company x Brain Corp2024-01-01with Brain Corpoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Brain Corp1× joint6 total
Timeline
Every recorded move in Tennant Company’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipTennant Company x Brain Corp
2024-01-01Tennant Company and Brain Corp signed an exclusive technology agreement to accelerate robotic floor cleaning innovation and adoption. Tennant generated $85M in annual robotics sales and $27M in autonomous mobile robot sales in Q1 2025 through this partnership.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Tennant T7AMR robotic floor scrubber product overview
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Tennant X4 ROVR autonomous scrubber
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Tennant T7AMR at United States
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Tennant X4 ROVR at United States
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-22
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Tennant Company.Peer companies
- Gausium3 models
- Avidbots2 models
- Pudu Robotics2 models
- Ecoppia1 model
- Enway1 model
- Genrobotics1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Tennant Company from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Tennant cuts product-use emissions by 30 percent as autonomous cleaning expands
Tennant’s 2026 Sustainability Report details progress on renewable electricity, product emissions and technologies designed to reduce water, energy and chemical use Commercial…
Tennant Company Names Richard H. Zay Chief Operating Officer - Business Wire
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How Tennant’s New Compact Robot Scrubber And ERP Probe At TNC Have Changed Its Investment Story - Yahoo Finance
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Tennant’s X2 ROVR SCRUB Targets Smaller Spaces And Robotics Growth - simplywall.st
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Tennant Q1 2026 slides: ERP recovery on track despite margin pressure - Investing.com
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Tennant Company Introduces X2 ROVR SCRUB for Autonomous Cleaning in Small, High-Traffic Spaces - Business Wire
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Tennant Company and Brain Corp Agree to Accelerate Robotic Cleaning Innovation, Advancing Tennant’s Transformation into a Robotics and Technology Leader - Business Wire
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Tennant extends Brain Corp robotics partnership for 3 years - Investing.com
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Tennant Company: CFO's Q4 Breakdown Proves Dividend Is Safe Despite The ERP Disaster - Seeking Alpha
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Tennant Company Unveils X16 SWEEP for Autonomous, Around-the-Clock Industrial Sweeping - Business Wire
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Brain Corp unveils BrainOS Clean 2.0 in partnership with Tennant - The Robot Report
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/tennant.md
- RSS feed: /companies/tennant/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/0962edcf-d34e-4d49-a183-879486d9d031
- Revision history: /companies/tennant/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Gausium3 models
- Avidbots2 models
- Pudu Robotics2 models
- Ecoppia1 model
- Enway1 model
- Genrobotics1 model
Video
Introducing the latest innovation in commercial cleaning - the X4 ROVR autonomous floor cleaning machine! X4 ROVR offers greater maneuverability and is specific
See the features of the new T7AMR the first autonomous cleaning machine from Tennant Company. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3VQiuoz
The X4 ROVR robotic floor scrubber-- our most nimble floor cleaning robot-- is equipped with state-of-the-art sensors and intelligent navigation systems, allowi
Welcome to the Tennant T7AMR Robotic Floor Scrubber operator training video. This video will guide you step-by-step on how to safely operate and maintain your a
See the X6 ROVR™ robotic cleaning machine in action at school | Robotic Floor Cleaning for Education Facilities Keeping schools clean and safe has never been e
Experience unparalleled cleanliness with Tennant robotic cleaners and the BrainOS® Clean Suite. Harnessing over 150 years of cleaning expertise, coupled with st
Address common labour challenges, reduce the need for pre-sweeping, drive efficiencies and maintain a high standard of cleaning with the T16AMR, an industrial r
Discover how the X16 SWEEP Industrial Robotic Sweeper delivers consistent, hands‑free sweeping performance for large industrial environments. Designed to handle
Will robots take over the planet? It doesn’t seem very likely, but they can take over the cleaning tasks in your facility. We introduce Tennant’s new T16AMR, th
Welcome to our inside look at how Fraport Facility Services teamed up with Tennant Company to bring next-gen autonomous cleaning to one of Europe’s busiest airp
Chris Matthieu interviews Chris Volan and Aaron Stotko of Tennant about their industrial cleaning AMR robots powered by RealSense!
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Tennant Company draws attention at the 71st percentile but verifies reality at the 46th percentile among commercial_cleaning robots. Hype Gap +25.3, 4th widest among commercial_cleaning robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 4, 2026