# Starship Bot at Finland (Eurosatory 2026 showcase): deployment

Canonical ID: `9bdafec0-0391-4888-bc46-06ea636e392b`

S Group's S-kaupat online grocery service started rolling out Starship robot deliveries across Finland in phases from spring 2023, after a 2022 partnership in [Espoo](/locations/espoo-finland.md). By December 2025, Starship and S Group said robots had completed one million orders in just under three years and made up as much as 20 percent of S-kaupat online grocery orders. They operated from more than 170 Alepa, Sale and S-market stores. The release gives inconsistent counts: 79 or 80 towns, and over 650 or over 800 robots.

## Key facts

- **Country:** Finland
- **Sector:** Retail: grocery delivery
- **Operator:** S Group (S-kaupat)
- **Orders:** 1 million robot orders by December 2025 (company-stated)
- **Stores:** More than 170 (company-stated)
- **Towns:** 79 to 80, the release gives both (company-stated)
- **Robots:** Over 650 to over 800, the release gives both (company-stated)

**Trust tier:** Unverified

_Last updated: 2026-10-26_

- **Slug:** starship-s-group-finland-national
- **Status:** scaled
- **Model:** [Starship Bot](/models/starship-bot.md) (id: `7d0a26f0-7eb2-4e9c-b713-1caebc6a5484`)
- **Category:** [Sidewalk delivery](/sidewalk-delivery)
- **Company:** [Starship Technologies](/companies/starship.md) (id: `9fa14702-0c5f-4c07-a300-79665ed32dd9`)
- **Location:** [Finland (Eurosatory 2026 showcase)](/locations/europe/finland.md) (id: `f2feb91d-9e2f-4d4b-80f1-bf3a2bd0bfee`)
- **First seen:** 2023-05-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **One Million Grocery Deliveries Completed in Finland with S Group** · https://www.starship.xyz/press/one-million-deliveries-finland/ · 2025-12-10
2. **S Group and Starship Technologies launch robot deliveries in Finland** · https://seamlessxtra.com/s-group-and-starship-technologies-launch-robot-deliveries-in-finland/ · 2023-05-10

## Verified answers

- [Where do delivery robots operate?](/where-do-delivery-robots-operate.md)
- [Sidewalk robot laws: every US state and major market](/sidewalk-robot-laws.md)
- [Delivery robot specs compared](/delivery-robot-specs-compared.md)

## Common questions

### What is the Starship Bot deployment at Finland (Eurosatory 2026 showcase)?

[Starship Bot](/models/starship-bot.md), built by [Starship Technologies](/companies/starship.md), is recorded as a deployment at [Finland (Eurosatory 2026 showcase)](/locations/finland.md) on the DEPLOY registry. [Starship Technologies](/companies/starship.md) operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Starship Bot at Finland (Eurosatory 2026 showcase)?

[Starship Technologies](/companies/starship.md), the manufacturer of [Starship Bot](/models/starship-bot.md), operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Starship Bot deployment at Finland (Eurosatory 2026 showcase) go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting May 10, 2023 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Starship Bot deployment at Finland (Eurosatory 2026 showcase)?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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