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TL;DR
A review of SEC filings found 52 companies mentioned humanoid robots in filings submitted from Jan. 1 through Nov. 1, 2026, across 163 filings. The count tracks mentions, not deployments or revenue: only nine companies were classified as building, selling or owning a humanoid maker, while many others cited suppliers, customers or market potential.
A review of SEC filings submitted through Nov. 1, 2026, found 52 companies mentioning humanoid robots, across 163 filings. The count is a measure of how often the term appears in public disclosures—not evidence that those companies make robots, have deployed them at scale or earn revenue from them.
The count, conducted by ThorstenMeyerAI.com using the SEC’s EDGAR full-text search, covered 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and S-1 filings, including amendments and exhibits. It found 186 matching documents in 163 filings. One company, Faraday Future, accounted for 35 filings, illustrating how repeat mentions can affect the total.
The same search method found 17 companies in 2025 and six in 2024. The review says its figures differ from a Nov. 1 Inc. column that reported 47 companies, likely because the search scope and date window differed. The review counted companies by SEC registrant number and filings by accession number; it searched for “humanoid,” rather than only the phrase “humanoid robot.”
After reading the surrounding text, the author classified nine companies as building, selling or owning a humanoid maker. Thirty-one were suppliers, customers or companies discussing the market; six were blank-check companies, and six used the term incidentally. Those categories reflect the author’s interpretation of the filings, not an SEC classification.
Infographic 01 · The word is spreading
52 companies said “humanoid” in SEC filings this year
We ran the search ourselves: three times as many companies as in all of 2025, and almost nine times as many as in 2024.
Companies mentioning “humanoid”
10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1 incl. amendments and exhibits, by filing year (2026: to 1 Nov)
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Mentions did not fall after the 2018 crypto crash. A rising count alone is not a bubble signal; the gap between words and business is.
How we counted
- Query: humanoid (catches “robot”, “robots”, “robotics”). The exact phrase “humanoid robot” alone: 18 companies.
- Forms: 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1, each with amendments; every matching document, including exhibits.
- Period: filing dates 1 Jan to 1 Nov 2026; earlier years by calendar year.
- Counting: one company per SEC registrant number (CIK). Faraday Future alone: 35 of 163 filings.
- Inc. reported 47 companies. Likely a different form set or date window; same direction.
Source: SEC EDGAR full-text search, run 2 Nov 2026 (an all-forms search finds 272 entities, mostly investment funds listing humanoid-robotics ETFs; excluded). Tip: Inc., 1 Nov 2026.
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Mentions Are Not Robot Revenue
For investors, the headline count is best read as a sign of growing corporate attention, not as a tally of commercial humanoid businesses. A supplier naming robots as a potential market may be making a forward-looking sales case. That differs materially from a robot maker reporting customer orders, deliveries and recurring revenue.
The source review points to examples of both concrete activity and limited evidence. Vishay Precision reportedly disclosed a vendor nomination letter from an initial humanoid-robotics customer. That is a specific commercial step, though it does not by itself establish the scale or timing of revenue. By contrast, a filing that lists humanoids alongside drones, data centers and satellites may show market positioning without confirming sales tied to robots.
The distinction matters because investors could otherwise treat a passing reference as proof of a working business. The review’s figures do not establish whether the companies’ claims will produce sales, whether customers will deploy robots at scale, or how profitable such deployments might be.
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How the Filing Count Was Built
The count followed a Nov. 1 Inc. column reporting 47 companies mentioning humanoid robots. ThorstenMeyerAI.com says that article prompted its own filing-by-filing search; it was a tip, not the source of the count. The search covered filings dated Jan. 1-Nov. 1, 2026, and compared them with full calendar years 2025 and 2024. That makes the 2026 period shorter than either comparison year.
The source says the exact phrase “humanoid robot” alone returned 18 companies for 2026, while searching the broader term “humanoid” captured singular, plural and related wording. Searching all SEC form types raised the result to 272 entities, largely because investment funds’ holdings lists included humanoid-robotics exchange-traded funds; those entities were excluded from the reported count.
The review identifies Agility Robotics, Tesla, Mobileye, Richtech Robotics and other companies in its categories. It says Churchill Capital Corp XI is merging with Agility Robotics and that Mobileye bought Mentee Robotics for $637 million. These are descriptions in the supplied source material; the 52-company total itself does not establish the status or terms of each company’s business.
“A word in a filing is not a robot in a warehouse.”
— ThorstenMeyerAI.com filing review
What the Count Cannot Show
The total does not measure robot shipments, operating sites, customer demand or revenue. It also does not establish how many mentions describe active projects rather than forecasts, risk disclosures, market commentary or brief references. Because Faraday Future contributed 35 filings, the filing total is especially sensitive to how often individual companies submit relevant documents.
The source review gives examples of claims that need to be checked against underlying filings. It says Faraday Future’s robotics revenue in the second quarter was $853,000 for humanoid and four-legged robots combined. It also says the company that bought its robot business expects more than 1,100 cumulative shipments, while a prospectus seven weeks earlier described two paid orders worth about $5,000 for its robot-sharing platform. Those figures concern different statements and do not, on their own, resolve future demand or the business’s prospects.
The source also says Agility Robotics reported nine customer facilities and 65,000 operating hours, while Tesla said Optimus production had begun in Fremont without giving unit numbers. The supplied material does not include the full filings or supporting details for independently checking these statements. It remains unclear how deployments, orders and revenue compare across the companies, and whether the reported activity will expand.
Check Disclosures for Commercial Proof
The immediate next step for investors is to distinguish filing language from measurable business results. That means checking each company’s underlying SEC documents for disclosed orders, shipments, customer sites, revenue and spending, while noting whether statements are completed results, management expectations or risk factors.
Future quarterly and annual filings can show whether companies that cite humanoids begin reporting attributable sales, deployments or material costs. Investors can also watch for updated figures from companies with operating robots and for any completed transactions involving blank-check companies. Until disclosures provide comparable operating and financial data, the 52-company count is evidence of attention to the category—not a measure of its commercial success.
Key Questions
What does the figure of 52 companies represent?
It is the number of SEC registrants that the review found mentioning “humanoid” in specified filings submitted from Jan. 1 through Nov. 1, 2026. It is not a count of robot manufacturers or deployments.
How many of the 52 were classified as directly involved in humanoid companies?
The review classified nine as building, selling or owning a humanoid maker. The author categorized 31 as suppliers, customers or market references, six as blank-check companies and six as incidental mentions.
Why does this count differ from the Inc. report?
Inc. reported 47 companies on Nov. 1. ThorstenMeyerAI.com says its own search covered specified filing types and a date window through Nov. 1, and suggests the difference likely reflects search scope and timing. The two totals should not be treated as identical datasets.
Does mentioning humanoid robots mean a company is earning revenue from them?
No. A filing can mention a potential market, a supplier relationship, a customer, a risk or an executive’s background. Investors need company-specific disclosures to determine whether robot-related orders, shipments or revenue exist.
What should investors watch in later filings?
Look for reported customer orders, unit shipments, operating sites, revenue tied to robotics and the costs of deployment. Also distinguish reported results from management forecasts and other forward-looking statements.
Source: ThorstenMeyerAI.com
