What Jabil makes

Jabil manufactures electronics assemblies and engineered components across a wide range of industries, with automotive and transportation as one of its core verticals. In automotive, the company produces advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) electronics, including camera modules, radar assemblies, and sensor units for lane-keeping, collision warning, and surround-view applications. Jabil Optics, a business unit focused on precision optics, supplies camera modules specifically designed for forward-collision warning, lane-departure warning, and driver monitoring systems, meeting the optical and environmental standards that automotive Tier 1s and OEMs require.

Beyond ADAS, the automotive product set includes EV powertrain control electronics, battery management system components, infotainment and instrument cluster assemblies, HVAC controls, and complex electronic modules for commercial trucks and buses. For the commercial vehicle segment, Jabil produces electronics that address emissions compliance and safety regulations, including driver assistance technology and energy efficiency controls. On the EV side, the company works on the electronics that govern charging, battery pack management, and drivetrain control, where safety and reliability standards parallel those of the automotive safety norm IATF 16949.

Jabil reorganized its reporting structure effective September 1, 2024, placing automotive and transportation inside the Regulated Industries segment, alongside healthcare and packaging and renewables and energy. The other two segments are Intelligent Infrastructure (AI data center, cloud, networking, and capital equipment) and Connected Living and Digital Commerce (warehouse automation, robotics, and digitalization). The full company is one of the larger electronics manufacturing services providers globally, serving customers in healthcare, consumer electronics, aerospace, defense, and industrial markets in addition to automotive.

Financial performance

Jabil reported net revenue of $29.8 billion for fiscal year 2025, ended August 31, 2025. Core operating income (a non-GAAP measure) reached $1.6 billion, representing a core operating margin of roughly 5.4 percent. GAAP operating income was $1.2 billion. Net income attributable to Jabil was $657 million. The company employs about 135,000 people across approximately 100 facilities in 30 countries, with roughly 71,000 in Asia, 49,000 in the Americas, and 15,000 in Europe.

Automotive revenue, as estimated by Berylls by AlixPartners in their 2026 Top-100 automotive supplier study, came to approximately EUR 3.6 billion for fiscal year 2025, down roughly 14 percent from approximately EUR 4.2 billion the prior year. Jabil itself does not break out automotive revenue separately in its public financials; the Berylls figure is an external allocation of the automotive and transportation portion within the Regulated Industries segment. In the FY2025 earnings call, CEO Mike Dastoor attributed the segment's softness to market pressure in automotive and renewables, noting that strength in AI-driven demand for capital equipment, data centers, and networking more than offset those declines at the total company level.

For fiscal year 2026, Jabil's own guidance pointed to approximately $31.3 billion in revenue with core operating margins of around 5.6 percent, reflecting continued growth in AI infrastructure and an expectation that automotive demand would remain under pressure in the near term.

Ownership and history

James Golden and William Morean founded the company in 1966 as a 50-50 partnership, the name being a compression of their first names. The business started on a kitchen table outside Detroit, building circuit boards for Control Data Corporation. It has operated continuously since its first production order in 1967, incorporated in Delaware, and today is headquartered at 10800 Roosevelt Boulevard North in St. Petersburg, Florida. The company listed on the NYSE under the ticker JBL and has been a Fortune 500 company for several decades. In 2017 the company shortened its name from Jabil Circuit Inc. to Jabil Inc., dropping a reference to its circuit-board origins to reflect a broader manufacturing identity. Jabil turned 60 in 2026.

The company has grown substantially through organic expansion and acquisitions, most notably when Apple became a major customer driving a large build-out of consumer electronics manufacturing capacity. In fiscal year 2024, Jabil completed the sale of its Mobility business unit, which had been its largest segment by revenue, to BYD Electronics for approximately $2.2 billion. That divestiture substantially changed the revenue mix going forward, reducing total reported revenue while concentrating the portfolio in higher-margin or more durable segments. The Regulated Industries and Intelligent Infrastructure segments represent the current strategic core.

Certifications and quality

Jabil pursues IATF 16949 certification at its automotive manufacturing facilities, the international quality management standard specific to the automotive sector. The company's Kwidzyn, Poland facility achieved IATF 16949 certification in December 2024, per the company's own communications. Jabil's published supplier requirements manual specifies quality management expectations consistent with IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 compliance across its supply chain, indicating these standards govern the company's automotive operations. Specific certificate dates and facility-level scopes for additional sites are not consolidated into a single public register available on the company's site.

Beyond the automotive standard, Jabil holds or pursues AS9100 for aerospace and defense work, and ISO 13485 for healthcare manufacturing at relevant facilities. The company's quality systems support APQP and PPAP processes for automotive program launches, which are standard requirements for Tier 1 electronics suppliers to OEM programs.

Known customers

Jabil names relatively few customers publicly in its automotive and transportation materials, consistent with typical electronics manufacturing services practice. The publicly documented relationship in automotive is:

The company's 2025 10-K reports that its five largest customers across all segments represented approximately 36 percent of net revenue, with a single customer representing 16 percent (primarily within Intelligent Infrastructure, which analysts widely attribute to Apple for data center infrastructure work). In the automotive segment, customers are not disclosed by name.

Jabil announced a collaboration in May 2025 with AVL, an Austrian engineering firm, to combine AVL's vehicle engineering services with Jabil's manufacturing capability for powertrain, compute platform, and driver assistance technologies, targeting vehicle manufacturers seeking to accelerate hardware development.

Recent news

Jun 2026 -- Jabil opened a new manufacturing facility in Pune, India, marking a significant expansion of capacity on the subcontinent. The opening coincided with a memorandum of understanding signed with the Maharashtra state government, per the company's investor relations announcement.

May 2026 -- Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger announced that Jabil would open a new manufacturing facility in Prince George County, Virginia, creating more than 350 jobs. The plant is slated to manufacture complex electrical power distribution equipment, per the Governor's office.

Jun 2025 -- Jabil announced a planned $500 million investment over multiple years in US manufacturing capacity for cloud and AI data center infrastructure, targeting the company's Intelligent Infrastructure segment growth in domestic production.

Frequently asked questions

What does Jabil make for the automotive industry?

Jabil manufactures electronics assemblies for the automotive and transportation sector, including advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) components such as camera modules, radar units, and sensor assemblies, as well as EV powertrain control electronics, battery management system components, instrument clusters, infotainment modules, and HVAC control electronics. Commercial truck and bus electronics is a published sub-vertical. Jabil positions itself as an electronics manufacturing services provider rather than a traditional mechanical Tier 1 supplier.

Who owns Jabil?

Jabil Inc. is a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker JBL. It was founded in 1966 by James Golden and William Morean as a private partnership and has been publicly listed for several decades. There is no controlling shareholder or parent company; its largest shareholders are institutional.

What is Jabil's annual revenue?

Jabil reported net revenue of $29.8 billion for its fiscal year 2025, ended August 31, 2025. The automotive and transportation portion, estimated externally by Berylls by AlixPartners, was approximately EUR 3.6 billion for the same period, down from roughly EUR 4.2 billion the prior year. Jabil does not report automotive revenue as a standalone line.

Where is Jabil headquartered?

Jabil is headquartered at 10800 Roosevelt Boulevard North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716. The company operates approximately 100 facilities in 30 countries, with its largest employee concentrations in Asia (roughly 71,000 employees) and the Americas (roughly 49,000), plus about 15,000 in Europe.

Who are Jabil's automotive customers?

Jabil's publicly documented automotive customer is Ford, which awarded Jabil its Q1 supplier recognition in 2022 for electronic module production in Mexico. Jabil does not publicly identify most of its automotive OEM customers by name, which is standard practice among electronics manufacturing services companies. The company's automotive customer base is understood to include North American, European, and Asian vehicle manufacturers, per the geographic scope of its automotive facilities.

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