Over 100 million nodes: EtherCAT further expands its leading role

With 105.2 million nodes, EtherCAT has significantly surpassed the 100-million mark and further solidified its market-leading position in the field of industrial real-time Ethernet systems. In 2025, 16.9 million new nodes were added—a clear sign that growth is accelerating again.

The data is based on quantities reported by chip manufacturers and follows a deliberately conservative methodology: multi-protocol chips are only counted proportionally, FPGA implementations account for just 10% of the total, and modular I/O modules are not included in the count. As a result, the figures realistically reflect the actual EtherCAT market and avoid overestimates.

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