Huawei
Telecom equipment, smart devices, cloud and digital power · China
Huawei is an employee-owned Chinese company that builds telecom networks, phones and smart devices, cloud and computing, digital power and smart-car components.
What makes it different
Huawei is owned by its employees, not outside investors.
169,054Employees in the ownership scheme31 Dec 2025
Shares are held through a union scheme, plus founder Ren Zhengfei.
How big it is
How big is Huawei?
213,000EmployeesFY2025
CNY880.9BRevenueFY2025 (Jan-Dec 2025)
How it makes money FY2025
Networks and phones lead; power and cars grow.
- ICT Infrastructure43%CNY375.0B
- Consumer39%CNY344.5B
- Digital Power9%CNY77.3B
- Intelligent automotive solution5%CNY45.0B
- Other5%
How the business works
Reinvest over a fifth of revenue.
- 1Networks, phones, cloud, power
- 2Carriers, firms, consumers
- 3A fifth into R&D
R&D has stayed above 20% of revenue for three years to keep products competitive.
Who owns it
- Union of Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd. (Employee Shareholding Scheme)99.41%
- Ren Zhengfei0.59%
CEO: Ren Zhengfei
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1987Huawei is founded
- 2019Added to the U.S. Entity List
- 2021Honor business sold
- 2023HarmonyOS 4 and NEXT preview
- 202536 million devices on HarmonyOS 5 and 6
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Huawei's own reports.
Full profile
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What Huawei tracks14 metrics
Employees
Employees in R&D
Devices on HarmonyOS 5 and 6
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from5 regions
China
EMEA
Asia Pacific
The full timeline13 moments
2021
2023
2026
Huawei vs Samsung Electronicsside by side
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