Rolls-Royce
Aero engines, power systems and defence · United Kingdom
Rolls-Royce Holdings makes jet engines for widebody airliners and business jets, military engines and submarine reactors, and mtu power systems, and earns most of its civil profit from long-term service contracts paid per hour each engine flies; it is unrelated to BMW's Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.
What makes it different
Its engines power four in five widebodies now being built.
14,263Civil engines in serviceFY2025
The Trent family is the only engine on the Airbus A350, so long-haul flying, not short-hop traffic, drives its civil business.
How big it is
How big is Rolls-Royce?
£20.1BRevenueFY2025
483Engines deliveredFY2025
42,600EmployeesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
Half comes from civil jet engines and their service.
- Civil Aerospace52%£10.4B
- Power Systems24%£4.9B
- Defence24%£4.8B
How the business works
Sell engines. Earn on every flying hour.
- 1Trent widebody engines
- 2Long-term service agreements
- 3Per engine flying hour
A new engine earns little or even loses money; the profit comes over decades as airlines pay for every hour it flies and every overhaul.
Who owns it
- BlackRock, Inc.5.65%
- Capital Group Companies Inc5.07%
CEO: Tufan Erginbilgic
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1906Rolls-Royce is formed
- 1914First aero engine: the Eagle
- 1971Collapse over the RB211 and state ownership
- 1987Returned to the private sector
- 2011Acquires Tognum (mtu) and Trent 1000 enters service on the 787
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Rolls-Royce's own reports.
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What Rolls-Royce tracks26 metrics
Large engine flying hours
Order backlog
Large engines on order
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
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Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from7 regions
Europe
North America
Asia
The full timeline19 moments
1999
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2025
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