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About Balyo

Balyo is a French company, headquartered in Arcueil near Paris, that converts standard forklift trucks into driverless robotic vehicles for warehouses and factories. Founded in 2005, it fits its "Driven by Balyo" navigation technology and fleet software onto proven industrial trucks — pallet movers, reach trucks, tow tractors, stackers, counterbalance stackers and very-narrow-aisle models — through partnerships with Linde Material Handling (KION) and Hyster-Yale, so customers automate without abandoning familiar truck hardware. The company reported 215 employees as of mid-2025 in its official half-year report, and states that more than 1,500 of its robots are deployed across over 25 countries, with subsidiaries in the United States and Singapore.

Since November 2024 Balyo has been majority-owned by SoftBank, which acquired over 91% of the company — a shift from its 2017 Euronext Paris IPO toward group ownership. Balyo’s differentiation is its OEM-mediated model: it sells automation through the truck makers' own sales and service networks rather than building a rival vehicle. For global partners — logistics operators, manufacturers and the truck OEM ecosystem — Balyo matters as one of Europe’s most established driverless-forklift suppliers, with a large installed base in live warehouses.

Products & services

• Driverless pallet movers and reach trucks
• Driverless tow tractors
• Driverless stackers and counterbalance stackers
• Very-narrow-aisle (VNA) driverless trucks
• All based on standard OEM forklifts fitted with "Driven by Balyo" navigation and fleet software

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• Company website — balyo.com (official site: profile facts, headquarters, markets and product range). Checked 6 November 2026.
• Funding and listing details — Euronext, via GlobleMatch funding research files. Checked 6 November 2026.
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