Bosch (Appliances)
German appliance line, best known for category-leading dishwashers.
Status: Approved
- Founded
- 1886
- Website
- bosch-home.com
- HQ
- Germany
- Manufacturing
- Germany,USA,China,Turkey
- Ownership type
- Trust/Foundation-owned
- Parent
- BSH Hausgerate (Robert Bosch GmbH)
- Acquired
- 2015
- Status since
- 2026-06-08
Ownership
BSH is 100% owned by Robert Bosch GmbH since January 2015, and ~94% of Robert Bosch GmbH's share capital sits with the Robert Bosch Stiftung, a charitable foundation, the same trust structure behind the Approved bosch-tools rating. Siblings: Siemens, Thermador, Gaggenau, Neff.
Why Approved
Dishwashers are the category reliability leader (Yale ~3.7% first-year service, a decade at the top), and the foundation ownership is structurally protected from sale. Approved. Strength is dishwasher-specific; the broader range is less exceptional.
Reversibility
What would change our verdict
Any change to the Robert Bosch Stiftung foundation ownership. Loss of the dishwasher reliability lead in independent data.
Sister brands under BSH Hausgerate (Robert Bosch GmbH)
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