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Aftermarket & Services 360

The recurring, cycle-dampening engine — industrial distribution & spares, vehicle-aftermarket kits, condition-monitoring & REP contracts and lubrication systems & RecondOil; the order book & renewals at risk, and the delivery quality (OTIF / OEE) behind them. More than half of Industrial revenue is aftermarket & services.

AB SKF (SKF Group) · FY2025 (Jan–Dec 2025, audited anchor)
World's largest bearing maker today — clear #1 in industrial bearings
37,271 employees · 90+ sites · 130 countries
Executive read· the answer, then the moves

SEK 1.2 bn of the SEK 10.0 bn renewal wall is flagged at-risk against a SEK 33.5 bn aftermarket & services base repeating at 106% net revenue retention. Defend the at-risk slice and attach condition monitoring & REP contracts across the 17,000-location distributor network — the aftermarket spine (37% of net sales) is what dampens the cycle and the market values most.

5 of 6 headline metrics improving vs prior · still off target: Aftermarket & Services Revenue SEK 33.5 bn vs SEK 36.0 bn, Aftermarket & Services Mix 37.0% vs 40.0%, Net Revenue Retention (top accounts) 106.0% vs 110.0%

Do now — ranked by urgency
  1. 1
    Defend the SEK 1.2 bn at-risk renewal wallAct now
    Why it matters

    Each point of attrition on the SEK 33.5 bn base is SEK 335 M of aftermarket & services revenue gone — far cheaper to retain than to re-win.

    What's driving it
    • SEK 1.2 bn at risk of SEK 10.0 bn due (next 4 quarters)
    • Net revenue retention 106% vs 110% target
    FYI
    • Aftermarket & services base SEK 33.5 bn across 30,500 active contracts
    • Owner: SVP Commercial & Operations · Key Accounts
  2. 2
    SEK 380 M of contracts at risk — Q4 2026Act now
    Why it matters

    Each lost contract is recurring aftermarket & services revenue — the cycle-dampening spine — that won't repeat.

    What's driving it
    • renewal window Q4 2026
    • Signal: Renewal risk
    FYI
    • Of SEK 2900 M of aftermarket & OEM contracts up for renewal in Q4 2026, SEK 380 M is at risk of non-repeat.
    • Owner: Joakim Landholm (Commercial & Operations)
  3. 3
    Grow the aftermarket mix to close the resilience gapWatch
    Why it matters

    Aftermarket & services mix 37% sits 3pts below the 40% target; Condition monitoring & REP contracts is the best economics in the book at 42% GM and 114% retention.

    What's driving it
    • Aftermarket & services mix 37% vs 40% target
    • Condition monitoring & REP contracts 42% GM / 114% NRR — highest in the book
    FYI
    • Blended contract GM 33%
    • >50% of Industrial revenue is aftermarket & services — the resilience argument for the pure-play
  4. 4
    Close the delivery misses behind the renewal promiseWatch
    Why it matters

    Contracts only renew if delivery holds: OTIF 96.2% sits 1.8pts under 98% and factory OEE 84% is 6pts under 90%.

    What's driving it
    • On-Time Delivery — OTIF 96.2% vs 98% target
    • Factory OEE 84% vs 90% target
    FYI
    • First-pass quality 96.8% across 13k condition-monitored machines
    • Owner: SVP Commercial & Operations · Manufacturing
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Aftermarket & services is SKF's cycle-dampening spine — SEK 33.5 bn across 30,500 active contracts, repeating at 106% net revenue retention. This view is where it's defended: which service lines carry the margin, which are up for renewal and at risk, and whether delivery quality is holding up the promise.

Data backing: service_line (aftermarket & services lines) · renewal · kpi (net revenue retention / aftermarket mix) · ops_metric (OEE / OTIF / first-pass / breakdowns)
SEK 33.5 bn
Aftermarket & services revenue
37% of net sales
30,500
Active contracts
across 4 service lines
106%
Net revenue retention
top accounts (modeled)
33%
Blended contract GM
weighted by revenue
13k
Condition-monitored machines
IMx / @ptitude channels
The aftermarket & services book

Revenue by service line

Condition monitoring & REP contracts is the highest-margin, highest-retention line — the one to attach across the distributor & OEM base.

Industrial distribution & sparesSEK 20.0 bn · 17,000 contracts
The distributor network — 42% of Industrial sales; spares & standard-range availability.
NRR
106%
GM
33%
Vehicle aftermarket kitsSEK 8.6 bn · 12,000 contracts
Wheel-end & driveline kits — 33% of Automotive sales; a Vertevo strength expanding beyond Europe.
NRR
105%
GM
30%
Condition monitoring & REP contractsSEK 2.9 bn · 600 contracts
Rotating Equipment Performance contracts + @ptitude / IMx / Axios installed base (e.g. LKAB mining deployment).
NRR
114%
GM
42%
Lubrication systems & RecondOilSEK 2.0 bn · 900 contracts
SKF Lincoln & Alemite lubrication systems plus RecondOil circular-oil contracts.
NRR
110%
GM
38%
The renewal wall

SEK 10.0 bn up for renewal · SEK 1.2 bn at risk

Next four quarters of contract / order-book renewals. At-risk = attrition-flagged or contraction-likely.

Q3 2026SEK 2.4 bn due · SEK 260 M at risk
Q4 2026SEK 2.9 bn due · SEK 380 M at risk
Q1 2027SEK 2.1 bn due · SEK 220 M at risk
Q2 2027SEK 2.6 bn due · SEK 300 M at risk

Defend first: the SEK 1.2 bn at-risk slice. Each point of attrition on the SEK 33.5 bn base is SEK 335 M of aftermarket & services revenue gone — far cheaper to retain than to re-win.

The attach play

Grow the recurring spine

Aftermarket & services mix is 37% vs a 40% target; the gap is condition monitoring & REP content not yet attached.

Condition monitoring & REP contracts is the lever: 42% GM and 114% retention — the best economics in the book. Attaching it to distributor & OEM accounts both raises margin and lifts the aftermarket mix.

Industrial distribution & spares is the moat: 17,000 sticky contracts across ~17,000 distributor locations — repeat-buying even at lower margin; the foot in the door for the attach.

Mix gap to target
37% → 40%
closing it is the resilience argument for the industrial pure-play
Is the promise holding?

Delivery quality behind the contracts

Contracts only renew if delivery is good — these are the OTIF, OEE, quality & reliability measures behind the order book.

Factory OEE (weighted)
84%
target 90%
On-Time Delivery (OTIF)
96.2%
target 98%
First-pass quality
96.8%
target 98.5%
Renewable electricity
91%
target 100%
Critical breakdowns (qtr)
9
target 0