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SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2026
Deployment ledger
Paid deploymentEvidence reviewed recently

Symbotic

Paid automation rollout covering Walmart's 42-center regional network; 23 sites were in retrofit as of February 2026

Customer
Walmart
Location
United States regional distribution-center network
Units
42 regional distribution centers
Price
Not publicly disclosed
Autonomy
unknown · The platform combines robotics and software automation, but the cited sources do not provide a single fleet-wide autonomy classification.
Confidence
high · 90/100
Announced
May 23, 2022
Started
Unknown
Last verified
Version
1

Confidence and limits

The paid agreement and 42-site plan are jointly announced and independently reported; Walmart and independent reporting also establish that 23 sites were in some stage of retrofit in February 2026. A completed Symbotic-site count remains unknown.

Still unknown

  • Current number of fully completed Symbotic regional-distribution-center installations
  • How many of Walmart's 23 reported automation retrofits are wholly attributable to Symbotic
  • Final realized contract value and location-level economics
  • Current throughput and availability by facility

Verified facts

  • Walmart and Symbotic expanded their commercial agreement from 25 to all 42 Walmart regional distribution centers.
  • The agreement describes a multi-year rollout rather than evidence that all 42 locations were already complete.
  • Walmart reported in February 2026 that 23 of its 42 regional distribution centers were in various stages of automation retrofit.
  • Symbotic said the 2022 expansion added approximately $6.1 billion to backlog at that time.
  • Symbotic's fiscal-2025 filing said a substantial majority of its remaining performance obligations related to undelivered or partially delivered systems under the Walmart and GreenBox agreements.

Vendor claims — not independently established

  • The parties said the system would increase distribution speed, efficiency, safety, inventory accuracy, and capacity.

Primary evidence

  1. Chain Reaction: We're Partnering with Symbotic to Bring High-Tech Automation to Our Supply Chain

    Walmart · accessed Aug 2, 2026

  2. Walmart and Symbotic Expand Partnership to Implement Industry-Leading Automation System

    Symbotic and Walmart · accessed Aug 2, 2026

  3. Q4 FY26 Earnings Presentation

    Walmart · accessed Aug 2, 2026

  4. Symbotic Inc. Annual Report for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2025

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · accessed Aug 2, 2026

Independent evidence

  1. Walmart to deploy Symbotic's AI tech in all regional distribution centers

    Retail Dive · accessed Aug 2, 2026

  2. Walmart: Supply chain spending set to 'peak' next 2 years, CEO says

    Supply Chain Dive · accessed Aug 2, 2026

Change history

Version 1: Initial public record compiled from Walmart, Symbotic, and independent reporting.