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
- Chain Reaction: We're Partnering with Symbotic to Bring High-Tech Automation to Our Supply Chain
Walmart · accessed Aug 2, 2026
- Walmart and Symbotic Expand Partnership to Implement Industry-Leading Automation System
Symbotic and Walmart · accessed Aug 2, 2026
- Q4 FY26 Earnings Presentation
Walmart · accessed Aug 2, 2026
- Symbotic Inc. Annual Report for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2025
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · accessed Aug 2, 2026
Independent evidence
- Walmart to deploy Symbotic's AI tech in all regional distribution centers
Retail Dive · accessed Aug 2, 2026
- 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.