Ottobock
| Company type | SE & Co. KGaA |
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| Industry | Orthopaedic |
| Founded | January 13, 1919 in Berlin, Germany |
| Founder | Otto Bock |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
Area served | More than 50 countries |
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| Products | wheelchair, prosthetic, artificial limbs |
| Revenue | €1.3 billion (2022 ) |
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Number of employees | 8367 (2019) |
| Website | ottobock |
Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA, formerly Otto Bock, is an international company based in Duderstadt Germany, that operates in the field of orthopedic technology. It is considered the world market leader in the field of prosthetics and one of the leading suppliers in orthotics, wheelchairs and exoskeletons.
Näder Holding GmbH & Co. KG is entirely owned by the Näder family, direct descendants of the company's founder, Otto Bock. Näder Holding controls 80% of the shares in Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA. The remaining 20% of the shares were previously held by the Swedish financial investor EQT. However, in March 2024, it was announced that Näder Holding had repurchased these shares from EQT for EUR 1.1 billion.
In 2022, the Ottobock Group as a whole generated sales of €1,3 billion. As of 2019 they had 8,367 employees worldwide.