Ranking highlights SMA as the highest-placed inverter manufacturer headquartered outside China and reflects continued investment in U.S. integration and partnerships
SMA has been ranked among the top three global solar inverter manufacturers in Wood Mackenzie’s Global Solar Inverter Manufacturer Rankings H1 2025, a leading industry benchmark that evaluates inverter suppliers across a range of performance and operational criteria.
The Wood Mackenzie ranking assessed more than 20 inverter manufacturers worldwide using eight weighted categories, including research and development, supply chain and manufacturing experience, service capabilities, ESG performance and financial strength. The report covers companies representing nearly 90 percent of global inverter shipment volumes.
Among the top three ranked manufacturers globally, SMA was the highest-placed inverter supplier headquartered outside China.
“This ranking is a strong validation of the work SMA teams are doing across the globe,” said Marc Nerius, vice president of marketing and communications at SMA America. “Being recognized among the top three inverter manufacturers worldwide, and as the highest-ranked company headquartered outside China, reflects our long-standing focus on engineering quality, reliability and global diversification. In the United States, we continue to invest in integration and partnerships that support a resilient and competitive solar market.”
In the United States, SMA America is advancing a strategy focused on deeper domestic integration and closer collaboration with U.S.-based partners. This includes ongoing work strengthening an American supply chain, through domestic integration and partnerships in the United States, designed to align with evolving market requirements and policy frameworks.
These initiatives are intended to strengthen supply chain resilience and operational flexibility in the U.S. market and could support domestic content objectives as the regulatory landscape continues to evolve. SMA America’s approach emphasizes long-term reliability, serviceability and customer support across utility-scale, commercial and industrial solar projects.
While the Wood Mackenzie ranking reflects SMA’s global performance, SMA America remains focused on delivering solutions tailored to U.S. customers, combining global manufacturing experience with local integration, service and partnerships.
About SMA
As a leading global specialist in photovoltaic and storage system technology, the SMA Group is setting the standards today for the decentralized and renewable energy supply of tomorrow. SMA’s portfolio contains a wide range of efficient PV and battery inverters, holistic system solutions for PV and battery storage systems of all power classes, intelligent energy management systems and charging solutions for electric vehicles and power-to-gas applications. Digital energy services as well as extensive services round off SMA’s range. SMA inverters installed throughout the world within the last 20 years with a total output of approximately 144 GW help avoid the emission of more than 64 million tons of CO2. SMA’s multi-award-winning technology is protected by more than 1,600 patents and utility models. Since 2008, the Group’s parent company, SMA Solar Technology AG, has been listed on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (S92) and is listed on the SDAX index.
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