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Vontier Corporation’s largest business is Gilbarco Veeder-Root, which supplies fueling operators with fuel dispensers, site controls and systems that monitor fuel storage and detect leaks. Operators pay for equipment and then buy replacement parts and service for installed systems. This business and the company’s mobility technology businesses together account for most revenue.

Convenience stores and fueling operators buy Invenco payment and site-management systems to process purchases and run their locations; car-wash operators buy DRB software, payment services and support. Teletrac Navman sells vehicle-tracking hardware and fleet-management software, while Driivz provides software for operating electric-vehicle charging networks and managing energy. Software maintenance and subscriptions provide a growing source of revenue, but customers are not obliged to renew after their initial contracts. Demand for some offerings also depends on customers implementing changing environmental and payment standards, and required industry certifications can limit whether products may be sold.

A separate business, Matco Tools, supplies professional mechanics through mobile franchisees. Franchisees buy tools, storage and diagnostic products from Vontier and resell them to mechanics. Vontier also receives franchise fees and earns income from financing, including installment sales to franchisees. This distribution model is subject to franchise laws.

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  • Customer

Vontier’s results depend heavily on spending on fueling-site equipment and convenience-retail technology, where Tatsuno and Verifone are competitors to watch beyond this list.

  • Dover competes for fueling and car-wash operators’ spending with Vontier’s Gilbarco Veeder-Root equipment and DRB software businesses. Watch Dover’s Clean Energy & Fueling results for competition in the station infrastructure and car-wash solutions Vontier sells.

  • Franklin Electric competes with Vontier for petroleum-station operators’ equipment spending, selling fuel pumps, pipes, controls and monitoring devices alongside Vontier’s dispensing and monitoring systems. Its petroleum-equipment sales within Energy Systems are the part to watch, rather than the water business that supplied about 60% of its 2025 revenue.

  • Clean Energy Fuels and Vontier’s ANGI both benefit from fleets adopting natural-gas vehicles and investing in fueling stations: Clean Energy sells the fuel and operates stations, while ANGI sells fleet and station operators equipment to compress and dispense it. Watch Clean Energy’s station construction activity for a read on investment in the infrastructure ANGI serves, not as evidence of a direct supply relationship.

Agenda

tomorrowThu, Oct 22

  1. Time to be announced

    Dover Corporation earningsDOV

    Dover's report will show whether fueling-station and car-wash operators are spending in the markets where its equipment and solutions compete with Vontier's.

in 7 daysWed, Oct 28

  1. 2:00 PMET

    Fed Interest Rate Decision

    For Vontier, the Fed’s policy rate—the rate that guides borrowing costs across the economy—matters because interest on its debt and the cost of refinancing its $500 million of notes due in 2026 can affect cash available for its mobility, repair and fueling businesses.

in 15 daysThu, Nov 5

  1. Time to be announced
    Major

    Vontier Corporation earningsThis company

    Vontier's report will show whether demand for its convenience-retail systems, repair products, and fueling and environmental equipment is turning into profit.

  2. Time to be announced

    Clean Energy Fuels Corp. earningsCLNE

    Clean Energy Fuels' report will show whether natural-gas station construction is active, a read on infrastructure investment relevant to Vontier's ANGI business.

in 27 daysTue, Nov 17

  1. 8:30 AMET pre-market

    Retail Sales MoM (Oct)

    Vontier sells payment and site-management systems to convenience retailers and repair tools through Matco franchisees, so retail sales—which track purchases at retailers—can signal whether these customers have room to invest in systems or whether mechanics are spending on tools.