Is iRobot Still in Business? What the Bankruptcy Means for Your Roomba

Is iRobot still in business?

iRobot is still in business, as a private company owned by Shenzhen PICEA Robotics and its affiliate Santrum Hong Kong, which together go by Picea. The bankruptcy was a sale, not a shutdown. iRobot filed a pre-packaged Chapter 11 case in Delaware on December 14, 2025, with the buyer already agreed, and the court-supervised sale closed on January 23, 2026, according to iRobot's own announcement. Its shares stopped trading on Nasdaq.

Picea was not a stranger. It had been iRobot's main contract manufacturer and its secured lender, so the company that already built the robots took over the brand that sold them. iRobot kept its headquarters in Bedford, Massachusetts and says engineering, product development and marketing stay in the US.

Why did iRobot go bankrupt?

iRobot went bankrupt because it was losing the price war to Chinese rivals while carrying debt it had taken on to survive the wait for Amazon. When the Amazon deal collapsed in early 2024, iRobot lost the buyer it had organized itself around, and it was left with a loan, a shrinking market share and a product line that had fallen behind on suction and docks. Roborock, Dreame and Ecovacs were selling robots with three or four times the suction and docks that washed their own mops, often for less.

Tariffs finished the job. iRobot's robots are made in Vietnam, and the 2025 US import tariffs raised its costs at the same time as weak sales cut its income. By late 2025 the company could not refinance, and its manufacturer, which was also owed money, ended up owning it.

Will my Roomba stop working?

Your Roomba will not stop working because of the bankruptcy. iRobot's position, repeated in December 2025 and again after the sale closed, is that there is no planned change to app functionality, customer service, software updates or support for existing models. Ten months later the iRobot Home app still runs schedules and maps, and we have not seen existing models lose app features.

It is worth separating two kinds of risk. A Roomba's basic cleaning runs on the robot itself, so the Clean button works with no app at all. Maps, schedules, no-go zones and voice-assistant control depend on iRobot's cloud. That was always true, and it is true of every app-connected robot from every brand. A company in bankruptcy is more likely to switch off old cloud services than a healthy one, which is why the sale mattered: a buyer that wants to sell new Roombas has every reason to keep existing owners happy.

If your app has misbehaved recently, it is far more likely to be the usual Wi-Fi problem than anything to do with iRobot's finances. Our app not connecting guide works through the common causes.

Is my Roomba warranty still valid?

Your Roomba warranty is still valid. iRobot's chief executive said in December 2025 that warranties would be honored, and they have been. The standard cover is one year from purchase for robots bought from iRobot or an authorized seller, and as before it excludes wear items such as brushes, filters and, eventually, the battery. Claims still go through iRobot support with your serial number and proof of purchase.

Extended iRobot Protect plans are run by a separate company, Extend, so they never depended on iRobot's balance sheet in the first place. Older guarantees tied to specific models are a different matter: if you are relying on a promise like the Roomba j7+'s pet-waste replacement pledge, check its current terms with iRobot rather than assuming it carried over unchanged. Our warranty guide compares iRobot's cover with the other major brands.

Who has my Roomba data now?

Your Roomba data now sits with iRobot Safe, a subsidiary iRobot created during the sale to hold US and other non-Chinese customer data. It is based in the US and, according to iRobot, governed by an independent board of US citizens, a structure designed to keep customer data apart from the company's Chinese owner. That is a promise about governance rather than something you can check from your sofa, but it is more than most robot vacuum brands put in writing.

It is also worth keeping in perspective. A Roomba used to be the default choice for buyers who preferred not to send floor maps to a Chinese company. That distinction has largely gone: Roborock, Dreame, Ecovacs and now iRobot all have Chinese ownership, and the useful comparison is how each one handles maps and camera images, not where its parent company is registered. Our robot vacuum privacy guide covers what each brand collects and the settings worth changing.

Can I still get parts for my Roomba?

You can still get parts for your Roomba, from iRobot and from a large third-party market. Roombas have sold in the US in very large numbers for more than twenty years, so brushes, filters, side brushes, bags and batteries for the i, j, s and Combo series are easy to find. That aftermarket is one reason an older Roomba is less exposed to corporate trouble than a robot from a small brand would be.

The one part to watch is the battery. Genuine iRobot batteries have been patchy in stock this year, and third-party packs vary in quality. If your robot is a few years old and its runtime is falling, our battery draining guide has a ten-minute test to tell a worn pack from a dirty robot before you buy one. For everything else, the replacement parts guide lists what wears out and how often.

Should you buy a Roomba in 2026?

You should buy a Roomba in 2026 only if it wins on its own merits at the price you can get, because the bankruptcy is no longer a reason to avoid one. The company is out of Chapter 11, owned by a manufacturer with money and a reason to keep the brand alive, and selling new models. A Roomba bought today is no riskier to own than a robot from any other large brand.

The merits are the usual iRobot trade. Roombas still have the best tangle-resistant rubber brush rollers for pet hair, reliable pet-waste avoidance on the camera models, and Matter support for Apple Home and Google Home. They still give up suction to the Chinese brands. The Roomba Plus 505 Combo, at about $499, has 7,000Pa against the 13,000Pa of a Roborock Qrevo S5V at a similar price. The Max 705 Combo's roller mop with its carpet cover is clever, but at $799 it faces robots with far stronger suction and hot-water mop washing.

The July 2026 models are on sale too, from $599.99 for the Plus 415 Combo to $999.99 for the Max 775 Combo, with iRobot claiming much higher suction than the 2025 robots. We haven't added them to our database yet, so we can't rank them. If you are shopping now, the full Roomba lineup page compares the models we cover, and our Roomba alternatives guide shows what the same money buys elsewhere.

Should you replace a Roomba that still works?

You should not replace a working Roomba because of the bankruptcy. Nothing about the sale makes an existing robot clean worse, and replacing a working machine to avoid a risk that did not happen is money spent for nothing. Replace it when it stops doing its job: runtime that a new battery won't fix, a map it keeps losing, or a home that now needs mopping it can't do. Our when to replace guide sets out those signs, and how long robot vacuums last explains what a reasonable lifespan looks like.