Mars Inc.
Mars Wrigley US headquarters in Newark | |
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry |
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| Founded | June 23, 1911 in Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
| Founder | Franklin Clarence Mars |
| Headquarters | McLean, Virginia, U.S.[1] |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | |
| Products |
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| Brands | List of Mars Inc. brands |
| Services | Manufacturing Veterinary |
| Revenue | US$50 billion[5] (2024) |
| Owner | Mars family |
Number of employees | 150,000 (2024)[6] |
| Subsidiaries |
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| Website | mars.com |
Mars, Incorporated (doing business as Mars Inc.) is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products and a provider of animal care services founded on June 23, 1911, headquartered in McLean, Virginia in the Washington metropolitan area,[7] and is entirely owned by the Mars family.[8] The company had US$45 billion in annual sales in 2022;[9] that year Forbes ranked the company as the fourth-largest privately held company in the United States.[10]
Mars operates in four subsidiaries around the world: Mars Wrigley Confectionery (headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with U.S. headquarters in Hackettstown and Newark, New Jersey),[11] Petcare (Zaventem, Belgium; Poncitlán, Jalisco, Mexico; Querétaro, Mexico), Food (Rancho Dominguez, California), and MARS Edge (Germantown, Maryland), the company's life sciences division.[12][13]
- ^ "A rare look inside Mars Inc.'s McLean headquarters". Washington Business Journal. February 28, 2018.
- ^ "Grant F. Reid decides to hand over the reins as Mars CEO after nearly a decade". Mars, Incorporated (Press release). McLean. June 22, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
- ^ "John Franklyn Mars "Frank"". Bloomberg.com.
- ^ "Global Leadership Team". Mars, Incorporated. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
- ^ "Mars Infographic" (PDF). Forbes. August 2024.
- ^ "Mars Infographic" (PDF). Mars.
- ^ Van Zandt, Emily (February 28, 2018). "A rare look inside Mars Inc.'s McLean headquarters". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
- ^ "Mars | Company Overview & News". Forbes. October 24, 2022. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
- ^ "Mars on Forbes Lists". Forbes. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ^ "America's Largest Private Companies". Forbes. October 10, 2022. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ^ "Mars Wrigley Confectionary Announces U.S. Locations" (PDF). Mars, Incorporated. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- ^ "Brands". mars.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
- ^ "Mars Edge". Mars, Incorporated. Retrieved August 26, 2018.