Mars Inc.
American multinational food and animal care corporation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mars, Incorporated is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products and a provider of animal care services, with US$45 billion in annual sales in 2022;[7] that year Forbes ranked the company as the fourth-largest privately held company in the United States.[8] Headquartered in McLean, Virginia,[9] the company is entirely owned by the Mars family.[10] Mars operates in four business segments 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]
Mars | |
Formerly | M&M/Mars Inc. |
Company type | Private |
Industry | |
Founded | 1911; 113 years ago (1911) Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
Founder | Franklin Clarence Mars |
Headquarters | McLean, Virginia, U.S.[1] |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | |
Products | |
Brands | List of Mars, Incorporated brands |
Services | Manufacturing Veterinary |
Revenue | US$45 billion[5] (2022) |
Owner | Mars family |
Number of employees | 130,000 (2020)[6] |
Subsidiaries | |
Website | www |