Take a Look at the Global Headquarters of 22 Massive Tool, Equipment and Construction Machinery Companies

Ever wonder what a multi-billion dollar tool company’s global headquarters looks like?

Are they in city skyscrapers or a sprawling corporate campus outside of town?

Are the executives swimming in rooftop pools? Is there a chef, free laundry service and barber like all the Silicon Valley companies have?

Or, are they ordinary, focused on shareholder value with minimal perks and just floors-and-floors of cubicles and corner offices?

Let’s use Google Earth and take a look what can be seen. Here are 22 birds-eye view pics of the global headquarters of USA favorite tool, equipment and construction machinery companies like Caterpillar, John Deere and Snap-on.

22 Global HQs, In No Specific Order

1. Stanley Black & Decker

Company: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
Headquarters: New Britain, Connecticut, USA
Main Industry: Hand and power tools
Brands: Stanley, Black & Decker, DeWALT, Porter-Cable, Craftsman
Global Revenue: 11.2 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 52,000

Stanley Black & Decker makes and owns many tool brands. They are the largest tool manufacturer in the world by hand and power tool revenue. Their HQ is quite modest considering how rich they are.

2. Robert Bosch

Company: Robert Bosch GmbH
Headquarters: 9 km west of Stuttgart, Germany in Gerlingen
Main Industry: Mobility solutions, power tools, household appliances
Brands: Bosch, Dremel, freud (power tools)
Global Revenue: 75 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 375,000

3. Fortive

Company: Fortive Corp.
Headquarters: Everett, Washington
Main Industry: Instrumentation (test & measurement, thermal imaging, calibration) and sensing solutions (temperature, pressure, level, flow, conductivity and turbidity)
Brands: Fluke, Matco, Tektronix
Global Revenue: 6.2 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 22,000

4. Emerson Electric

Company: Emerson Electric Co.
Headquarters: Just outside of St Louis, Missouri in Ferguson
Main Industry: Electrical equipment for process control and automation
Brands: Ridgid
Global Revenue: 22.3 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 111,000

5. Snap On

Company: Snap-on Inc.
Headquarters: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Main Industry: Tools and equipment
Brands: Snap-on, Williams, Bahco, CDI
Global Revenue: 3.4 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 11,500

6. Illinois Tool Works

Company: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Headquarters: Glenview, Illinois
Main Industry: Diversified industrial manufacturer – Automotive, test & measurement, welding, construction products
Brands: Ramset, Hobart, Miller, Buildex
Global Revenue: 13.4 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 48,000

7. Makita

Company: Makita Corp.
Headquarters: Anjo, Japan
Main Industry: Power tools and equipment
Brands: Makita
Global Revenue: 3.8 billion (2016, USD)
Global Employees: 14,800

8. Caterpillar

Company: Caterpillar Inc.
Headquarters: Peoria, Illinois
Main Industry: Construction and mining machinery
Brands: Caterpillar, Perkins
Global Revenue: 47 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 110,800

9. Komatsu

Company: Komatsu Ltd.
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Main Industry: Construction and mining machinery
Brands: Komatsu, Haulpak
Global Revenue: 17.8 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 47,000

10. John Deere

Company: Deere & Company Corp.
Headquarters: Moline, Illinois
Main Industry: Agricultural, construction and forestry machinery
Brands: John Deere, Nortrax
Global Revenue: 26.6 billion (2016, USD)
Global Employees: 56,800

11. Hilti

Company: Hilti Corp.
Headquarters: Schaan, Lichtenstein
Main Industry: Construction, mining and building products
Brands: Hilti
Global Revenue: 4.4 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 23,400

12. Kohler

Company: Kohler Co.
Headquarters: Kohler, Wisconsin
Main Industry: Small engines, generators, plumbing fixtures
Brands: Kohler, Lombardini, Mira
Global Revenue: 6 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 32,000

13. Honda

Company: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Main Industry: Automobiles, motorcycles and power products (mowers, portable generators)
Brands: Honda, Acura
Global Revenue: 118 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 204,000

14a. Yamaha Corp.

Company: Yamaha Corp.
Headquarters: Hamamatsu, Japan
Main Industry: Musical instrument, audio equipment, electronic devices
Brands: Yamaha
Global Revenue: 3.8 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 20,000

Yamaha Corp. spun out Yamaha Motor Co. in 1955 to form two separate companies.

Yamaha Corp. owns 10-15% of Yamaha Motor Co. shares. And Yamaha Motor Co. owns around the same of Yamaha Corp. shares.

14b. Yamaha Motor Co.

Company: Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
Headquarters: Iwata, Japan
Main Industry: Motorcycles, marine products, power products, industrial robots/machinery
Brands: Yamaha
Global Revenue: 14.4 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 53,000

15. Harbor Freight Tools

Company: Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.
Headquarters: Calabasas, California
Main Industry: Retail of tools
Brands: US General, Predator, Chicago Electric, HaulMaster
Global Revenue: 2.4 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 17,000

16. Hitachi

Company: Hitachi, Ltd.
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Main Industry: Hitachi is highly diversified. In terms of revenue, here’s how Hitachi’s segments stack up:
1. IT – mainframes, servers
2. Industrial – railway systems, elevators, industrial robots
3. Materials & Components – circuit boards, wires/cables, energy storage
4. Logistics
5. Electronics Systems – power tools, MRI machines
6. Consumer Products – disk drives, fridges, washing machines, TVs, air conditioning units
7. Automotive Systems – control systems
8. Construction Machinery – excavators, loaders
9. Power Systems – nuclear, thermal, renewable
10. Financial – leasing, loans.
Brands: Hitachi, Metabo
Global Revenue: 89 billion (2016, USD)
Global Employees: 335,000

17. Positec

Company: Positec Tool Corp.
Headquarters: Charlotte, North Carolina (North America HQ). Suzhou, China (Global HQ)
Main Industry: Power tools
Brands: WORX, Rockwell
Global Revenue: 350 – 425 million (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 3,900

18. Lowe’s (Kobalt)

Company: Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
Headquarters: Mooresville, North Carolina
Main Industry: Retail of home improvement products
Brands: Kobalt, Blue Hawk (hand and power tools)
Global Revenue: 59 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 270,000

19. Home Depot (Husky)

Company: The Home Depot, Inc.
Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia
Main Industry: Retail of home improvement products
Brands: Husky, HDX
Global Revenue: 89 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 371,000

20. Atlas Copco North America Headquarters

Atlas Copco North America Headquarters Card

Company: Atlas Copco AB
Headquarters: Parsippany, New Jersey (North America HQ). Nacka, Sweden (Global HQ)
Main Industry: Tools and equipment
Brands: Atlas Copco, Edwards, Quincy
Global Revenue: 11.7 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 44,000

21. Textron

Company: Textron Inc.
Headquarters: Providence, Rhode Island
Main Industry: Aviation, defense, specialized vehicles, industrial
Brands: Bell Helicopter, Cessna, E-Z-Go, Jacobsen
Global Revenue: 13.4 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 35,000

22. Husqvarna

Company: Husqvarna Group
Headquarters: Charlotte, North Carolina (USA HQ). Huskvarna, Sweden (Global HQ)
Main Industry: Outdoor power equipment
Brands: Husqvarna, Poulon Pro, Weedeater
Global Revenue: 4.1 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 13,000

There you have it.

22 global HQs of some of the biggest tool, equipment and construction machinery companies in the world.

Which one is your favorite?

I think Lowe’s HQ is pretty cool. Same with John Deere’s. But how do these 22 stack up to some of the biggest companies in the world like Apple and Google?

Let’s take a look at the global headquarters of some other huge companies for comparison

How about: Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Exxon Mobil.

Google

Company: Google Inc.
Headquarters: Mountain View, California
Main Industry: Internet services, online advertising
Brands: YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps, Nest, Android
Global Revenue: 75 billion (2016, USD)
Global Employees: 57,000

Microsoft

Company: Microsoft Corp.
Headquarters: Redmond, Washington
Main Industry: Software
Brands: Xbox, Skype, LinkedIn, Nokia
Global Revenue: 85 billion (2016, USD)
Global Employees: 114,000

Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters is a massive campus bigger than most universities. It houses nearly 40,000 employees and consists of 80 buildings sprawling over 500 acres (that’s 60% the size of Central Park).

Facebook

Company: Facebook, Inc.
Headquarters: Menlo Park, California
Main Industry: Social media & networking, online advertising
Brands: Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus
Global Revenue: 28 billion (2016, USD)
Global Employees: 17,000

Exxon Mobil

Company: Exxon Mobil Corp.
Headquarters: Irving Texas
Main Industry: Oil and gas
Brands: Exxon, Mobil, Esso
Global Revenue: 269 billion (2015, USD)
Global Employees: 75,000

Notes:

All dollar values converted to United States dollars with February 5, 2017 foreign exchange information.
When Google Earth image of Global HQ was poor quality, reverted to using North American HQ.

Sources:

All images appearing in company HQ “cards” are sourced from Google Earth and Google Maps.
All financial and employee information sourced from public company records. Searched for company statements at SEC.gov.

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