Garmin Group
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Garmin Ltd. is an American multinational technology company based in Olathe, Kansas. The company designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes GPS-enabled products and other navigation, communication, sensor-based, and information products to the automotive, aviation, marine, outdoors, and sport markets.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Garmin Ltd.
- Company.logo
- Garmin 2024 logo.svg
- Company.former_name
- ProNav (1989–1990)
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.founded
- (as ProNav) in Lenexa, Kansas, U.S.
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.industry
- TechnologyConsumer electronicsSoftware servicesOnline services
- Company.products
- GNSS receivers, avionics, wearable technology
- Company.revenue
- (2025)
- Company.operating_income
- (2025)
- Company.net_income
- (2025)
- Company.assets
- (2025)
- Company.equity
- (2025)
- Company.num_employees
- 23,000 (2025)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- subsidiary company
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Olathe
- CEO
- Gary Burrell
- Industry
- software industry
- Revenue
- 6296903000
- Stock exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Legal form
- Aktiengesellschaft
- Official website
- www.garmin.com
- Image
- Garmin hq.JPG
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- Commons category
- Garmin
- topic's main category
- Category:Garmin
- inception
- 1989-01-01
- location of formation
- United States
- MAC Address Block Large ID
- 148F21
- product or material produced
- wristwatch
- social media followers
- 321000
- net profit
- 1289636000
- operating income
- 1027845000
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Encyclopedic overview
25 sectionsContents
- History
- Founding and initial growth: 1989 to 1999
- GPS growth and additional markets: 2000 to 2018
- Recent market expansion: 2018 to present
- Public offering
- Acquisitions
- Leadership
- July 2020 outage
- Operations
- Products
- Fitness
- Outdoor recreation
- Wristwear
- iQue PDA receivers
- eTrex
- Nüvifone
- Marine
- Automotive OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)
- Aviation
- United Parcel Service AT (Aviation Technologies)
- Laptop GPS and mobile apps
- Sport sponsorship
- See also
- References
- External links
Garmin Ltd. is an American multinational technology company based in Olathe, Kansas. The company designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes GPS-enabled products and other navigation, communication, sensor-based, and information products to the automotive, aviation, marine, outdoors, and sport markets.
Garmin was founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Min Kao in Lenexa, Kansas. In 1996, the company established corporate headquarters in Olathe, Kansas. Since 2010, the company has been legally incorporated in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, with principal subsidiaries located in the United States, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.
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