Power Tool Manufacturers and Who Really Owns Them In 2024

Do you ever wonder who owns Milwaukee tools? How about who manufactures Flex, Makita, or DeWalt? It may surprise you to know that only a handful of companies own your favorite power tool manufacturers. That’s right, most tool brands fall under a parent company that also controls additional brands. We break it down for you…with logos!

*This is the 2024 update to our Power Tool Manufacturers and Who Really Owns Them video from 2019 that many of you loved! Let's see how the landscape has changed in the past 5 years.

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[hanstubben]

Makita is just Makita and probably for a reason I tend to end up with a lot of Makita tools in my shop!
I think that they don't distracted by different brand strategies and just go for quality to keep their brand strong.

[kcgunesq]

Who owns whom is one question, but who MAKES whom is the more interesting question. Something tells me that a dozen of these brands are made in 2 or 3 factories in China. Not that that's bad. But when people believe they are buying DeWalt and it is really just a different color body than a Craftsman, it is at least misleading.

[davidgold]

Started with DeWalt, then Milwaukee, then switched to MAKITA due to them being innovative and having tools others do not offer. Yes, some of it can be expensive, but the quality is excellent. Let’s face it, most tool brands are very good if not excellent. A skilled operator can do a lot with ANY brand of tool.

[jronmanbuilds]

TTS parent company was missed (Festool, SawStop, Tanos, etc.) Also the parent company for Metabo and Metabo HPT was missed. Another is the company who makes Worx and Catipillar power tools.

[SanchoPanza-wgxf]

The most exciting part of this video was when you mentioned that there is a group called the "Power For All Alliance" that seeks to standardize the rechargeable battery packs of cordless tools. That would be a real treat. I imagine the alliance encountering a great deal of industry resistance. The industry likes to price their proprietary replacement battery packs in the same range as the new tool with battery pack included, so that it's in the consumers' interest to to throw out the old tool and buy a brand new one just to get the included battery pack, which is senseless.

[kraggman]

I converted all my power tools to Makita. Excellent quality.

[TheRoadhammer]

Another reason I buy a lot of tools from Klein Tool. American owned and manufactured since 1857, and still owned by the Klein family. It amazes me that so many so called patriots on these vids cry for "made in America" tools yet so few know Klein Tool Company.

[dakusa_dave]

So much behind the scenes, that the consumer never knew. Thank you for an excellent presentation!

[sinisatrlin]

I grew up in familly of electricians, machinists and steele fabricators. I have continued the tradition.
We had Makita, Hilti and Bosch since 1978. Our bussines have expanded since than but general conclusion is that Makita gives most for the buck.
Now we also have Fein, Bosch and Miliwaukee, but Makita is 70% of our tools.

For general all round use, Makita all the way.

For metal, heavy duty, magnet drills.... nothing beats Fein, but $, for a reason.

For nut impact and heavy machinery service, Miliwaukee, their 1" is a killer.

If you do construction, concrete drilling and cutting, bridge construction, anchoring heavy rails and fire stairs to concrete walls, chemical anchors, nail guns that go through steele... than nothing beats Hilti.

Bosch, we have many of their angle grinders for finishing grinding work on our fabrications, not bad at all. Low vibration, not demanding on hands and arms.

Wurth, man do not like it, high vibration, expensive parts (carbon brushes cost exactly 6 times more than for Makita), expensive service.

[dawnmitchell]

I love Bosch tools. They make up 95% of all my power tools. I have an almost 20 year old cordless drill I got on sale for $99 and it’s still going strong despite letting the smoke out of it 3 times. It’s still running on its 2 original batteries that came with it too. I don’t know what they’re made of but they refuse to die. That drill is what sold me on Bosch and I haven’t been let down yet by a Bosch tool. That drill is still my first choice even though I have newer one now. It seems to have moulded itself to my hand perfectly.

[randyault]

At 72 yrs old my wife only lets me use the Fisher Price brand

[agrahazl]

Here is one, "Shop Smith". The only American wood working shop tool maker. All made in the US, minus digital circuit boards. Not battery here, one cord and a mix of tool addon's.

[MrLuigiFercotti]

Dad gave me a couple Ridged Tool calendars back in 70s which featured sculpted attractive young women in bikinis posing with big specialty plumbing tools in the surf. I tacked it to the back of my bedroom door.
Thanks dad.

[Shootsmith]

What is sad as this needs to be updated every 6 months!

[cogliostronecro]

That's why I buy Makita. Makita it's just Makita.

[chrissorensen]

Where can I get the graphic as a poster? I teach Engineering students and it would be awesome example of “the tangled web we weave”.

[marstedt]

Stihl is Stihl.
Wikipedia: Stihl is the only chainsaw manufacturer to make its own saw chains and guide bars.
Andreas Stihl AG is a privately held company owned by the descendants of Andreas Stihl.
Stihl has been the biggest chainsaw manufacturing company in the world since 1971.

[christophelubranodiciccone]

Interesting. Displaying at least few seconds the slide showing the main actors and brands they own can help to vizualize who own what ; adding some visual showing the geographical distributions, presence of brands would provide another interesting angle too. thank you

[brucemiller]

I have been a woodworker for the last 40 years and have my own shop for the last 10 years. Just wanted to to say Nice Job. 👍💪

[slinkytrips]

Chervon is also manufacturing tools for Hilti now, most notably the new oscillating multi tool.