Mars Inc.
Mars Wrigley US headquarters in Newark | |
| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | June 23, 1911 in Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
| Founder | Franklin Clarence Mars |
| Headquarters | McLean, Virginia, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Brands | List of Mars Inc. brands |
| Services | Manufacturing Veterinary |
| Revenue | US$50 billion (2024) |
| Owner | Mars family |
Number of employees | 150,000 (2024) |
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| Subsidiaries | VCA Animal Hospitals |
| 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. Mars is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in the Washington metropolitan area, and is entirely owned by the Mars family. The company had US$45 billion in annual sales in 2022; that year Forbes ranked the company as the fourth-largest privately held company in the United States.
Mars operates in four subsidiaries around the world: Snacking (headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with U.S. headquarters in Hackettstown and Newark, New Jersey), Petcare (Zaventem, Belgium; Poncitlán, Jalisco, Mexico; Querétaro, Mexico), Food (Rancho Dominguez, California) and Mars Edge (Germantown, Maryland), the company's life sciences division.