Mars Inc.

Mars, Incorporated
Company typePrivate
Industry
FoundedJune 23, 1911 (1911-06-23) in Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
FounderFranklin Clarence Mars
HeadquartersMcLean, Virginia, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
BrandsList of Mars Inc. brands
ServicesManufacturing
Veterinary
Revenue US$50 billion (2024)
OwnerMars family
Number of employees
150,000 (2024)
Divisions
SubsidiariesVCA Animal Hospitals
Websitemars.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.