Tool brands — Who makes which brands

Who makes the most popular automotive tool brands?

Tool brands are constantly being sold and acquired, so this list may not be totally accurate. However, since these questions are constantly asked in reddit forums, here’s a listing of who makes the tool brands.

Who makes these hand tool brands?

Allen is made by Apex Tool Group
Blackhawk is made by Snap-on Incorporated
Blue Point is made by Snap-on Incorporated
Husky, sold by Home Depot is made by Stanley Tools
Craftsman is made by Stanley Tools
Crescent is made by Apex Tool Group
Gearwrench is made by Apex Tool Group
KD Tools is made by Apex Tool Group
MAC tools are made by Stanley Tools
Proto is made by Stanley Tools
Sioux is made by Snap-on Incorporated
SK Hand Tools is made by Ideal Industries
Snap-on is made by Snap-on Incorporated

Who makes these power tool brands?

Black & Decker is made by Stanley Tools
Bosch power tools are made by Robert Bosch GmbH
DeWalt is made by Stanley Tools
Dremel is made by Robert Bosch GmbH
Milwaukee tools are made by Techtronix Industries (TTI).
Porter Cable is made by Stanley Tools
RotoZip is made by Robert Bosch GmbH
Ryobi is made by Techtronix Industries (TTI)
Rigid battery-powered tools are made by Techtronix Industries (TTI). TTI does NOT make Rigid hand tools or Rigid plumbing tools

Who makes these Electronic test tools?

Amprobe is made by Fortive (Formerly Danaher)
Actron is made by Robert Bosch GmbH
Fluke is made by Fortive (Formerly Danaher)
OTC is made by Robert Bosch GmbH
Pomona Electronics is made by Fortive (Formerly Danaher)
Sunpro is made by Robert Bosch GmbH
Tektronix is made by Fortive (Formerly Danaher)

Tool manufacturers and their brands

Apex Tool Group

• Airetool
• Allen
• Apex
• Armstrong Read More about the closure
• Atkins
• Belzer
• Campbell
• Cleco
• Collins
• Crescent
• Delta (Truck Boxes)
• Diamond
• DGD
• Doler
• Dotco
• Erem
• Gearwrench
• Geta
• H.K. Porter
• Iseli
• Jacobs Chuck
• Jobox
• KD Tools
• K&F
• Lufkin
• Master Power
• Mayle
• Metronix
• Niagara Tools
• Nicholson
• Plumb
• Quackenbush
• Recoules
• Sata
• Spline Gauges
• Utica
• Weller
• Wiss
• Xcelite

Emerson Tools

• Greenlee – as of 2018
• Klauke – as of 2018
• Ridgid hand and plumbing tools (Rigid power tools are made by TTI and sold exclusively through Home Depot.)
• ProTeam
• Workshop
• Paladin
• Greenlee

Fortive (Formerly Danaher)

• Matco
• Amprobe
• Fluke
• Keithley
• Pomona Electronics
• Tektronix

Ideal Industries

Ideal
Anderson Power
Casella Measurement
Pratt-Read
SK Hand Tools
Trend Communications

Illinois Tool Works (ITW)

• Buildex
• Duo-Fast
• Kester
• Hobart
• Miller
• Paslode
• Racor
• Ramset
• Red Head
• Tapcon

Robert Bosch GmbH

Power Tools and Accessories
• Bosch
• CST/berger
• Dremel
• Freud (and Diablo)
• RotoZip
• Skil (Sold to Chervon)
• Vermont American

Automotive Tools and Equipment
• Accu-turn
• Actron
• Beissbarth
• OTC
• Robinair
• Sia Abrasives
• Sunpro

Snap-on Incorporated

• Snap-on
• Acesa
• ATI
• Bahco
• Blackhawk
• Blue Point
• Car-O-Liner
• CDI Torque
• Challenger Lifts
• Hofmann wheel balancers, alignment
• Irazola
• Irimo
• John Bean Alignment
• Lindstrom
• Mitchel1
• Palmera
• Sun
• Sioux
• Wanda
• Williams

Stanley Tools

• Husky
• Black & Decker
• Bostitch
• Dewalt
• Porter Cable
• Stanley
• Irwin
• Lenox
• Craftsman

Industrial
• Blackhawk (Proto)
• Bost
• Britool
• Facom
• Lista
• Mac Tools
• Pastorino
• Powers
• Proto
• Sidchrome
• USAG
• Vidmar

Techtronic Industries (TTI)

AEG
Empire Level
Hart
Imperial Blades (acquired by Milwaukee Tool in 2018)
Milwaukee Tool
Ryobi In the U.S. North American, UK, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand
Rigid power tools

Home Appliance Brands
• Dirt Devil
• Homelite
• Hoover
• Oreck
• Vax

TTS Tooltechnic Systems

• Festool
• Tanos (Systainers)
• Cleantec
• Microcell
• Narex
• SawStop
• Shaper Tools
• Schneider Airsystem