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Garmin

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.

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Founded
October 1989; 36 years ago (1989-10) (as ProNav) in Lenexa, Kansas, U.S.
Founders
Gary Burrell · Min Kao
Industry
Technology Consumer electronics Software services Online services
Headquarters
Olathe, Kansas, U.S (operations) · Schaffhausen, Switzerland (legal domicile)
Area served
Worldwide
Formerly
ProNav (1989–1990)

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Garmin

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Garmin

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related to Acquisitions · 25
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related to Founding and initial growth: 1989 to 1999 · 18
Garmin → Army, Gary Burrell, Global Positioning System, GPS, In, International Marine Technology Exposition, It, Kansas, Kao, King Radio, Lenexa, Magnavox, Min, ProNav, ProNav's, Taiwan, The, They
related to Operations · 18
Garmin → Belanor, Belgium, Canada, Cary, Formar, Garmin AMB, Garmin-Cluj, In, It, North Carolina, Norway, Research Triangle Park, Romania, Spain, Taiwan, Trepat, UK, USA
related to Automotive OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) · 16
Garmin → Aston Martin, BMW Group, BMW Motorrad, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, Geely, Honda, Honda Motorcycle, Kawasaki, Mercedes-Benz, PSA/Citroen, The, This, Toyota, Yamaha Motor
related to eTrex · 15
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related to Nüvifone · 15
Garmin → Android, Asian, Asus, AT, Called, Europe/Asia, European, Four, G60, Garmin-Asus, In, October, T-Mobile USA, United States, Windows Mobile-powered
related to GPS growth and additional markets: 2000 to 2018 · 14
Garmin → As, August, By, Dec, GNSS, Its, June, NASDAQ, New York Stock Exchange, On Dec, Taiwan, Twenty-one, United Kingdom, United States
related to Recent market expansion: 2018 to present · 13
Garmin → Connect IQ, In, In April, In May, Kansas Medical Center, Livescope, MySwim Pro, Panoptix, Panoptix Livescope, The, Trailforks, University, Yelp
related to Fitness · 11
Garmin → Body Battery, Connect IQ, Edge, Forerunner, Garmin Connect, Garmin Connect Mobile, Index, Some, Varia, Venu, Vivofit
related to July 2020 outage · 11
Garmin → Athlete, Experts, Garmin Connect, Hackers, July, On July, Pilots, Some Garmin, Strava, The, WastedLocker

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gps company first technology products navigation marine aviation acquired include released integrated new aircraft year kansas system line devices also

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GarminArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
GarminFormerlyProNav (1989–1990)1.00infobox
GarminFoundedOctober 1989; 36 years ago (1989-10) (as ProNav) in Lenexa, Kansas, U.S.1.00infobox
GarminFoundersGary Burrell1.00infobox
GarminFoundersMin Kao1.00infobox
GarminHeadquartersOlathe, Kansas, U.S (operations)1.00infobox
GarminHeadquartersSchaffhausen, Switzerland (legal domicile)1.00infobox
GarminIndustryTechnology Consumer electronics Software services Online services1.00infobox
GarminISINCH01144053241.00infobox
GarminKey peopleCliff Pemble (President & CEO)1.00infobox
GarminKey peopleMin Kao (Chairman)1.00infobox
GarminKey peoplePatrick Desbois (Co-COO)1.00infobox
GarminKey peopleBrad Trenkle (Co-COO)1.00infobox
GarminNet incomeUS$1.66 billion (2025)1.00infobox
GarminNumber of employees23,000 (2025)1.00infobox
GarminOperating incomeUS$1.88 billion (2025)1.00infobox
GarminProductsGNSS receivers, avionics, wearable technology1.00infobox
GarminRevenueUS$7.25 billion (2025)1.00infobox
GarminTotal assetsUS$11.0 billion (2025)1.00infobox
GarminTotal equityUS$8.97 billion (2025)1.00infobox
GarminTraded asNYSE: GRMN1.00infobox
GarminTraded asS&P 500 component1.00infobox
GarminTypePublic1.00infobox
GarminWebsitegarmin.com1.00infobox
Garminfounded in19890.95text
Garminfounded byGary Burrell and Min Kao in Lenexa0.90text

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