DeWalt is owned by Stanley Black & Decker (the United States, NYSE: SWK), which acquired the brand on 12 March 2010 from Black & Decker Corporation, as part of a $4.5 billion deal that also included Black+Decker.[1][2] Before Stanley Black & Decker, DeWalt was owned by Black & Decker Corporation from 1960 to 2010.[2]
Evidence: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24, SEC EDGAR, 24 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
DeWalt makes power tools for professional trades, recognisable from their yellow and black casing. Black & Decker acquired the brand in 1960 and relaunched it in 1992 as its professional line, keeping it distinct from its consumer tools.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Stanley Black & Decker controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in home, garden & diy.
The 38 brands in paint & coatings on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is RPM, with 6; Stanley Black & Decker has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Rust-Oleum | RPM | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Krylon | Sherwin-Williams | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dulux | AkzoNobel | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Behr | Masco | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dulux (Australia and New Zealand) | Nippon Paint | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| MAGNAT | Śnieżka | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Asian Paints | Asian Paints | 🇮🇳 India |
| PebbleTec | CRH | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
Stanley Black & Decker is a publicly listed company headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut, United States, founded in 1843. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: SWK.
Stanley Black & Decker was formed in 2010 by the merger of a Connecticut hand tool maker founded in 1843 with a Maryland power tool company founded in 1910 that had built the first portable electric drill with a pistol grip and trigger.
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Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; DeWalt is not one of them.
Stanley Works and The Black & Decker Corporation merged in an all-stock transaction to form Stanley Black & Decker, combining the largest hand tool business in the United States with one of the largest power tool businesses.
The parent company of DeWalt is Stanley Black & Decker, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. DeWalt originated in the United States in 1924 and its owner, Stanley Black & Decker, is also headquartered in the United States.
Stanley Black & Decker completed its acquisition of DeWalt on 12 March 2010, after announcing the deal on 2 November 2009. The deal, which also included Black+Decker, was valued at $4.5 billion.
Before Stanley Black & Decker, DeWalt was owned by Black & Decker Corporation from 1960 until 2010.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, DeWalt is still owned by Stanley Black & Decker. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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