Who owns Ditch Witch?
Ditch Witch is owned by Toro (the United States, NYSE: TTC).[1]
Evidence: The Toro Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-12-17, SEC EDGAR, 17 December 2025. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Toro Company verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Bloomington
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Home improvement › Tools & hardware
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: TTC
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Ditch Witch
Ditch Witch is The Toro Company brand of underground construction equipment, which its 10-K describes as including horizontal directional drills, walk and ride trenchers and vacuum excavators. The business is held through The Charles Machine Works, Inc., an Oklahoma subsidiary listed in the Exhibit 21 subsidiary list.
How often Toro names Ditch Witch in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
Ownership timeline of Ditch Witch
Where Ditch Witch sits in Toro
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Toro
Toro controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
Other brands in tools & hardware, and who owns them
The 44 brands in tools & hardware on Brandtree belong to 15 owners. The largest is Hillman, with 10.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fas-n-Tite | Hillman | 🇺🇸 United States |
| CLC Work Gear | Hultafors Group | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Bahco | Snap-on | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hilti | Hilti | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein |
| Erbauer | Kingfisher | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Fiskars | Fiskars Group | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Emtek | Fortune Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Husky | The Home Depot | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Toro
Toro is a publicly listed company headquartered in Bloomington, United States. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: TTC.
The Toro Company is a Minnesota-based maker of turf maintenance, landscape, irrigation, snow and underground construction equipment, reporting a Professional and a Residential segment in its 10-K. Its Ditch Witch brand sits in the Underground Construction line; it also licenses its trademark on certain yard tools. Not related to the Toro chocolate brand listed under another owner.
🇺🇸 Ditch Witch and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Ditch Witch is not one of them.
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- AMES — Griffon 🇺🇸
- AZEK Exteriors — James Hardie 🇮🇪
- Alamo Cement — Buzzi 🇮🇹
- American Olean — Mohawk 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Ditch Witch?
The parent company of Ditch Witch is Toro, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Ditch Witch American?
Yes. Ditch Witch originated in the United States and its owner, Toro, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Ditch Witch still owned by Toro?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Ditch Witch is still owned by Toro. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] The Toro Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-12-17 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 17 December 2025; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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