Who owns Garmin?
Garmin is owned by Garmin Ltd. (Switzerland, NYSE: GRMN).[1]
Evidence: Garmin Ltd. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-18, SEC EDGAR, 18 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Garmin Ltd. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Schaffhausen
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Olathe, Kansas
- Founded
- 1989
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Maps & navigation
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: GRMN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Garmin
Garmin is the name on nearly everything the company sells, from running watches and dive computers to boat chartplotters and certified aircraft flight decks, which is an unusually wide span for a consumer brand. Its devices draw on GPS alongside the Russian GLONASS, European Galileo and Chinese BeiDou satellite systems, and feed Garmin Connect, the web and mobile platform where owners store, compare and share their activity data.
Ownership timeline of Garmin
Where Garmin sits in Garmin
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Garmin
Garmin controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in maps & navigation, and who owns them
Garmin has more brands in maps & navigation on Brandtree than any other owner: 2 of 15.
About the owner: Garmin
Garmin is a publicly listed company headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, founded in 1989. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: GRMN.
Garmin designs satellite navigation and sensor-based products for five markets: fitness, outdoor, aviation, marine and automotive original equipment. Founded in 1989 by a small group of engineers building GPS applications for active lifestyles, it is incorporated in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, keeps its North American campus in Olathe, Kansas, and had delivered more than 300 million products by the end of 2025, over 20 million of them that year. It holds more than 2,100 patents and over 1,290 trademark registrations.
🇺🇸 Garmin 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, Garmin among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Garmin?
The parent company of Garmin is Garmin Ltd., a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Garmin American or Swiss?
Garmin originated in the United States in 1989, but it is owned today by Garmin Ltd., which is headquartered in Switzerland. So Garmin is an American-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Is Garmin still owned by Garmin Ltd.?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Garmin is still owned by Garmin Ltd. 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] Garmin Ltd. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-18 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 18 February 2026; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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