Who owns JennAir?
JennAir is owned by Whirlpool (the United States, NYSE: WHR).[1]
Evidence: Whirlpool Corporation Form 10-K for 2025 - portfolio transformation and the Beko Europe contribution, SEC EDGAR, 11 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Whirlpool Corporation verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Benton Harbor, Michigan
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1947
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Kitchenware & small appliances
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: WHR
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About JennAir
JennAir is Whirlpool's luxury appliance brand, known for introducing the downdraft cooktop in 1961, which vented at the hob rather than requiring an overhead extractor. It competes with Sub-Zero and Wolf at the top of the American kitchen market. Downdraft venting allows a hob to be placed on an island without a hood above it.
What Whirlpool's annual report says about JennAir
Sentences about JennAir from Whirlpool's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
In 2025, we recorded a $106 million impairment for the JennAir trade name, and in 2024, we recorded a $381 million impairment for the Maytag trade name.
How often Whirlpool names JennAir 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. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of JennAir
Where JennAir sits in Whirlpool
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Whirlpool
Whirlpool controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- KitchenAid (1919)
- Maytag (1893)
- Whirlpool (1911)
Other brands in kitchenware & small appliances, and who owns them
The 105 brands in kitchenware & small appliances on Brandtree belong to 36 owners. The largest is Arçelik, with 13; Whirlpool has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Arçelik | Arçelik | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
| AQUA | Haier | 🇨🇳 China |
| COLMO | Midea | 🇨🇳 China |
| All-Clad | Groupe SEB | 🇫🇷 France |
| Balay | BSH | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Hamilton Beach | Hamilton Beach Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Amica | Amica | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Baratza | Breville Group | 🇦🇺 Australia |
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About the owner: Whirlpool
Whirlpool is a publicly listed company headquartered in Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States, founded in 1911. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: WHR.
Whirlpool was founded in Michigan in 1911 making motor-driven wringer washers and is one of the largest home appliance manufacturers in the world. It acquired KitchenAid with Hobart in 1986 and the Italian group Indesit in 2014, giving it a substantial European position.
🇺🇸 JennAir and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,550 brands that began in the United States. 479 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; JennAir is not one of them.
- 3-IN-ONE — WD-40 Company 🇺🇸
- Air Wick — Reckitt 🇬🇧
- Ajax — Colgate-Palmolive 🇺🇸
- All-Clad — Groupe SEB 🇫🇷
- Amazon Basics — Amazon 🇺🇸
- American Girl — Mattel 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of JennAir?
The parent company of JennAir is Whirlpool, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is JennAir American?
Yes. JennAir originated in the United States in 1947 and its owner, Whirlpool, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is JennAir still owned by Whirlpool?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, JennAir is still owned by Whirlpool. 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] Whirlpool Corporation Form 10-K for 2025 - portfolio transformation and the Beko Europe contribution — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 11 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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