Hilti: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Hilti is a privately held company headquartered in Schaan, Liechtenstein that owns 6 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1]
Hilti supplies the construction industry with power tools, anchors, fasteners, construction chemicals, software and services, and is the largest company in Liechtenstein. It was founded in 1941 by the brothers Eugen and Martin Hilti, and its headquarters have been in Schaan ever since; it is privately owned by the Martin Hilti Family Trust, which the group says ensures its long-term continuity. It sells through roughly 70 country organisations in more than 120 countries, reports about 300,000 customer contacts a day, and had 34,420 team members at the end of 2025 on sales of CHF 6.3 billion. In 2025 it spent CHF 459 million, 7.3 per cent of sales, on research and development.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Hilti Aktiengesellschaft (also Hilti Group, Hilti Corporation)
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇱🇮 Schaan, Liechtenstein
- Founded
- 1941
- Website
- www.hilti.group
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Hilti in numbers
- Hilti owns 6 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is internet & digital with 3 brands.[1]
- 3 of its brands originated outside Liechtenstein.
Everything Hilti owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Hilti in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- 529900J9F41PU70ANE36
- Registered name
- Hilti Aktiengesellschaft (LI)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 6 March 2026
- Parent
- None named: it reports that no person or entity controls it.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Hilti own?
Hilti owns 6 consumer brands tracked here, including Hilti, 4PS, Fieldwire, Oglaend System, ON!Track and Nuron.
Is Hilti a Liechtenstein company?
Yes. Hilti is headquartered in Schaan, Liechtenstein and was founded in 1941.
Who owns Hilti?
Hilti is privately held. Hilti supplies the construction industry with power tools, anchors, fasteners, construction chemicals, software and services, and is the largest company in Liechtenstein.
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] Hilti 2025 Annual Report — Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Annual report; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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