Acquisition closed
Whirlpool acquires KitchenAid (1986)
Whirlpool completed the acquisition of KitchenAid in 1986.[1]
Whirlpool acquired the KitchenAid appliance business from Dart & Kraft. KitchenAid's stand mixer had been in production since 1919, designed after an engineer watched a baker struggle with a hand mixer, and its attachments have stayed compatible across decades of models. Only the year is documented here.
Deal facts
- Announced
- Closed
- Value
- Undisclosed
- Buyer
- Whirlpool
- Seller
- —
- Assets
- KitchenAid
- Regulatory review
- None recorded
Ownership changes recorded from this deal
| Owner | Owned | Relationship | Stake | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whirlpool | KitchenAid | owns | 100% | 1986-01-01 | present |
Who owns KitchenAid today?
- KitchenAid — owned by Whirlpool since 1986
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 - company history — Whirlpool Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026. The original address no longer opens it, so the link goes to an archived copy (original address).
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